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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Crazy for Cubes: Art and Science

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners discuss Sol LeWitt and conceptual art, then analyze the differences in expressing a concept through model-based inquiry and aesthetic art criticism. They develop a geometric, scientific, or mathematical concept, then create an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Group Wall Drawing

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students create a group wall drawing that demonstrate the contributions that each part makes to the whole.
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Lesson Plan
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Shape and Line Remix

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Sol LeWitt used ideas as his artwork, a method of artmaking that has become known as Conceptual art. From each idea, many drawings, prints, or sculptures could be created. Young scholars will use simple geometric shapes as creative...
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Graphic
Other

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: Sol Le Witt: Wall Drawing Retrospective

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience over one hundred of Sol LeWitt's large-scale wall drawings at the MMOCA, spanning the artist's career from 1969 to 2007, installed over three stories of a historic mill building.
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Lesson Plan
National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Sol Le Witt's Concepts and Structures

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will consider the term "conceptual art" and the role of math in producing this art. They will first create a conceptual art piece by following a set of Sol LeWitt's instructions. Then, they will design two conceptual art plans...
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Minimalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of Minimalism, including a list of famous Minimalist artists. There are links to Minimalist artists and exhibitions of their works, often with commentaries or reviews.
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Website
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Guggenheim Museum: Collection Online: Artist Bio: Sol Le Witt

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a profile of the career of Sol LeWitt. Use the search box at left to find examples of LeWitt's minimalist works in the Guggenheim's collections.
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Handout
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Sol Le Witt

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Sol LeWitt.