Art Museums as Resources for Junior High School Art Education : A Report on the Lessons Focusing on Digital Imaging in Kurashiki

Abstract

Art education today has the new task of searching for effective ways to utilize museums to support school education. In the attached junior high school to Okayama University, we have pursued this by giving lessons consisting of both the appreciation of art pieces and studio work, part of which is digital imaging. In this paper, curriculum examples, including appreciation and studio work are given and our lessons are reported in detail. Through analyzing students' pieces, the effects of inserting an art museum tour into a sequence of studies are discerned and the significance of image composition through digital devices are pointed out.