Contextual Statement
Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire, England in 1956. He is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. Goldsworthy often uses only his bare hands, teeth, and found tools to prepare and arrange the materials. The materials used in Andy Goldsworthy's art often include brightly coloured flowers, icicles, leaves, mud, pinecones, snow, stone, twigs, and thorns.
On this webpage you will find 3 lessons plans for 3 different age groups, birth-2 years, 3-5 years and 6-8 years, in relation to Andy Goldsworthy’s ‘Land Art’. They will help you broaden your students’ knowledge and open their eyes to a different type of art they may not have experienced before. Using these plans the children will come away with outcomes that fall under the EYLF document. Through these lessons students will gain an understanding of how to use the land to create artwork. They will learn a that even if art is not permanent it can still be beautiful, and have meaning and depth. It is important for children to use natural material because children are connected to nature and interact with it everyday, they are able to improvise with natural materials.
On this webpage you will find 3 lessons plans for 3 different age groups, birth-2 years, 3-5 years and 6-8 years, in relation to Andy Goldsworthy’s ‘Land Art’. They will help you broaden your students’ knowledge and open their eyes to a different type of art they may not have experienced before. Using these plans the children will come away with outcomes that fall under the EYLF document. Through these lessons students will gain an understanding of how to use the land to create artwork. They will learn a that even if art is not permanent it can still be beautiful, and have meaning and depth. It is important for children to use natural material because children are connected to nature and interact with it everyday, they are able to improvise with natural materials.