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Kehinde Wiley Inspired Lesson Plan: The Power of a Portrait Project

Apr 13

Kehinde Wiley Inspired Lesson Plan: The Power of a Portrait Project

St. Croix Educational Complex High School students created two large-scale paintings inspired by Kehinde Wiley, a contemporary African American artist. Wiley explores Power, race, and identity issues by exploring portraiture. Wiley’s portraits depict everyday people he meets on the streets. His artwork references artwork created by older European masters, thereby encouraging the viewer to contemplate the role of identity and Power in portraiture. By utilizing Wiley’s approach

ABOUT MS. DAVID

Ms. Danica David is an artist and a visual arts educator at the St. Croix Educational Complex High School (SCECHS) on the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Ms. David is a dedicated art educator who believes that every student she teaches has at least one artistic gift. Ms. David educates her students with the motivation of cultivating dynamic-world-changers. She teaches to deepen their awareness and sensitivity towards other cultures. Her students are so amazing that she created this website to share past, present, and future students' artwork and creative writing skills. The site was also designed so that fellow art educators near and far can become inspired by Virgin Islands culture through the various art lesson plans.