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Work WITH and THROUGH your materials. 10 Things the Arts Teach Children.

“Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin – Subtle work, no?

10 Things the Arts do for children – Click Here for the Binder insert – go to the table of contents and click on the page.

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Advanced Drawing: MID CRIT – How is your continuous line contour drawing coming? Background, foreground? How is it?

What mediums did this artist use and are they AWARE of the materials? Are they thinking with and THROUGH the materials?

Goals:

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with 1.1.1 skill and 1.1.2 confidence.

What do you feel was the MAJOR aspect of the crit that YOU NEED TO WORK ON? What do you see as the benefit of the Crit. What do you see as a downfall / challenge?

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Art Foundations: PBIS Poster – CHAPTER 4 in the textbook.

Lines, Limes, Everywhere there’s line…

Goals: 

  1. 1.4 create, define, and solve visual challenges using 1.4.1 analysis (breaking up the artwork / subject matter to basic elements of LINE)

What were the challenges you have had with the PBIS poster? What was fun about the process? What kinds of lines were you “Drawn” to?

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AP Studio Art: Concentration works – how’s the progress on the mini-critique?What were the challenges you had with the line drawing What was fun about the process? What kinds of lines were you “Drawn” to?

Watercolors… how are you attempting to use the materials that are made available to you?

Goals:

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.
  2. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the (1.2.1) materials.

What are the biggest challenges you are having? How many works have you FINISHED? 3 are DUE on Monday!

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What the Arts teach Children… SO MUCH & MORE!

What is Art? Anges Martin “Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Art In America (p.124, 1996)

Look back at page 8 in the Handbook… Which of the “TEACHINGS” of art do you think is most important to you? Take a few minutes and talk with your neighbor about this and write you BRIEF thoughts in the Generalization / Reflection portion of your Goals Pages.

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Advanced Drawing: QUICK CRIT – Put your work up! Portraits with Continuous Lines and NEW AND EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS!

How are you using COLOR to deal with the NEGATIVE SPACE – ACTIVATE THE WHITE!

Goals:

  1. 1.4 Solve visual challenges using 1.4.3 evaluation (Self and Peer)

What did you take away from the critique today? Write down what you have taken from the critique?

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Art Foundations 2D: PBIS Posters, Chapter 1, Sketchbook Info

Shepard Fairey and his POSTER! COMMUNICATION! And his COURT CASE.

Goals:

  1. (3.3) describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value.

Describe how you and your team came up with the PBIS idea and explain why it is important and / or successful.

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AP Studio Art: Mini Concentration today. Begin to think about WHY you are in this class.

What is PASTEL doing for you? How can you use it to enhance your work? Have you ever USED pastel before?

Goals:

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.
  2. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the (1.2.1) materials.

Sit down with a classmate and have a conversation about what materials you used today? Discuss how are the project is coming along? What do you need to be doing tomorrow to make STRONG headway?  Have a good, in depth conversation… What do you hope to get out of this class?

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How can YOU create a concrete representation of your most subtle feelings?

Agnes Martin in her NY Studio 1960. Photo Alexander Liberman

“Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” – Agnes Martin

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Advanced Drawing: Take a look at the state of the work from last week.

What is the SCARY part of being critiqued?

GOALS:

  1. evaluate the effectiveness of artworks

What did you take away from the critique today? Write down what you have taken from the crit.

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Art Foundations: Talk about the importance of sketch books and work on PBIS Posters.

Art Class Teaches… ART Teaches…

10 Lessons the ARTS teach Children – Page 9 in Goals Binder

GOALS:

  1. Know about the reason behind making art (and sketchbooks)

What advancements did YOU make in the poster? How does your poster communicate the ideas of PBIS?

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AP Studio Art: Work with DIFFERENT materials in your small concentration?

What can you do with CHARCOAL?

GOALS:

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well

What materials have you used today? How are the projects coming along?

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Ask Me ARTnother – A game show about what you may or may not know about art.

Welcome to the BEST ART CLASSES in the WORLD!

Put your GOALS sheets away!

Today the ONLY goal is to test your knowledge of the arts and make it to the final round.

TODAY – ALL of my art classes will be participating in a quiz show called:

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Special Thanks to the inspiration of all the folks from NPR’s Ask Me Another. NPR’s exciting new show featuring puzzles, word games and trivia played in front of a live audience. Ask Me Another is a co-production of NPR and WNYC. Host Ophira Eisenberg invites in-studio guests and listeners alike to stretch their noggins, tickle their funny bones, and enjoy witty banter and guitar riffs from house musician Jonathan Coulton. Additional thanks to game gurus John Chaneski, Art Chung, and actor/writer Will Hines

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Continuous Line Concentrations and Getting Away with It… Art that is…

Welcome to what is the BEST ART CLASS in the WORLD!

“Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.” — Zig Ziglar

Who do you recognize in this NATIONAL VIDEO?

