Students will launch the food-as-art project by analyzing exemplar artworks, connecting food to personal and cultural experience, and sharing an initial sculpture direction through discussion and a brief concept pitch.

Students will gather direct stories about food, culture, and daily life; analyze patterns in what matters to viewers and makers; and turn those insights into an empathy map, a How Might We statement, and a clear design brief that will guide later sketches, prototypes, and critique cycles.

Students will turn empathy findings and early concepts into multiple sculpture directions, test those ideas with peers, and use documented feedback to refine one prototype direction and pitch a clear making plan.

Students will present their finished ceramic food sculptures and artist statements to an authentic audience at the spring art show, communicate how feedback and revision shaped their work, and reflect on how food, culture, and daily life became art through their design process.