Growing Up Southern: An Interdisciplinary Project Exploring Family Stories Based on Selected Works of Art by Benny Andrews.

Moore, Patricia; Reynolds, Janann

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ERIC Number: EJ600360

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Growing Up Southern: An Interdisciplinary Project Exploring Family Stories Based on Selected Works of Art by Benny Andrews.

Moore, Patricia; Reynolds, Janann

Art Education, v52 n1 p25-32 Jan 1999

Discusses the life of Benny Andrews, a recognized artist, cultural leader, and storyteller, and the importance of narrative in his artwork. Provides an interdisciplinary project where the students analyze Andrews'"Autobiographical Series," discuss the series as a form of storytelling, and then write their own family story. (CMK)

Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art Education, Artists, Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Family Life, Interdisciplinary Approach, Interviews, Painting (Visual Arts), Story Telling, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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