Visualizing Music

Visualizing Music- a project exploring Wassily Kandinsky's paintings that he made as a synesthete. Wassily Kandinsky quit his job as a lawyer and became an artist when he first heard this opera (an excerpt)

Creative challenge: Create an artwork inspired by music.

SEL message: We all have unique abilities and we have a different perspective than others.

Introduction

Meet the artist

Video for teachers modeling an early part of the lesson

Video for teachers modeling later portions of the lesson

Day to day lesson plan sequence, required supplies and resources. Also, correlation to CCSS and National Core Arts Standards

This slideshow documents Kandinsky's evolution from representational to abstract painting.

Fourteen musical selections along with QR Codes to display with student art work so observers can hear the music that inspired the art