Art Engagement Activities During COVID-19
Here you will find some suggested art activities and resources that will be helpful in keeping your mind engaged and skills fresh during this school closure. Each week, I will send you additional art engagement resources, so be looking for my weekly communication. While I am not able to provide instruction during school closure, I am accessible by e-mail throughout the week to touch base and answer general questions. I miss seeing you and working in our studio! Can't wait to get back there and work with clay again!
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Week 1:
Watch the movie: Rivers and Tides It is a documentary on Andy Goldsworthy, a famous sculptor who uses nature for inspiration and materials It is free on the internet, in parts. Or you can rent with Amazon...or check other platforms. Write a reflection and include
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Option 2: Andy Goldworthy
Leaning into the Wind Free on Hulu if you already have that platform. Write a review of the move in 3-5 paragraphs. Include a description, analysis of the way the movie was made in relation to the artist work, and judge whether you enjoyed watching and who you would recommend watch the movie. |
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Week 2:
Watch Human Flow by Ai WeiWei (famous contemporary artist) You can find this on Amazon Prime Write a review of the documentary. Include: 1. A description of the visual elements 2. An analysis of how the movie made you feel and how the artist evoked those emotions for you 3. Why you think a famous contemporary sculptor chose to move to this artistic format |
Week 3: Create an artwork Create a sculpture using cardboard. Think about how you would display this sculpture and how you will paint it. What will be your inspiration? allow yourself plenty of time for problem solving with this material. Some students find this frustration...just keep working with the material and experimenting to find what works for you. Or Pick up a used book that no one wants in the house. Turn the book pages into a sculpture. You need an xacto knife or box cutter for this. Or Go on a walk and find materials outside to create a sculpture. Think about what Andy Goldsworthy accomplished! Look at http://www.petercallesen.com/paper/large-scale-papercuts/ http://www.dosshaus.com/ Take a picture of your art and send it to me! |
Face Jug: What story do you want to tell??
From the MET: Huma Bhabha (born 1962, Karachi, Pakistan) has been selected to create a site-specific installation for The Met's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, the sixth in a series of commissions for the outdoor space. Bhabha's work addresses themes of colonialism, war, displacement, and memories of place. Using found materials and the detritus of everyday life, she creates haunting human figures that hover between abstraction and figuration, monumentality and entropy. Video Link |
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Totem Project
Totem: a natural object or animal believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and adopted by it as an emblem.
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is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe.
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is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe.
Rattle Date: 19th century Geography: British Columbia, Canada Culture: Native American (Masseth or Haida) Medium: Wood Dimensions: H. 10 × W. 2 3/4 in. (25.4 × 7 cm) Classification: Idiophone-Shaken-rattle Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 Accession Number: 89.4.647 This raven rattle depicts a perched bird with wings outstretched toward its front. This is an unusual representation of the raven on a rattle and more typical of the way it would be depicted on a memorial (or totem) pole. |
Candice Breitz InterviewLinks to watch Love Story Trailer Love Story, 2016 / [Interview: Sarah Mardini] Love Story, 2016 / [Interview: José Maria Joāo] Love Story, 2016 / [Interview: Farah Mohamed] Love Story, 2016 / [Interview: Luis Nava Molero] Write down anything that strikes you. Why did they leave there country? |
Gratitude Project
Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work
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David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful
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Olafur Eliasson
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Protest Art
- What words come to mind when you hear protest art?
- Can you name any artists/musicians?
- What is the difference between Protest Art and making a statement?
- Consider the space. Where is the art and who is the audience?
- How does size chance the experience?
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Ai Wei Wei
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Ai Weiwei Commemorates Drowned Refugees with Public Installation during Berlin Film Festival
Ai Weiwei’s Political Art Comes to Boston
Ai Weiwei’s Political Art Comes to Boston
Explore the Whitney's collection of Protest Art.
Choose an image that you find jarring, compelling, or moving in some way.
Write a reflection on what you see and what you feel. Make sure to explain what, in the image, provokes you.
Choose an image that you find jarring, compelling, or moving in some way.
Write a reflection on what you see and what you feel. Make sure to explain what, in the image, provokes you.
Food for Thought: questions to help brainstorm for a protest piece.
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Symbolic Self Portrait
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Brainstorm Share
•Cultural Bag assignment: Make a list of important objects that can be used to represent your culture(s) •What do you want to portray about yourself? •What cultures do you opt into/out of and which are you born into? •Do you see any themes emerge? |
Assignment:
Create a symbolic self portrait sculpture using objects of cultural significance. You assign meaning and value to the objects around you. |