Automatic Drawing
Artist: Henri Matisse
Studio
Mini Composition: Collage
Mini Composition: Collage
Artist: Chuck Close
Studio
Composition: Self portraiture: Crayon
Composition: Self portraiture: Crayon
Artist: William Wegman
Studio
Artful Personifications: Mixed Media : Wizard of Oz
Artful Personifications: Mixed Media : Wizard of Oz
Reflection
I think this was a great unit to start the school year with, and I enjoyed it very much. I have always loved creating with little direction to take, and I think that's something that was very inspiring about this unit. Each one of us were given the same directions, but looked inside of us to discover what we found was fit to describe us. I really enjoyed looking around the room to see all the different things that had came from one big idea. The first studio work, the Matisse Collage I found to be a great introduction activity. I think this is something I would use to have my kids make, and perhaps present with class the first week of school. Giving them the option to walk around and see whose collages are similar, and whose are different, and showing that each identity is unique and none are identical to another. I think that would be a great lesson for the children relating to the unit too! For the second studio activity, the Chuck Close self portraiture was something I found that would be extremely fun for the children in the classroom. All the movies on television, and they get to pick one they relate to. Perhaps for this activity I would incorporate a writing aspect into the assignment explaining why they are like this character and what makes them unique as an individual. I may even ask them, "well you relate to this character, but which character would you want to live in their shoes for a day?" I think this could be a good thinking activity for the students! Pink (2005) states "Empathy isn't sympathy-feeling bad for someone else. It is feeling with someone, sensing what it would like to be that person. Empathy is a stunning act of imaginative derring-do, the ultimate virtual reality- climbing into another's mind to experience the world from the person's perspective". I want all my students to grow up with empathy for others because it will make them better people. And lastly, I loved the last assignment, I found the use of different materials really got the creative juices flowing! However, I did not relate Dorothy or Todo to my identity, however I did relate their identities and characteristics to each other. I think I will utilize all of these studio's in my classroom because I think they all can tell a story about who they are, or at least get them thinking about these things. The reason I want to utilize creativity into the classroom is because I want my students to be able to critically think of ideas and new ways of doing things. I want to give them the chance to be an empathetic, innovative and successful individual. In Eisner's 2009 article, he stated "Education can learn from the arts that open ended tasks permit the excercise of imagination, and the excercise of imagination is one of the most important of human aptitudes. It is imagination, not necessity, that is the mother of invention". These are the standards I want to set for my children, I want them to feel empathy and emotion, and give them the open opportunity to envision and create.
References
Eisner, E. (2009). What education can learn from the arts. Art Education, 62(2), 22-25.
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York: Riverhead Books.
I think this was a great unit to start the school year with, and I enjoyed it very much. I have always loved creating with little direction to take, and I think that's something that was very inspiring about this unit. Each one of us were given the same directions, but looked inside of us to discover what we found was fit to describe us. I really enjoyed looking around the room to see all the different things that had came from one big idea. The first studio work, the Matisse Collage I found to be a great introduction activity. I think this is something I would use to have my kids make, and perhaps present with class the first week of school. Giving them the option to walk around and see whose collages are similar, and whose are different, and showing that each identity is unique and none are identical to another. I think that would be a great lesson for the children relating to the unit too! For the second studio activity, the Chuck Close self portraiture was something I found that would be extremely fun for the children in the classroom. All the movies on television, and they get to pick one they relate to. Perhaps for this activity I would incorporate a writing aspect into the assignment explaining why they are like this character and what makes them unique as an individual. I may even ask them, "well you relate to this character, but which character would you want to live in their shoes for a day?" I think this could be a good thinking activity for the students! Pink (2005) states "Empathy isn't sympathy-feeling bad for someone else. It is feeling with someone, sensing what it would like to be that person. Empathy is a stunning act of imaginative derring-do, the ultimate virtual reality- climbing into another's mind to experience the world from the person's perspective". I want all my students to grow up with empathy for others because it will make them better people. And lastly, I loved the last assignment, I found the use of different materials really got the creative juices flowing! However, I did not relate Dorothy or Todo to my identity, however I did relate their identities and characteristics to each other. I think I will utilize all of these studio's in my classroom because I think they all can tell a story about who they are, or at least get them thinking about these things. The reason I want to utilize creativity into the classroom is because I want my students to be able to critically think of ideas and new ways of doing things. I want to give them the chance to be an empathetic, innovative and successful individual. In Eisner's 2009 article, he stated "Education can learn from the arts that open ended tasks permit the excercise of imagination, and the excercise of imagination is one of the most important of human aptitudes. It is imagination, not necessity, that is the mother of invention". These are the standards I want to set for my children, I want them to feel empathy and emotion, and give them the open opportunity to envision and create.
References
Eisner, E. (2009). What education can learn from the arts. Art Education, 62(2), 22-25.
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York: Riverhead Books.