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The Art Piece – Mirrored our Heritage

     

Focus Works of Art

Our project is going to take us inside our family history, as an artist who selects many different routes for their paintings, we will be using ‘heritage’ as the theme or motive for our work of art.   Students will discover in what manner they can use every style, technique, and medium to places and give meaning to their work. Students will also learn how this process links to an imaginary world of its own.

Each student will experience with their mind infinite possibilities.

Line of Inquiry:

1.     How art gives shape and new meaning when cultural change takes over

Artist – Shu Yamamoto Fine Feline Art – The City Library - 

http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/events/view/1852/

·         How to make ideas using; colors, shapes lines, and textures and convey these to layers made to ensemble feelings and communicate an idea? 

·         How to capture the mood around and be able to communicate through art?

·         How to search for subjects, and objects through our family history?

·         How to create expressions based on heritage and family feelings?

Focus Question for Workshops:  

·         What is heritage?

·         What we understand by ‘Cultural Changes’

·         How many different cultures or nations do we know?

·         Can culture have a mood?

·         How we can use the elements of art to create different moods and feelings?

·         How is possible to evoke feelings?

·         Can you touch and feel your heritage?

·         How to use color?

·         Can be invented?

·         How we can manipulate materials and tools?

Contextual Information:  Research:

ü  http://www.ted.com/talks/thelma_golden_how_art_gives_shape_to_cultural_change.html

ü  http://www.students.sbc.edu/lollis04/ArtandVisualCulture9.htm

ü  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture

ü  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_identity

ü  http://ec.europa.eu/culture/documents/study_impact_cult_creativity_06_09.pdf

ü  http://edu.moca.org/education/teachers/curric/glossary

ü  http://www.moca.org/museum/exhibitiondetail.php?id=479

ü  http://weburbanist.com/2011/11/07/art-remix-26-modern-takes-on-famous-paintings/

ü  http://www.pixel77.com/15-creative-ads-inspired-famous-paintings/

Key Ideas and Capacities for Imaginative Learning: 

·         Noticing Deeply –Students will identify and see art through heritage/cultural values

·         Embodying – Students will experience their and others' works of art through their emotions.

·         Making Connections – From their research to their own work

·         Identifying Patterns – Students are to find the relationship between each other’s and their detailed work

·         Exhibiting Empathy – Students will learn to respect others' experiences and comments

·         Questioning – Students will be encouraged to ask openly in order to deepen their perception and observation of their experience. As well as create a teaching experience as a co-learner with the students base on the fact that teachers are part of the public and active spectators.

·         Creating a Meaning – Students will create realistic as well own interpretations

·         Reflecting/Assessing – During the presentation; students identify, notice and understand a little more about their world

Intended Learning Outcomes – ILO’s

Is projected the students will experience and learn through each activity:

1.       To appreciate and value art pieces when visiting museums

2.       To describe and refer to art with appropriate words and respect.

3.       To research, interpret, and  compile needed information

4.       To value and respect others' work and opinions

5.       To use materials, and tools as well as own art pieces with respect and care

6.       To use class lessons for accurate and confident performance during class

7.       To interpret own ideas within the art/craft activities

8.       To appreciate own work and skills

Activities Vocabulary

1.       Appreciation

2.       Perceive

3.       Detect

4.       Distinguish

5.       Palette

6.       Manipulate

7.       Collage

8.       Textured

9.       Criticized

10.   Aesthetics

11.   Beauty

12.   Craft

13.   Principles

14.   Elements

15.   Layers

16.   Flowers

17.   Heritage

18.   Culture

Materials and Supplies:   

         

1.       Boxes or Cardboard

2.       Paint or Oil pastels

3.       Construction paper in a variety of colors

4.       Glue

5.       Seizers

6.       Rulers

7.       Acrylics

8.       Textiles – Materials

9.       Clean recyclable materials

Directions

Students will work towards a great last art piece base on their cultural heritage.  The production of continuous art projects will generate the necessary material and also an understanding of the art progression that allows clear and easy idea-making. During this time students will learn about our world and its many faces, colors, ideas, feelings, music, and expressions.

 In the making process we will invite students to use their tools properly; rulers for accuracy when needed and cut cardboard with care, also to glue with care, meaning, and intentions, as well the importance of respecting their space, peers, and our surroundings.

Students will be learning how to organize ideas, sketch, and designs, research, and look closer. They need to study previous to cutting, making, gluing, or building.  It is important to create a good environment to then promote good behavior, a good attitude, and good class participation. A healthy class will provide room for an open mind, sensations, and feelings characteristics of great success, and great outcomes.

Meaningful and expressive forms can create a variety of solutions that are to be applied when working with their ideas toward an amazing experience.

Activities

1.       The Cloud – Based on the principles of Art, students will learn about unity, repetition, and direction through the use of colors and shapes. Students will learn how to overcome difficulties and generate ideas in order to solve these challenges. Students will understand the power of repetition and unity by observing the final outcome

2.       The Wild Flower –Students will research Utah’s wildflowers (the student’s state heritage).  They will identify and select. Students will use textiles (burlap) and trades of any kind and different materials in order to craft a collage. Students will learn how to research, selects, and create their art piece based on their selection. Students will sketch prior to cutting and gluing. Students will learn about the elements of art, like textures, colors, and shapes.

3.       The Layers of Our World – Students will research about the subject, and students will learn about the colors and textures of our planet layers by location (selected based on students' heritage) students are to select and create colors. The class will use watercolors, and students will learn about this medium and the material for this specific medium.

4.       The Portrait – Final art piece. Students will research a world-famous art piece. Students will research artists. Students will transform that piece into their own culture and heritage interpretation.  Material to use will be depending on the different needs of each student.

Teaching Artist: Angela M Franco

To take into Consideration

During each activity, students will be experimenting, remembering, and learning about the many possibilities when working with artistic media in order to help and empower them with the necessary tools and design knowledge. Remember, students will learn about:

1.       Principles of Art

2.       The use of paper

3.       The Elements of Art

4.       How to manipulate; Lines, Colors, Textures, and Shapes

5.       How to use Space

Students were exposed to Fine Art in order to incite their minds into critical observations, then critical thinking. Today students should be ready to begging their own creative and imaginary journey through art.

THE WORK OF ART PROMOTED DEEP PERCEPTION and CRITICAL THINKING.

Thanks

Angela M. Franco

Teaching Artist

afrancoteachingartist@gmail.com