Lesson Plan: Collaboration & Palimpsest
PART I: UNIT OVERVIEW ● Unit Title: Layering, Collaboration & Storytelling ● Enduring (Big) Idea: Collaboration and Palimpsest A Palimpsest artifact or artwork is one that reveals its history just like a chalk board allows you to still see partially erased marks. A palimpsest “may be anything having diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath its surface. Close examination of a painting's layers might reveal changes made by the original painter, by later painters, conservators, restorers, by environmental factors, or by vandals”. Artists are always adding different layers into their artwork. Maybe they are creating a mixed media piece and need the glue to dry before they can add another piece of the collage. Maybe they are creating a sculpture and need to create a metal base before they can add the fabric layer. Lastly, maybe they are creating a painting and need the paint to dry before they...