Lesson plan
Abstract Expressionism
Adaptable to multiple grade levels
Dive into the history of Abstract Expressionism and its connections to music, emotion, and gestural mark-making. Students experiment with techniques used by movement pioneers and create their own expressive abstract works.
Related artist: Kendal Hanna
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