After school program

pop-art: art reflecting the culture

In the fall of 2021, I developed and instructed a pop-art themed curriculum that explored the big idea of identity in American culture and the church. The class was held over 12-weeks meeting one night each week for an hour and a half. In this curriculum, students learned about the pop art movement through iconic pop-artists like Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Allison Lefcort, and Burton Morris. Students created visual art that was inspired by each week’s pop-artist covering multiple art practices from printmaking using styrofoam plates to creating bas-reliefs using aluminum sheets. Students had agency to explore culture through creative inquiry led by looking at the pop-art and class discussions. The class discussions fed students artmaking to express their own concepts of American culture by juxtaposing it with the church.