This document outlines an art-based classroom management strategy called "Mona Lisa Quiet" presented by Dorie Mishael and Angelica Bigsby. It includes: 1) Biographies of the presenters and their backgrounds in art education. 2) A description of the "Mona Lisa Quiet" strategy which uses gestures and facial expressions based on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting to signal different noise levels. 3) Additional art-focused classroom management strategies like using a "noise-o-meter" and creating "mini museums" to practice procedures. 4) Explanations of how the strategies meet art education standards and can be adapted for different grade levels.

1. "Mona Lisa Quiet” Art History as
Classroom Management
Dorie Mishael and Angelica Bigsby
VAEA 2015

2. Dorie Mishael
● Alabama, California, Texas
● Visual Studies BFA from the
University of North Texas
● pK-5th grade @ Cora Kelly
Elementary School for Science,
Math, and Technology
● Alexandria, VA
● Fave Artists:
○ Hieronymus Bosch
○ Jenny Saville
○ Basquiat
○ Rothko

3. Angelica Bigsby
● Houstonian
● University of North Texas
○ Visual Arts Studies Major
○ Psychology and Counseling Minors
● George Washington University
○ Art Therapy Masters
● Fave Artists:
○ Felix Gonzalez Torres,
○ Kara Walker,
○ Kehinde Wiley,

4. Itinerary
● About Us
● Objective - I Can
● Rational
● “Mona Lisa Quiet” and More
● Noise-o-meter
● Mini Museums
● Questions & Share

5. I canConfidently implement classroom management strategies in an
authentic and engaging way and meet SOL’s.

6. Rational
Situation
● Classroom Management
procedures used in homerooms
are too varied.
● How can I familiarize my
students with famous art cannon
that I might not teach?
● How can I make classroom
management fun and meet SOL’s
at the same time?
Solution
● Art focused management
procedures.
● Encourage art criticism
● Kinesthetic learning
● Art History Canon and
Vocabulary

7. “Mona Lisa
Quiet”
K-2

8. “Curator Says”...
● Body is STILL
● Think in your
HEAD
Hand raised
HIGH with a
BRIGHT idea.

9. ● Ears are
LISTENING
● Eyes
TRACKING
speaker
● SLOOOWWW
DOWN
● Melt Down
Management is fun and
age appropriate.
Kinesthetic Experience

10. Noise-o-meter
Analyse, Infer, Describe, Apply
K-5

11. Lips are Zipped

12. Whisper to your
Partner

13. Formal Normal

14. Loud Crowd

15. The Scream

16. Other
Examples
● Moniter
● Label / Define
● Reward
● Feelings Descriptor?

17. Mini Museum

18. Materials
Procedures
Behaviors
● Materials: Techniques, use
● Procedures: Getting
supplies out, cleaning them
up
● Behaviors: Sharing, See
Think Wonder
Kinesthetic practice for authentic
learning of procedures and
establishing routines. + EL
VA:Cr2.1.Ka
Through experimentation,
build skills in various
media and approaches to
artmaking.
VA:Cr2.1.1a
Explore uses of materials
and tools to create works
of art or design.
VA:Cr2.2.1a
Demonstrate safe and
proper procedures for
using materials, tools, and
equipment while making art.

19. SOL’s
K.3 The student
will follow a
sequence of
steps used in
creating works of
art.
1.2 The student
will describe
steps used in the
creation of works
of art.
1.7 The student
will identify and
use the following
in works of art:
2. Line—zigzag,
.., wavy, spiral

20. SOL’s
K.11 The student will use
motor skills (e.g., pinching, folding,
cutting, to create two-dimensional...
works of art.
K.9 The student will identify
spatial relationships—left, right, top,
bottom, side, center, front, back, over,
and under.
1.12 The student will use motor
skills (e.g., cutting, to create two-
dimensional …..works of art.

21. SOL’s
K.17 The student will select a
preferred work of art and explain
why it was chosen.

22. National Standards
VA:Cr2.1.Ka
Through experimentation, build skills
in various media and approaches to
artmaking.
VA:Cr2.1.1a
Explore uses of materials and tools
to create works of art or design.
VA:Cr2.2.1a
Demonstrate safe and proper
procedures for using materials, tools,
and equipment while making art.

23. National Standards
VA:Re.7.2.Ka
Describe what an image represents.
VA:Re.7.2.1a
Compare images that represent the
same subject.

24. SOL’s
K.15 The student will describe and
respond to works of art.
K.18 The student will describe ideas,
experiences, and feelings expressed in
personal and other works of art
1.19 The student will describe how
feelings, ideas, and emotions are
communicated in works of art.
.

26. SOL’s
1.16 The student will describe
the visual qualities and content of
works of art.
1.17 The student will describe
similarities and differences among
works of art.
1.18 The student will explain
why viewers may have different
responses to works of art.

27. National Standards
VA:Pr6.1.Ka
Explain what an art museum is and
distinguish how an art museum is
different from other buildings.
VA:Pr6.1.1a
Identify the roles and responsibilities
of people who work in and visit
museums and other art venues.
VA:Re8.1.Ka
Interpret art by identifying subject
matter and describing relevant
details.
VA:Re8.1.1a
Interpret art by categorizing subject
matter and identifying the
characteristics of form.

28. National Standards
VA:Pr5.1.1a
Ask and answer questions such as
where, when, why, and how artwork
should be prepared for presentation
or preservation.
VA:Pr5.1.Ka
Explain the purpose of a portfolio or
collection.
VA:Re9.1.Ka
Explain reasons for selecting a
preferred artwork.
VA:Re9.1.1a
Classify artwork based on different
reasons for preferences

29. Questions?
Share! What do you do in your
classroom?
Dorie.Mishael@acps.k12.va.us
Bigsby.Angelica@gmail.com