BSA Art Merit Badge Info



BSA Art Merit Badge Requirements 
& Museum/Gallery Information 
Stark County & NE Ohio area

1. Discuss the following with your counselor:
a. What art is and what some of the different forms of art are
b. The importance of art to humankind
c. What art means to you and how art can make you feel

2. Discuss with your counselor the following terms and elements of art: line, value, shape, form, space, color, and texture. Show examples of each element.

3. Discuss with your counselor the six principles of design: rhythm, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, and unity.

4. Render a subject of your choice in FOUR of these ways:
a. Pen and ink
b. Watercolors
c. Pencil
d. Pastels
e. Oil paints
f. Tempera
g. Acrylics
h. Charcoal
i. Computer drawing or painting

5. Do ONE of the following:
a. Design something useful. Make a sketch or model of your design.   With your counselor’s approval, create a promotional piece for the item using a picture or pictures.
b. Tell a story with a picture or pictures or using a 3-D rendering.
c. Design a logo. Share your design with your counselor and explain the significance of your logo. Then, with your parent’s permission and your counselor’s approval, put your logo on Scout equipment, furniture, ceramics, or fabric.

6. With your parent’s permission and your counselor’s approval, visit a museum, art exhibit, art gallery, artists’ co-op, or artist’s workshop. Find out about the art displayed or created there. Discuss what you learn with your counselor. *See below

7. Find out about three career opportunities in art. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you.

If you are in the Stark County or Tuscarawas County area, I have an Art Merit Badge Kit you can check out.  It has supplies to complete the requirements included in it.  
Contact:  swshumaker@yahoo.com and include your Troop # and contact info.

(Current as of May 2021)
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* Requirement #6 
Always check the website and/or call to confirm hours open BEFORE you make a trip there!  Many hours have been reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Akron Art Museum                            https://akronartmuseum.org/
Thurs 11am to 8pm, Friday & Sat 11am to 5pm
Extended hours until 8pm on the second Friday of each month.
Register for a free ticket online or call the museum.

Canton Museum of Art                      https://www.cantonart.org/
Tues, Wed, Thurs 10am to 8pm (Free Thursdays)
Friday & Sat 10am to 5pm
Sunday 1pm to 5pm
Open later on First Friday (and Free)
Free Admission every Thursday.
Closed on major holidays

The Cleveland Museum of Art           http://www.clevelandart.org/
Tues through Sun 10am to 5pm
Free, but call or go online to get a ticket beforehand.
Closed Mondays and major holidays
Always FREE

Massillon Museum                            http://www.massillonmuseum.org/
Tues - Sat 9:30am to 5pm
Sunday 2pm to 5pm
Closed Mondays and major holidays

Malone University                            https://www.malone.edu/art/
2600 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton
Johnson Center for Worship and Fine Arts
Malone Art Gallery, second floor
Monday through Friday 11am to 4pm, or by appointment.
Free.

Vital Arts - Art/Cinema/Marketplace             http://www.vitalcanton.com/en
324 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton
Thurs through Sat. 6 to 10pm.

The Joseph Saxton Gallery of Photography        https://josephsaxton.com/
520 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton
Historic and Contemporary Photography
Tues - Sat 12pm to 5pm

Cyrus Custom Framing & Art            http://cyruscustom.com/art.html
2645 Cleveland Ave NW
M-F 10ish to 6pm
Sat 11am to 3pm
Closed first Sat of the month and Sundays

Little Art Gallery                     http://ncantonlibrary.com/upcoming-exhibits/
185 N. Main Street (inside the North Canton Public Library)
Mon - Friday 10am to 6pm
Saturday 10am to 2pm

Don Drumm Studios and Gallery      http://www.dondrummstudios.com/
437 Crouse St. Akron
Mon - Friday 10am to 6pm
Saturday 10am to 5pm

Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts      http://www.tuscartcenter.org/
461 Robinson Dr SE, New Philadelphia 

Mon through Fri 10am to 2pm
Sat 12pm to 4pm


 

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