For class we were asked to bring personal things we would like to collage with. I brought some family pictures that I had previously used in an art project. I found maps of places that I had lived when I was younger, and used them in my collages. We also had the painted paper available to us for our collages.
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Theory Pool and Learning GoalsStudents will learn the techniques used by popular collage artists such as Henri Matisse, Romare Bearden, and Roy Lichtenstein, and be able to apply those techniques to their own works of art. Students will be able to identify and apply the elements and principles of design in their own artwork. Students will examine what visual messages are around them, and how those apply to making and interpreting art. RationalThis unit will help students understand composition by moving and placing different images together. Because collaging doesn't require drawing, there will be less pressure for the students to draw realistic artwork. Collaging teaches students how they can repurpose images and how make art with what is available to them. Art can be made anywhere with anything. Students will explore how they can express their feelings and emotions through collage, and will learn about how different collage artists express themselves. Knowledge BaseArtists to know:
Learning ActivitiesLearning Activity #1 - Painting PaperStudents will look at abstract expressionist stye paintings and choose one to copy. Students should be encouraged to make more than one painting Learning Activity #2 - Mimicking MatisseStudents will use the paper previously painted in class to create cut-out images based off of a Matisse work of art. Encourage students to make more than one. Learning Activity #3 - Collaging with MusicStudents will look discover how listening to music can impact art. Learning Activity #4 - Making Artists MeetStudents will collage using inspiration from Henri Matisse and Romare Bearden. What do these artists do differently? What does combining their art styles create? Learning Activity #5 - Incorporating Text into CollageLook at artwork by Roy Lichtenstein, and note how he uses text in his artwork. Students will create collages by incorporating comics and shape cut-outs. The Big ProjectStudents will create a Zine that has a least 8 pages. These pages should be filled with collages that they have created. These collages should be inspired by things that they love; this could include family, music, and places. Students can use whatever medium they want to create these zines, however, they should produce at least 1 physical Zine to show the class and turn in.
In this activity, we combined the collage elements that we learned from Matisse with comics in the style of Roy Lichtenstein. We continued to use paper we have previously painted, and distributed comic book pages to use. After finishing the collage, we mounted them on black boards and hung them up in the classroom.
"Postmodern Art Education and a critique of the elements and principles of art" and "Principles of Possibility" by Oliva Gude
We continued to delve into collage, and explored how to create art inspired by listening to music. We also looked at more collage artists and incorporated some of their pieces into our own collages.
Cutting up paper we had previously painted in class, we used the scraps to create collages inspired by Henri Matisse
"How the Teaching Artist Can Change the Dynamics of Teaching and Learning" by Mark Graham
-What might a teaching artist add to teaching and learning in art? In the classroom, a teaching artist is a huge benefit to the students. As Graham stated, "they tend to encourage spontaneity and divergence". Teaching artists aren't afraid to explore new mediums and techniques and encourage their students to make new discoveries. An important aspect of being a teaching artist is that the teacher is still making and creating their own art. Instead of lecturing students of projects they need to complete while doing nothing themselves, they can instead become a mentor that shares discoveries that they make while creating their own art. They can be seen as a more experienced artist that is ready and willing to grow and make art discoveries alongside the students, all the time fostering a safe, creative learning environment. "Teaching with Art21 and Contemporary Artists: Mark Bradford and the Use of Improvisation, Layering, and Text" by Mark Graham & Jessica Hamlin -How does improvisation fit into this methodology of making art? This methodology focuses more on the process of making art, rather than worrying about the final product. Bradford uses improvisation in his art because he never knows what he will find or come across that will inspire and be used in his art. He improvises based on what he finds and works with that. In the classroom, students can use improvisation by not worrying about what the end product will look like and rather focus on the process. Improvisation and spontaneity is key! Spiral Workshop Trace: Experimental Drawing - naea.digication.com/Spiral/Trace_Experimental_Drawing -In the tracing project, how do they approach drawing? Rather than approaching art with a paper and pencil, they experiment drawing through many different mediums. For one project, they experiment rhythmic drawing with charcoal and oil pastels. For another project they experiment drawing with light, using long exposure photography. Another project, instead of focusing on drawing, they experiment how they can make art in nature, using natural resources. These techniques allowed students to explore how to make marks in unique and creative ways that fostered thoughts and imagination. Fluidity: Wet Media - naea.digication.com/Spiral/Fluidity_Wet_Media--WORKING -In the fluid project, how do they approach drawing? Focusing on using paint and water to create art, they created many pieces of art. There were many projects that helped students learn about the medium and how to accept the unexpected aspects of it in their art. I loved this quote from the reading; "Throughout the first seven weeks of Spiral Workshop, Fluidity artists experimented with wet media, learning to surrender to surprise, while retaining the possibility of channeling the flows." This project taught students to accept that they can't always control everything, but that it's ok to encounter surprises and to incorporate them into their art. |
Brianna Hedquistis an artist and aspiring teacher based in Provo, UT Archives
April 2018
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