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WELCOME PARENTS GUARDIANS and STUDENTS!

Welcome Letter – HERE

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Advanced Drawing – Continuous Line Drawings / Color / Value

What are you doing with the background, foreground, portrait?

GOALS

  1. 1.4 create, define, and solve visual challenges using 1.4.1 analysis (breaking up the artwork / subject matter to basic elements

  2. 2.3 create artworks that solve visual challenges (value, composition, observation).

How difficult is it for you to use Continuous Line and come up with a satisfying composition?

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Art Foundations – PBIS Poster Design and Work, Sketchbook Introduction, Mr. Korb’s Artwork

What is Art?

GOALS

  1. Work on (1.3) creating PBIS posters that communicate ideas clearly.

How well were you able to work with your partners today? What skills do THEY have that YOU lack? What can you do to help the progress move FORWARD?

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AP Studio Art – Small Concentration, WORKTIME, Mr. Korb’s Art

AP Studio Art Course Page

Concentrations are about what interests YOU!

GOALS

  1. (1.2) Create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the (1.2.2) techniques (how will you use this in your portfolio?) (D).
  2. (5.1) Identify the rationale behind making art (small concentration drawings) (P)

How do you see the work you are CURRENTLY making as COLLEGE FRESHMEN level? How do you see CHALLENGING yourself with such a limiting object? What can you do to make ME want to look at the drawing / artwork for more than 3 seconds?

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Why the Arts Matter… and what you can do to make your mark in them.

Welcome to what is the BEST ART CLASS in the WORLD!
“Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.” — Zig Ziglar

Who do you recognize in this NATIONAL VIDEO?

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WELCOME PARENTS GUARDIANS and STUDENTS!

Welcome Letter – HERE

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Advanced Drawing – Why the Arts Matter? Rules and Expectations. Continuous line contour portraits. COMPOSITION.

What can you do to develop a composition based on the ideas of continuous line contour drawing?

GOALS:

  1. 1.4 create, define, and solve visual challenges using 1.4.1 analysis (breaking up the artwork / subject matter to basic elements)
  2. 2.3 create artworks that solve visual challenges (value, composition, observation).

What challenges did you have TODAY with this drawing? How are you tying the images together? What is the interaction / relationship between the people? 

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Art Foundations – Why the Arts Matter, Expectations, Goals, PBIS Poster Design

What message do you think you are going to make your audience see in your poster design?

GOALS:

  1. Work on (1.3) creating PBIS posters that communicate ideas clearly.

What strengths are you bringing to your poster design to make it stand out and be recognized? What can you add tomorrow to make the team even stronger?

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AP Studio Art – Concentration – Define from AP Book. Concentration work. Why the Arts Matter.

  1. (1.2) Create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the (1.2.2) techniques (three portfolio options) (D).
  2. (5.1) Identify the rationale behind making art (small concentration drawings)

Share with your classmates the work you have accomplished today. What were the strengths of the thumbnails and how they translated into the beginnings of the drawings for today.

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Sept. 3, 2013 – Welcome Back! Now Let’s Have Some Fun!

“Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.” — Zig Ziglar

What comes between YOU and your GOALS?

Intro Letter to Parents, Guardians, and students – 2013 – 14 – Mr. Korb

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Advanced Drawing: Value Scales and Color Schemes, Introduction to the GOALS!

Continuous Line Contour Drawing… Let’s start here.

GOALS: Before we get started on this… Read the following goal, have a conversation with your neighbor, put the idea of the goal into your OWN WORDS (so that you understand it) and write out your version of the goals… so you still get the idea of the BIG PICTURE.

  1. Apply media, techniques, and processes with an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.

Ask Me ARTnother ROUND 1 – Your understanding of some pretty basic ART questions.

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Art Foundations: PBIS Posters, Introduction to the GOALS!

What does ART mean to you?

GOALS: Before we get started on this… Read the following goal, have a conversation with your neighbor, put the idea of the goal into your OWN WORDS (so that you understand it) and write out your version of the goals… so you still get the idea of the BIG PICTURE.

  1. Work on creating multiple solutions to poster design about PBIS.

Ask Me ARTnother ROUND 1 – Your understanding of some pretty basic ART questions.

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AP Studio Art: CONCENTRATION, Introduction to the GOALS!

Bananas, Bananas, Bananas…

GOALS: Before we get started on this… Read the following goal, have a conversation with your neighbor, put the idea of the goal into your OWN WORDS (so that you understand it) and write out your version of the goals… so you still get the idea of the BIG PICTURE.

  1. Work on creating multiple solutions to single object “concentration” drawings

Ask Me ARTnother ROUND 1 – Your understanding of some pretty basic ART questions.

