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= = = Our inquiry topic for term 3 is called: "Is Art Just For Art's Sake?" = =__KEY UNDERSTANDINGS. (What we should understand at the end of the unit).__ *Artists use different techniques and mediums to share their ideas, experiences, values and beliefs. *Art is also about creating, writing, constructing and performing. *Art is shared for a variety of reasons such as entertainment, education and as a form of protest. __SO WHAT? (Why are we learning this).__ Art is created to get a response. It is important we understand why people produce art and that we can use art as a way to convey our messages and ideas. = =On Wednesday the 22nd of July we went to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. We learnt about war and made pictures with the word war in it. We learnt that artists often produce work to send a message. We looked at paintings that showed the two sides of war. There were people who agreed with the war and this could be seen in their artwork. On the other side there were people who disagreed with war and this could be seen in their art works. We produced art that showed the negative effects of war. We used symbols and colours to convey our message. After we did the paintings we talked about Parihaka. = = = = Here are some pictures of our painting:  = = We thought a lot about symbols we wanted in our artwork. = = Here is Courtney's wonderful War and Peace artwork. You can see more of the classes artwork on the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Website: http://dunedin.art.museum/exhibitionrelated_item.asp?eduitem = 191  =