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Basic 4 · Creative Arts · Planning, Making and Composing

Project: Displaying Artworks on Topical Issues

In this topic you will display your artworks on topical issues in Ghana.

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

  • Prepare artworks for display
  • Arrange a display with labels and messages
  • Explain your artwork to visitors

What you already know

  • Planning an exhibition

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

Strand
Visual Arts &Performing Arts
Sub-strand
Planning, Making and Composing
Indicator
B4.1.3.5.3 – Display own artworks of topical issues in Ghana

Introduction

Your project artworks are ready. Now you will display them so the school can learn about issues like plastic pollution, galamsey and road safety.

1. Preparing for Display

  • finish and clean each artwork
  • mount pictures on card
  • write a label: title, artist, materials, message
  • group artworks by issue

2. Display Messages

Issues and messages
IssueMessage
plastic pollution"Say no to plastic!"
galamsey"Protect our rivers!"
road safety"Look left, right, left!"
deforestation"Plant a tree today!"
A school display wall with artworks grouped by topical issues and labels
Figure 1: Our topical issues display Draw your artwork with its label and message.Illustration: Sirbus

3. Explaining Your Work

"My mosaic shows a beach covered with plastic. The message is: Say no to plastic. I used bottle tops to show how waste can be reused."

New words

display
To show for others to see.
mount
To fix a picture onto a backing card.
message
The idea an artwork shares.
visitor
A person who comes to see.
label
A card with information about an artwork.
issue
A problem or topic of concern.

Summary

  • Prepare and mount artworks for display.
  • Labels include the title, artist, materials and message.
  • Group artworks by topical issue.
  • Explain your artwork clearly to visitors.

Class activity: Display Day

  1. Mount and label your artworks.
  2. Arrange them by issue.
  3. Stand by your work and explain it to visitors.

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. To fix a picture onto backing card is to…

    • A. Mount
    • B. Weave
    • C. Print
    • D. Erase
    Show answer
    Answer: MountThat is mounting.

  2. 2. What should a label include?

    • A. Title, artist, materials and message
    • B. Only the price
    • C. Nothing
    • D. A joke
    Show answer
    Answer: Title, artist, materials and messageLabels inform visitors.

  3. 3. "Protect our rivers!" is a message about…

    • A. Galamsey
    • B. Road safety
    • C. Plastic only
    • D. Music
    Show answer
    Answer: GalamseyGalamsey pollutes rivers.

  4. 4. Artworks can teach about topical issues.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueArt spreads messages.

  5. 5. Artworks should be displayed without labels.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseLabels give information.

  6. 6. A problem or topic of concern is an ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: issueThat is an issue.

  7. 7. Write a label for an artwork about road safety.

    Show answer
    Answer: E.g. "Look Before You Cross – Kofi – crayon on card – Always look left, right, left."Include key information.

  8. 8. How can a school display change people's behaviour?

    Show answer
    Answer: It makes people think about problems and reminds them to act responsibly.Art persuades.

Homework

  1. Explain your project artwork to your family.