What is the Teaching NC Arts Project?
The North Carolina Museum of Art worked with the NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Arts Education team and the NC Arts Council on an incredible resource, Teaching NC Arts Project, linking a curated selection of NC artists who represent the population of NC with instructional strategies and resources.
Why teach about NC Artists?
The NC Visual Art Cultural Relevancy Standards call for teaching NC Art, Artists, and the way the culture has been affected by the arts in grades 4 and 8:
- 4.CX.1.1 – Understand how the visual arts have affected, and are reflected in, the culture, traditions, and history of North Carolina.
- 8.CX.1.1 – Understand the role of visual arts in North Carolina and the United States in relation to history and geography.
The Teaching NC Arts Project provides multiple entry points to allow educators to find resources by art media/ category, geographic region, or time period. Several artists featured in the Teaching NC Arts Projects are featured on NCMALearn. Explore the resources on the left and works of art in the image gallery below.
Explore the Teaching NC Arts Project!
Artists in the Teaching NC Artists Project in NCMA's Collection
Students will examine artists’ use of color and landscape features in the depiction of North Carolina’s regions (Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountains) through three sample works of art. Students will then conduct independent research on an assigned region and work collaboratively in small groups to create a game that incorporates Artist Trading Cards to help learn and review key vocabulary, famous places, and other tidbits of information about that region.
Assuming the role of curators, student teams will create mini-exhibitions with wall labels for a new North Carolina Gallery at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Students will explore the concept of citizenship by creating criteria for an artist’s inclusion in the gallery.
