Into to Art & Community

Art and community

➼ I can define the purpose and function of popular community mediums (flyers, infographics, public art, murals, and graphic design).

➼ I can match the mediums to the appropriate community aesthetic need.

➼ I can draw an example of each of the popular medium

Objective

Community & Art

Our communities (towns, cities, neighborhoods) use art all the time to fulfill aesthetic (Design) needs.

Art is used for community initiatives, events and concerns.

aims to improve a community (town) in some way.

Iniatives

Things happening in a community

Events

problems/concerns that a community (town) has and believes they can fix.

concerns

Art in the community takes many forms. The list in this lesson is NOT exhaustive. There are many creative ways to use art to fulfill the aesthetic needs of the community.

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Forms

A paper ad with visuals and text.

Great for

• non-permanent situations

• getting info out quickly

• Events

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Flyer

Multiple Choice

A flyer would be best suited to which community problem?

• A local bakery needs to set themselves apart from other bakeries

• Local parks want to provide information on the local bear population

• A town is hosting a vintage carshow to generate tourism.

• The city wants to update its downtown to be more modern.

A painting directly on a wall or surface in a public space

Great for

• permanent situations

• long lasting design

• business & neighborhood decoration, beautifying ect.

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Murals

Multiple Choice

A mural would be best suited to which community problem?

• A local print shop needs its brand updated to fit with new trends.

• The city merchants guild wants to present information to town hall about business profits.

• A local quilt shop is hosting a learn to quilt event.

• The city wants to provide more public interactive art to bring in tourists.

presents data visually

Great for

• Showing percentages/numbers

• showing steps/process

• non-fiction information

• digital presentation

• print presentation

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Infographic

Multiple Choice

An infographic would be best suited to which community problem?

• A local bakery needs to set themselves apart from other bakeries

• Local parks want to provide data on the local bear population

• A town is hosting a vintage carshow to generate tourism.

• The city wants to update its downtown to be more modern.

simple design to represent a brand. Text and/or image

Great for

• stickers

• branding

• business identity

• digital or print

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Logo

Multiple Choice

A logowould be best suited to which community problem?

• A local print shop needs its brand updated to fit with new trends.

• The city merchants guild wants to present information to town hall about business profits.

• A local quilt shop is hosting a learn to quilt event.

• The city wants to provide more public interactive art to bring in tourists.

There are many different materials art can be printed on for the community

• billboard

• shirts

• window painting

• sidewalk art

• environment art

• ect...

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Worksheet Activity

1. Read the following community problems.

2. Match the problem with the BEST art format to fulfill the aesthetic need.

3. Write the Letter of the scenario in the 2nd column

A local restaurant filled with natural colors and bright light. They are looking to update their interior to bring in more customers

A. Restaurant

The local school is hosting an SAT tutoring day afterschool. They want to spread the word and hopefully increase test participation.

B. Tutoring

A big tomato festival is coming up and local farm wants to present the growth stages for a tomato and display it at the entry hall.

​​C. Tomato

A local bike shop wants to draw attention. They sponsor a race & promote with flyers, but no one remembers their shop name. They need a visual to help people remember them.

D. Competition