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Hal Lasko – The Pixel Painter

I came across this blog post while waiting for a severe thunderstorm to pass before I was able to go for an afternoon run. As we begin the approach to a new year of making art, I believe that it is important to look at and listen to those who have come before us. I’ve been in a spot recently where that has escaped me and the ego has been a bit too much in the foreground. Take the time to enjoy this wonderful and inspirational video. See all of my wonderful students on Tuesday.

Frank Korb

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This is the story of Hal Lasko, a 98-year-old graphic artist that teaches me 3 important lessons:

  1. Never stop to learn
  2. Never give up
  3. Enjoy your life, always

 

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A new year at WUHS, a reflection on the summer, and a new look at GOALS

Wow, the summer has flown by! What was the highlight of YOUR summer? Mine? I am glad you asked. The highlight of my summer came just as it was ending at the Burlington Fly-In on Sunday, August 25. We had worked from 6:30 – 1:30 (or so) helping the B*Jazzled group from BHS raise money for the upcoming Show Choir year and I met the son of my favorite author Richard Bach (Illusions, Johnathon Livingston Seagull, One, Stranger to the Ground… among others) Rob Bach.  In addition to being related to the author of life changing books, he himself was a fantastic new friend to have made. We had great conversations throughout the afternoon and I hope to make some artistic plans later on down the road with him and his family.

“Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” Richard Bach.

After that wonderful meeting, Abby and I took an opportunity that doesn’t happen too often in life (although, in Burlington, WI it DOES happen once a year…) and we went up in an open seated Biplane with the Gypsy Air Tours (1930 Waco Taperwing). What an experience. The air, the wind, the sights, the smell… almost too much to remember. It was truly the end (almost) to a great day with my family. We ended with a great dinner of Gino’s Pizza, a bit of back to school shopping, and great tasting frozen yogurt as we enjoyed the final summer days of Lake Geneva, WI.

Abby and Me in the Open to the Sky Cockpit! Ready for Takeoff!
A view of Lake Geneva, WI – it was BEAUTIFUL!
The 1930 Waco Taperwing Biplane of Gypsy Air Tours

The school year begins for me today and my students next week. While I am always a bit sad that summer ends quickly, I am also happy to be back to the best job in the world – Art Teacher at Waterford Union High School. A lot of changes are coming our way this year – an old face back in  a new administration seat – welcome back Dan Foster, an old and familiar face gone on to new adventures south of the boarder (Illinois, not Mexico…) – good bye Eric Blake. Technology initiatives, character development initiatives, new gallery fundraising initiatives… so much to do in such a short amount of time… and a new approach to GOALS in my classroom. While I will still be focusing on the National Visual Arts Standards and the National Educational Technology Standards – no kid gets excited about standards and goals… not in the classroom at least. I will be focusing my efforts in the first 3 minutes of class on breaking these goals down into ones that are understood by the kids – so that they REALLY process the meaning and ideas behind them… TEAMWORK and COLLABORATION!

Until next week –

Frank

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Youth Frontiers with the Sophomores at Waterford Union High School Stand up (and dance) for RESPECT (take 2)

Youth Frontiers is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that partners with schools to build positive communities where students thrive socially, emotionally and academically. Our vision is to change the way kids treat each other in every hallway, lunch line and classroom of every school in America. Bring Youth Frontiers to your school.

Our long and exhausting day with Dan and KK – it was AWESOME and an Adventure. I, and the rest of the group, were pooped at the end of the day! Thanks Guys! I only wish I’d have gotten some feedback from the kids about the experience they took away from the day. Personally, I know that I have a direction I am focused on over the next year (lifetime I hope) and walked away with a better understanding of others.

Dan the Guitar Player and Retreat Presenter

Dan is a singer/songwriter from Detroit who moved to Minneapolis when he was 18 to pursue a career in music. Seven years later, he has released three albums and has traveled all over the United States playing different venues and festivals.

In 2009, Dan came across a volunteer position at Youth Frontiers, and since then has come on board as a Retreat Staff Musician. He shares his music on retreat, and considers it a blessing to be able to work with an organization that allows him to pursue his passion and make a difference at the same time.

KK (Kesiah) a bundle of Retreat Energy and Marathon Madness

KK (Kesiah)

Kesiah, Retreat Director, has been with Youth Frontiers since 2007, though it feels as through it has been a part of her life since Junior High when she was a student on a YF Courage Retreat. She returned to work with YF as a high school leader, thus starting her career at YF.

She grew up in Forest Lake, Minn., with nine siblings, and when she wasn’t changing a younger sibling’s diaper or feeding them a bottle, she found her fun playing sports and participating in performance arts. After changing thousands of diapers, she felt that it was appropriate to devote her life to working with youth… and not just to be sure that their diapers were dry and the babies happy. Kesiah considers working with kids a privilege and she is delighted to walk into work everyday knowing that she gets to make a difference in the world.

Kesiah attended the University of St. Thomas where she studied Social Work and Political Science. In her spare time she loves playing and watching sports, running and doing anything outdoors. She also loves to cook for just about anyone.