Grete Bodøgaard Mystery of Nature Provided by the South Dakota Art Museum Brookings, South Dakota
South Dakota Artists Curriculum Unit Unit of Study: Grete Bodøgaard, weaver Title of Lesson Plan: Mystery of Nature Grade Level: 3 5
South Dakota Content Standards Fine Arts: Visual Arts Standard Two 3-4: Students will understand selected techniques which give artwork detail. Visual Arts Standard Two 5-8: Students will describe the various techniques which give artwork definition and detail.
South Dakota Content Standards Writing: 3.W.1.3 4.W.1.3 5.W.1.1 Students can write a paragraph using supporting details. Students can compose a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion. Students can compose narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive text of one paragraph.
South Dakota Content Standards Science: 3.L.1.1 3.L.3.2 Students are able to identify the basic structures, functions, and needs of plants in relation to their environment. Students are able to explain how environments support a diversity of plants and animals.
Assessment Strategies Class discussion Observation using VTS Evaluation of student writing using 6+1 Writing Traits as a guide Drawing showing the image in the weaving from a perspective that is further away graded with the use of a rubric
Learning Objectives Students will learn about South Dakota artist Grete Bodøgaard. Students will discuss observations made using VTS techniques. Students will differentiate perspectives like close up vs. far away, bird s eye, vs. worm s eye, etc. Students will identify images in the tapestry, Missouri River Morel. Students will create a drawing of the tapestry, Missouri River Morel from a perspective that is further away.
Time Required One class period of 45 minutes Materials/Technology Needed Image of Grete Bodøgaard s taperstry: Missouri River Morel Journals Drawing paper Markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.
Background Information According to the South Dakota Art Council s website, Grete Bodøgaard s specialty,...cover all stages in the spinning, dyeing with natural dyes, design and weaving of a wide range of natural fibers. She also participates in Artists in Schools & Communities program through the South Dakota Arts Council.
Lesson Description Discuss with students perspective - bird s eye view vs. worm s eye view, close vs. far away, etc. Differentiate these types of perspectives with the class. Show students the tapestry Missouri River Morel by SD artist Grete Bodøgaard. (Do not tell students what the title of this piece is at this time.) Ask students to write in their journals conclusions about their VTS observations about this tapestry by answering questions like: What do you see? Where is this image from? What makes you say that? What do you smell? Why? What type of perspective is this tapestry trying to portray?
Lesson Description continued After students have written their observations in their journal, pass out art supplies and have students recreate this image from a far away perspective showing the rest of the picture. Display the artwork around the room. Explain to students that this is an image of a Morel mushroom. Show students a picture or an actual Morel mushroom. Some students may be familiar with this type of mushroom, have them share with the class what they know about them. Explain background about where they grow and have students discuss environments necessary for some plants to exist.
Enrichment Students could research Morel mushrooms. Students could create a Morel mushroom using paper or clay to represent its unique structure.
Bibliography/Resources South Dakota Textile Collection at the South Dakota Art Museum Grete Bodøgaard tapestry: Missouri River Morel Grete Bodøgaard. South Dakota Arts Council. <http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/aisc/visual2.aspx>.
Grete Bodøgaard Presentation to Students
Grete Bodøgaard http://www.artscouncil.sd.gov/aisc/visual2.aspx
Grete Bodøgaard Professional artist, tapestry weaver, and educator since 1968 Born in Bodø, Norway Immigrated to the United States in 1969 Lives in Volin, SD Tapestries created using Norwegian Tapestry Techniques that date back to 1200 AD Uses contemporary subjects in tapestries
Bibliography Grete Bodøgaard.Tapestry Works. Grete Bodøgaard Tapestry Works. n.d. <http://grete.us/about_us>. *For more information or to show students other pieces of artwork by Grete Bodøgaard, go to her website http://grete.us/ or contact the South Dakota Art Museum.
Missouri River Morel Image Courtesy of the South Dakota Art Museum
Other Examples of Grete Bodøgaard s Artwork
When I Am on Top of the World I Can Not Fall Down http://grete.us
The Future is in My Hands http://www.sdartists.net/members/gbodogaard/gallery_one.php
Ginko Spring http://artscouncil.sd.gov/directories/images/bodogaard2.jpg