Students spent this week learning about the artist Keith Haring and studying his artwork. Students were particularly interested in Haring's beginnings as a graffiti artist in New York and his chalk drawings in the NYC subways. Noting Haring's use of semiotics, or symbolic language, students created their own Haring style symbols to communicate ideas they found important in their lives. Students chose ideas like family, sports, religion, friends, music, and Using the simplified figures typical of Haring's work, students combined their ideas with their classmates in small groups to create murals which they hung around school. The resulting murals were bright, bold, and continue to communicate the ideas students wanted to the entire school on a daily basis!
