Card+Themes

As with any piece of art, the creation of Artist Trading Cards can be guided by a theme. The TI Festival's theme for 2008 is Beyond Conflict: Creating Peaceful Communities. There are some Big Ideas (central issues) that can be explored using these themes.

Big Ideas
Here are some "big ideas" or themes to explore in your cards or other artwork. Please feel free to add more ideas or keywords.
 * 1) Peace
 * 2) Collaboration
 * 3) Community
 * 4) Conflict Resolution
 * 5) Understanding or Tolerance of Others
 * 6) Identity

A fabulous resource is the [|Incredible Art Department], which has quotes, lesson plans and links to all sorts of projects using art to explore themes of peace. The page on using art to explore peace and related themes can be found at: [|Art about Peace]

Extending the Activity

 * Extended Lessons:** This activity could be carried out in conjunction with a lesson on peace, tolerance or identity. There are many, many lesson plans posted by teachers all over the internet. Some suggested sites are available on the Resources page.


 * Artist's Statement:** Another way to extend this lesson would be to ask students to include an Artist's Statement or reflection about the card. The student could include some personal thoughts about conflict and peace or about something that makes him or her unique.