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Basic 2 · Creative Arts · Displaying and Sharing

Planning an Exhibition About Ghanaian Cultures

In this topic you will plan a display of artworks about the culture of other Ghanaian communities.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Choose a theme for an exhibition
  • Plan the layout of a display
  • Write labels that teach visitors

What you already know

  • Planning an art display (Basic 1)

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

Strand
Visual Arts
Sub-strand
Displaying and Sharing
Indicator
B2.1.3.4.1 – Plan for a display of own artworks that reflect the history and culture or way of life of people in other Ghanaian communities

Introduction

Your class has made baskets, prints and drawings about Ghanaian cultures. Now you will plan an exhibition called "Ghana, Our Many Cultures".

1. Planning the Exhibition

Exhibition plan
QuestionOur answer
What is the theme?Ghana, Our Many Cultures
Where?the school hall
When?Friday after break
What will we show?prints, drawings, baskets, clay models
Who will we invite?other classes and parents

2. Good Labels

  • the title of the work
  • the artist's name
  • the community it is about
  • one fact about that culture
A plan of an exhibition room with tables and wall spaces marked
Figure 1: Our exhibition layout Draw a simple plan for your exhibition.Illustration: Sirbus

New words

exhibition
A display of artworks for the public.
theme
The main idea of an exhibition.
layout
How things are arranged in a space.
label
A card with information about an artwork.

Summary

  • An exhibition has a theme, a place, a date and visitors.
  • We plan a layout so visitors can move easily.
  • Labels give the title, artist, community and a fact.

Class activity: Plan It

  1. Agree on a theme.
  2. Draw the layout plan.
  3. Write labels for three artworks.

You need: Learners’ own artworks, Label cards cut from manila paper, String, Clothes pegs

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. The main idea of an exhibition is its…

    • A. Theme
    • B. Floor
    • C. Door
    • D. Price
    Show answer
    Answer: ThemeThe theme joins everything.

  2. 2. What should a label include?

    • A. Title and artist
    • B. Only a price
    • C. A joke
    • D. Nothing
    Show answer
    Answer: Title and artistLabels give information.

  3. 3. A layout shows how things are arranged.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueThat is a layout.

  4. 4. Visitors should not be invited to an exhibition.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseExhibitions are for visitors.

  5. 5. A display of artworks for the public is an ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: exhibitionThat is an exhibition.

  6. 6. Suggest a theme for an exhibition about Ghana.

    Show answer
    Answer: E.g. Ghana, Our Many Cultures.A theme is the main idea.

Homework

  1. Write a label for one artwork you made this term.