Digital Yayoi Kusama Art Project
Digital art lessons, such as my Yayoi Kusama collage project on Google Slides™, make engaging, early finisher art activities for middle school! Students will copy and paste organic shapes to design their digital collage using step by step directions. The editable artist biography discusses her lifelong obsession with polka dots.
With 162 moveable pieces to choose from, each student’s digital art project will be unique! The best part? It requires no prep! Simply assign it with Google Classroom™.
Overview of My Digital Yayoi Kusama Art Project
First, students can read the artist’s biography. The text is fully editable, so you can customize it. It chronicles her love of polka dots to her childhood growing up in Japan. Additionally, it illustrates how she uses dots to create paintings, sculptures, live performances, and something she calls an “Infinity Room.”
Next, kids will add a border and many organic shapes to design their collage.
Lastly, once they’ve arranged their digital cut-outs, your students can re-color any of the pieces! Simply tap to select a shape. And click on the paint bucket tool to change the color.
Technology Skills
- Copy & Paste
- Drag & Drop
- Rotating
- Ordering
- Resizing
- Coloring
What’s Included
- 12 Student Direction Slides – Step-by-step tutorials so kids can create their digital art projects independently
- Digital Moveable Pieces – Shapes kids will copy and paste to design their collage
- 10 Background Slides – To paste their project pieces onto
- Yayoi Kusama Biography for Kids – A short artist biography about the life and work of Yayoi Kusama. It is fully editable.
- 4 Teacher Examples – Fully completed samples for demonstrating with.
You Will Receive
- 1 Non-Editable PDF
- Google Drive Access Link
Why You’ll Love It
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I used this lesson during distance learning. My students were so happy to have an art lesson. Each one was unique and beautiful and the students were so proud of their work. I will definitely use this lesson again.
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Great art lesson for online learning. Have since adapted it to be used in person as well.
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This is perfect for Asian Heritage Month to highlight a popular Japanese artist and was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for creating this! The description is spot on about it being ready to use!
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Jody H. –
This was a fun way for my kids to create art in a digital format after learning about Kusama.
LaMissha Y. –
A fun assignement for students during virtual learning
Shannon W. –
My daughter really loved this lesson and has asked to do it again multiple times! Thanks!
Fredline Darote –
Great resource.
Kate S. –
Great art lesson for online learning. Have since adapted it to be used in person as well.
M M. –
I used this lesson during distance learning. My students were so happy to have an art lesson. Each one was unique and beautiful and the students were so proud of their work. I will definitely use this lesson again.
Bonjour Mme Liu –
This is perfect for Asian Heritage Month to highlight a popular Japanese artist and was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for creating this! The description is spot on about it being ready to use!