“What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing: you wouldn’t be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought. I am constantly preoccupied with how to remove distance so that we can all come closer together, so that we can all begin to sense that we are the same, we are one.”  -  David Hockney 

    The lessons and materials presented on this site are shared experiences from the MIRA PROJECT -- a project that focuses on the development of sequential art units for high school.  Ten years in the making, the curriculum combines traditional art lessons with emerging technology.  Still a work in progress, the units, visuals, and assessment tools are currently being revised to infuse them with the philosophy and goals of the new National Core Arts Standards in the Visual Arts. 
     You can see the format and overall plan for the MIRA Project in the matrix  below  (the five lessons shared in this website are highlighted).  The lessons are protected by copyright, but teachers are free to use them in their classrooms; we hope you will credit their source when you share them with others. 

MIRA Matrix

For further information about the originators of the MIRA Project or for future reports on progress, see  Contact Us