In most American high schools, the art education curriculum is almost exclusively focused on developing the studio skills of students. This project explores performance art as a means of creatively expressing concepts outside of the use of traditional art tools. Performance art is a highly versatile and largely misunderstood practice that can be utilized to encourage and empower high school students to express themselves physically, using their bodies as the medium. While the incorporation of performance art into the classroom has been discussed by other theorists, it is rarely put into practice. Through this project, I created a web-based framework that will facilitate the incorporation of performance art into the high school art curriculum and appeal to students who exist in a world of advanced and omnipresent technology. The supporting paper includes a study of several literary sources discussing the following: the historical and contemporary cultural relevance of performance art, the practice of teaching performance art, the behavior of the high school student, and the use of technology in the classroom. The final web-based framework demonstrates the value of media exchange and communication through the Internet by providing students with video 6 examples of performance art as performed by their peers, and opens up possibilities for making meaningful connections with their personal lives through performance art.

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