Create Your Own Crown with Nicoletta Darita de la Brown

From Kennedy Center: Teaching Artists Present · 2020

Create Your Own Crown with Nicoletta Darita de la Brown
7 minPre-KK1st2nd3rdArt
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Summary

Artist Nicoletta Darita de la Brown guides you in designing and making a crown that shows something about who you are. Part of the Kennedy Center's Teaching Artists Present series — gather a few simple materials and make along with the teaching artist.

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All ages

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Discussion questions

Discussion

This make-along is about trying ideas and materials.

  1. What choices did you make while you were creating?
  2. What would you do differently next time?
  3. What does your finished piece show about you?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: material, design, texture, shape, create.

Try it: Make along with the teaching artist, then add one detail that makes the piece your own.