a mark or character used to represent an idea, object, or relationship

Maps as art

Art and design

Personal geography

Places and migration

Abstract expression

Layering and mixed-media

In this unit, pupils explore how maps can be used in a different way by artists, to tell stories about who we are and where we’ve been. They will create their own personal maps, think about identity, places  and people that are imporant to them and journeys they make.

Maps to explore identity, journeys, and imagination.

What does Frank Bowling do with paint in his map paintings?

What is the name for something you remember from the past?

What do we call an artwork made by sticking pieces together?

Maps as art

Lesson outcome