Summit Hill ElementaryArt Edventures

“My Funky Flag”Kinder-Social Studies/American Symbols

Jasper Johns

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Meet Jasper Johns

1930-Present

“I tend to like things that already exist.”

Childhood Dream

• Did you know that Jasper Johns was born in your home state of Georgia? Yes-- in Augusta!

• When he was 5 or 6 years old (your age) he dreamed of becoming an artist.

• He dreamed of this for a long time. He made lots of art as a kid, went to college and studied art at University of South Carolina and then moved to New York City to be around other artists and big art museums.

Can you find Augusta?

Georgia

Dreams Come True

• While in New York City he worked at a book store, took art classes, met other artists and painted, painted, painted.

• Finally, after two years he had enough paintings for his first art show. (hit enter)

• At his show, a very big art museum (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) bought three of his paintings. This was a huge accomplishment!

• His dream of becoming an artist came true! From then on, he was paid a lot of money to create paintings for museums and art galleries all over the world.

“White Flag” by Jasper JohnsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art paid

20 million dollars for this painting!

Fond Of The Flag

• Jasper Johns really liked to paint the American flag and other symbols.

• A symbol is something --- such as an object, picture, word, sound, color, piece of music or a mark --- that stands for something.

• For example, the American Flag is a picture that stands for the United States Of America.

• Did you know that each part of the flag has a meaning too?

“American Flag” by Jasper Johns

Think, Pair & Share

• Ever wonder why the flag is red, white, and blue? What do you think the colors mean?

Our flag’s colors were picked because

they mean something:

• Volunteer 1 steps forward: – White: Means purity and innocence

• Volunteer 2 steps forward– Red: Stands for courage and bravery

• Volunteer 3 steps forward:– Blue: Stands for justice and fairness

• Does anyone know why our flag has stars and stripes?

Volunteer 4 steps forward: -Stars were chosen to represent the heavens

-Stars also stand for each state that joins the United States. Currently there are 50 stars on our flag because we have 50 states.

Volunteer 5 steps forward:-Stripes were chosen to represent rays of the sun

-There are 13 stripes on the flag which stand for the original 13 colonies that started the United States. Later we grew from 13 states to 50!

American Symbols• Many of Jasper Johns’ paintings

include popular American symbols.

• Can you name some symbols he likes to paint? Good!

• He likes:

FlagsTargetsNumbersLetters Maps

“Zero-Nine” by Jasper Johns

”Target” by Jasper Johns

“0 Through 9” by Jasper Johns

Can you “name” any of these numbers?

What Do You See?

“2 Flags” by Jasper Johns

Optical Fun:

If you stare at the top flag long enough you are supposed to

see red, white and blue in the

bottom flag.

“Three Flags”• This is one of his most

famous paintings. What do you think it is called?

• One night he dreamed about painting flags. He was so excited about his vision, that he started to paint them the next day.

• He used encaustic- melted crayon-like waxy stuff to paint and add texture to this piece.

• Today his flag paintings are his most famous pieces!

“Three Flags” by Jasper Johns

Art EDventures SampleNow it is your turn to create your own American flag like Jasper Johns!

However, you are going to make your flag out all kinds of funky red, white and blue stuff.

Your flag is going to be based on the very first U.S. flag. See the 13 stars in a circle on the sample flag? They are symbols for the 13 original colonies. When you stick on your last star--think of Georgia because it was the 13th original colony!

“My Funky Flag”• Each child gets a piece of paper with an

outline of the flag, a pencil and a paintbrush.  

Draw The Paw • The kids will sign their name on the BLANK

side of the paper and “draw the paw” to let others know this is an Art EDventures creation.

• Then they will flip it over and…

Recyled Stuff• On the table, there should be a group of

red, a group of blue and a group of white "stuff"  (papers, buttons, packing popcorn, sequins and whatever other textures that can be gathered.) 

 

 

Project Art EDventuresGluing

• Using the paintbrush, each child will brush white glue onto the paper and then stick pieces of torn papers and textures into the proper places on the flag. 

Parent’s Circle Help• After they are all done with the stripes

and the field of blue, a parent helper should LIGHTLY trace a circle on the field of blue using a jar lid for a template. 

13 Stars for 13 Colonies• The children will stick down 13 of the

same color star stickers around the circle then use glitter glue to dot around them.  (To make a flag like the original 13 colonies.)

Supply List

• Wet Dry Media Paper-One sheet of large (11X14) wet/dry art paper for each student. This should be prepared with a FLAG outline already drawn/photocopied onto it.  

• Glue (enough for each table to have at least one plate of glue)

• Paint Brushes-one for each child 

• Recycled Stuff-things with textures, different torn papers and other "stuff“ in red, white and blue. For example, white things like cotton balls, Q tips that can be glued down as “white stripes.” Red things like milk jug tops, buttons, etc. that can be glued down to make red stripes.

• Glitter Glue -silver or gold (two per table to share)

• Star stickers in silver or gold (13 per child)

• Jar Lids-6 jar lids big enough for the circle in the flags field of blue.  (To be used by the parents)

• Pencils -6 for the parents to trace a circle on the blue flag field.

G.P.S. Ties

• SSKH2 The student will identify important American symbols and explain their meaning.

a. The national and state flags (United States and Georgia flags)b. The bald eaglec. The Statue of Libertyd. Lincoln Memoriale. Washington Monumentf. White Houseg. Pledge of Allegianceh. Star Spangled Banner

• SSKCG2 The student will retell stories that illustrate positive character traits and will explain how the people in the stories show the qualities of honesty, patriotism, loyalty, courtesy, respect, truth, pride, self-control, moderation, and accomplishment.

• Via Art ED parent handout

Art EDventuresMade possible with your donations to S.H.E.’s PTA

• Dear Mom, Dad or Caretaker,

• I went on an Art EDventure today! I learned all about Jasper Johns. He is famous artist that was born in Georgia! We looked at his art for symbols like the American flag, targets and numbers. I even made my own “13 star” flag with all kinds of colorful recycled stuff!

• Ask me to retell my EDventure to you. To explain what the symbols in our flag mean (red, white, blue, stars, stripes, 13 and 50 stars.) Then ask me to describe two positive character traits of Jasper Johns.

• Jasper Johns “Three Flags”

Art EDventuresMade possible with your donations to S.H.E.’s PTA

• Dear Mom, Dad or Caretaker,

I went on an Art EDventure today! I learned all about Jasper Johns. He is famous artist that was born in Georgia! We looked at his art for symbols like the American flag, targets and numbers. I even made my own “13 star” flag with all kinds of colorful recycled stuff!

Ask me to retell my EDventure to you. To explain what the symbols in our flag mean (red, white, blue, stars, stripes, 13 and 50 stars.) Then ask me to describe two positive character traits of Jasper Johns.

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• Jasper Johns “Three Flags”