1. Lesson 2 Art as Empowerment
Arts and Media
Lesson 2 Art as Empowerment
What do you see? Answers on your whiteboards

2. Starter Find a partner Get a whiteboard each
One of you will be the artist the other will be the interpreter
The artist will sit facing the screen
The interpreter will have their back to the screen and will face the artist
The artist has 90seconds to draw something to explain what is displayed on the screen they must not use words. The artist is trying to communicate.
The interpreter must write down on their whiteboard what they think the artist is trying to say
The artist must not speak to the interpreter
The artist and interpreter must change roles each time

3. I love my job

4. 2. I am very happy

5. 3. I am being bullied

6. 4. I am falling in love

7. What can we learn from this task?
Think about it and discuss it with your partner.
Use these questions as a starting point
What was easy/ difficult about the task?
What did it make you think about?
Where is there value in an activity like this?
Why and for who?

8. Learning objectives
To develop an understanding of the role and purpose of art in society and in education
Learning outcomes
To be able to establish some of the functions of art
To understand the wider value of art within society

9. What function does art serve?

10. What function does art serve?

11. What function does art serve?
A CHALLENGE TO
SOCIAL NORMS
THE POWER OF
SELF-EXPRESSION
A CONTRASTING
BALANCE TO SCIENCE
ART?
THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR DEBATE AND
OPINION
HISTORICAL
RECORD
THE DEVELOPMENT
OF IDENTITY &
SELF AWARENESS
A CREATIVE
OUTPUT
AESTHETIC APPRECIATION

12. What function does art serve?
"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."  -Pablo Picasso It is the aesthetic that balances our intellect. The beauty, the provocateur, the teacher, the stress reducer, the attention increaser, art is the higher purpose of our endeavor.  There are those that are wise (philosophers), those that are spirited (soldiers), and those that are creative. It is among these creative sorts that the lowest of craft and the highest of attained beauty spring from.

13. Art or expression?
Art therapy