Eleventh graders explore sustainable and found-object art — making work from repurposed and recycled materials — and contrast it with traditional new materials, seeing how artists turn waste into meaning.
Students will be able to…
One artist’s trash is another’s treasure! Sustainable art repurposes materials others throw away. Which materials are found, and which are new?
Project this and sort each into found/repurposed or traditional new materials.
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Sustainable art repurposes materials others throw away — found or new?
Students explore.
Students create.
Students share.
Students respond.
Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Visual Arts, HS Advanced).
Use sustainable materials.
Experiment with found materials.
Connect art to sustainability.
Perceive material choices.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students name a found material and an artwork they could make from it. A printable sustainable-art sheet is in the Arts library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.