Keith Haring Art Project

Keith Haring Art Game

Ready to liven up your elementary art curriculum with a no prep, Pop Art lessons? This Keith Haring art project will boost student confidence and creativity. Kids will be energized by his brightly colored dancing figures and barking dogs. Moreover, they’ll connect with his personal style of painting public murals about important social causes.

And, it’ll help time-starved teachers like you create lesson plans based on Pop Art artists like Keith Haring. 

During this art project, your class will learn how Keith Haring drew inspiration from graffiti art, music, and fashion. And, they’ll discover how his art career started in the NYC subways. Students will draw dancing figures and other pictographs with markers using the step-by-step guide and PowerPoint.

Plan lessons for students about contemporary artists and art appreciation in a way that excites them. Finally feel confident in your art curriculum and be organized and prepared to teach art!

What’s Included In My Keith Haring Art Project

Can I be honest with you? Art history can sometimes be boring for kids. There, I said it. Teaching about artists and cultures doesn’t have to be a snoozer, though! 

I’ve designed 3 different ways for students to attempt this Keith Haring art project. All will engage kids to create! Choose which way works best for your classes:

• Roll a dice game to add randomness to your student’s artwork
• “You Pick” art worksheet for kids to choose their own elements
• Digital spinner wheels, so kids can randomly pick elements and you can integrate technology in the art room
• Printable dice template in case you have no dice
• Step-by-step picture directions to guide students through the art process
• Drawing practice worksheet, for kids who want to sketch out their ideas
• Keith Haring Artist biography about the life and work of this American Pop Art painter, so you don’t need to research
• “Big Ideas” reflection worksheet where students write about their art process 
• Self-assessment worksheet so kids can think about how they performed during the project
• Art grading rubric which assesses expectations, craftsmanship, work habits, creativity, and clean-up
• 8 “I CAN” Statements aligned to the Studio Habits of Mind to use during instruction or post on your bulletin board
• 4 Art exit tickets with quick, thought-provoking prompts
• Art history coloring pages to keep kids inspired by Keith Haring’s dancing figures outside of the art room

Ways to Use My Pop Art Lesson Plan

This Keith Haring inspired art project is flexible and can be used in many ways throughout your art room and beyond. It’s great for maternity or emergency art sub plans, early finisher activities, and even for virtual art class or an after-school art club.

You Will Receive

• 1 Non-Editable Printable PDF (Keith Haring Art Lesson)
• 1 Non-Editable PowerPoint 
• 5 Digital Spinner Videos (downloadable, and links to them on Google Slides and YouTube)
• Paperless Google Drive Digital Resource

Why You’ll Love It

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I love all of these activities. They are indispensable for teaching art in a busy world, in my opinion. The engage the reluctant artist, and every student can be successful.

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My students really enjoyed creating Keith Haring inspired art. I left this (no prep needed) activity for a supply teacher and it made planning for my art lesson so easy! THANK YOU! 

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Excellent resource to introduce students to Keith Haring. The choose your own style of pictogram graphics helped my students as we worked on Keith Haring inspired art, not only having to do it digitally, but having to do it without having met my 3rd trimester art students! They really appreciated the biography and the choice of elements to use and play around with in their own design. Thank you!