Curriculum Unit: Identity Boxes
Focus Artist: Mano Kellner
Theme: Identity
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
• Connect shadow boxes and storytelling to real life applications: store displays and set design.
• Craft a cohesive shadow box utilizing the principles of design.
• Design and create a three-dimensional composition.
• Express personal identity through their process and final product.
Unit Rationale:
Students will explore their identity through a three-dimensional shadow box design. They will learn how to use the principles of design to create a cohesive composition and how this relates to and can be inspired by store displays and set design. Utilizing foreground, middle ground, and background, students will assemble a box that represents who they are through a timeline of past, present and future. They will establish a common theme that connects each layer of their identity box, and learn how to tell a story through their design. Students will learn about and utilize the elements of art and principles of design within each stage of their design.
Identity Box: Teacher Example
