Art 1A students will be creating masks in a style similar to the African masks of the past and the present. In order to prepare for the art making, students will research and study African masks both online and from books. Then students will work in groups of four to create Power Point presentations that they will show the class in order to teach and inspire classmates about the wide variety of African masks.

African Mask Slide Presentations must include the following:
Two students research and create the PPT for all slides EXCEPT slide # five
Slide One: Picture and title, name of the country or area in Africa
Slide Two: Purposes,
Slide Three: What are they made of, how are they made?
Slide Four: What do they represent? When and why are they worn?
Slide Five: Picture by Harlem Renaissance artist that shows comparison to African Mask
Slide Six: Bibliography

Student Three: Comparison to work of a Harlem Renaissance artist-find image and write text for slide five
Student Four: Make a paper cut-out example of the mask

Read:
http://www.mpm.edu/collect/mask.html
And Artcyclopedia Harlem Renaissance information:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/harlem-renaissance.html
PBS series:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/arts/artfocus_03.html

African Mask Areas and Tribes: