Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Poetry project for the classroom

Lots of artwork uses text, here are some examples:












Above: A collaborative work by artist Micah Lexier and poet Christian Bok.






















Above: Fiona Shaw's text work for the Blackpool Culture Shops programme
















Above: Martin Creed, Everything is going to be alright

Project:

• Have a Haiku writing competition in class or across the school.
• Ask an artist/poet/writer to help judge the winner.
• Turn the successful Haiku into either vinyls (which can be stuck to walls and windows) a poster (to fill a window space or to go around school) a lightbox (to hang in the window or on the wall).
• Have a grand opening (maybe complete with a mini curtain)