Virtual Playdate: Reimagined Animals

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After exploring animals in Kemper Museum’s current exhibitions and Permanent Collection, you will create your own piece of animal art ...but with a twist! What would a hybrid animal look like if you combined one, two, or more animals together? What if you created a creature that was half human (maybe even you!) and half animal? What would an animal look like on a different planet? After watching this video, use your creativity to reimagine your favorite animals as something completely new and different!

Project Steps:
1. Explore animal art in Kemper Museum’s current exhibitions and Permanent Collection archive:
a. Spider and Spider I by Louise Bourgeois
b. In Praise of Prairie Dogs by Judy Chicago
c. Ahulani by Deborah Butterfield
d. Chameleon by Micheal Lucero
2. Gather your materials. You will need cardboard food boxes (cereal, pasta, etc…), paint, paintbrushes, drawing materials such as crayons and markers, scrap paper, scissors, and glue.
3. Deconstruct the food boxes so they lie flat. Paint them different colors. Add patterns if you would like.
4. Use paint and drawing materials to add color and patterns to the scrap paper.
5. After everything is dry, cut up and use these materials to create your reimagined animal. What animals do you think the teacher in the video combined together to create their hybrid creature?
6. Think about what more you can do with your re-imagined animal!
a. Write a story, poem, or play about the animal.
b. On the back of the animal, tape a pencil, popsicle stick, or a dowel rod to turn it into a puppet.
c. Create a setting for your animal. Where does the animal live? Does it live somewhere on earth,
on a different planet, or a place in your imagination?

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