How Does An Artist Feel?
Practice: The teacher talks about the last years of the French artist, Henri Matisse, when he was bound to a wheelchair, and the feelings that the artist, whose movements were restricted, might have felt while creating his art. Students sit on chairs against a wall covered with drawing paper, and without standing up, sketch on that paper using crayons attached to long bamboo sticks – just like Matisse.
When to Use
During the Disability Week
Age Level
Preschool and Primary School
Duration
In a course for 40 minutes
Materials
Bamboo sticks, crayons, paper
Related Social-Emotional Learning Areas
Emotion awareness, social awareness
Purpose
To help students to experience how disabled artists feel and what challenges they face while producing through empathy.