Sketchbooks, scones, and testing out ideas - this week has been filled with fun and interesting moments framed with demonstrations, experimentation, and (hopefully) some serious ideas about art.
To start the week out, students were introduced to the work of Phil Hansen. For those of you not in the know, he is an artist who gave an amazing TEDtalk in 2013 about creativity and "Embracing the Shake." I decided to share this artist and his story with my students for two reasons: 1. His work very much feeds into the theme of Identity, which is our current theme of exploration, and 2. He provides a message of overcoming doubt, fear, and failure to find your voice through your work.
It was fun to see and hear the reaction students had to his work and how we can apply his experiences to our classroom endeavors.
To start the week out, students were introduced to the work of Phil Hansen. For those of you not in the know, he is an artist who gave an amazing TEDtalk in 2013 about creativity and "Embracing the Shake." I decided to share this artist and his story with my students for two reasons: 1. His work very much feeds into the theme of Identity, which is our current theme of exploration, and 2. He provides a message of overcoming doubt, fear, and failure to find your voice through your work.
It was fun to see and hear the reaction students had to his work and how we can apply his experiences to our classroom endeavors.
Afterwards, students turned to their sketchbooks and created thumbnails based on our investigation of the theme "Identity" using the artists Frida Khalo, Do Ho Suh, and Julian Opie. Each artist presented interprets identity in their works using different elements of the idea and with different media. Khalo is all about the personal experience, Suh is more about the communal and cultural aspect, whereas Opie works to simplify the human form, but still retain a sense of uniqueness.
I then used each day this week to demonstrate various materials so students could apply them to their works and ideas. Students also had time to peer edit and critique along the way before beginning final pieces. We finished out the week by working through designs and getting more feedback. This is my favorite time during a project because there is so much excitement and possibility and what is being made.
These were created from air dry clay last night, by Gracie.
To wrap up the week, we also celebrated International Bring a Scone to Art Class Day. Students brought in scones (some to eat, some to simply admire) and to add to the delight, a pair of students wrote and performed these tasty sick beats:
I hope you all had a spectacular week and a wonderful #sconeday2015!
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