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#Art in the #Classroom – What are you taking away?

“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.” —Norman Vincent Peal

Art Foundations: COLLAGE – RESOLVE YOUR IDEAS

Romare Bearden and Collage: http://michaeldcommunications.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/75-collage-FAther.jpg

GOALS:

  1. Resolve visual compositions to explain your views on the ideas of Bullying.

What are you needing to do TONIGHT to be DONE? How does your work look from ARMS LENGTH? Is it readable? Does it make sense? Can you add anything?

Drawing: COMMUNITY and YOU

Whose work is THIS? Benton? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/People-of-Chilmark-Benton-1920-lrg.jpg

GOALS:

  1. 1.1 apply ____________ (What’s your media?), using the_______________ (What’s your STYLE like? Thomas Hart Benton? Andrew Wyeth? Other?), and __________________ (What’s your compositional approach – Straight on view? Bird’s Eye View?) with skill confidence and awareness so that your ideas are executed well.

What did Thomas Hart Benton and the other American Regionalists teach you about society, community, and Composition? How did they reflect their communities? How are you?

AP Studio Art: Collaboration

Collaboration on HUGE projects! http://www.warhol.org/uploadedImages/Warhol_Site/Warhol/Content/Education/Resources_and_Lessons/Aesthetics_Unit(1)/Images/07062012_EDU_sfaireymural_collab_large.jpg

GOALS:

  1. Solve the ideas of your COLLABORATIVE work using the SKILLS you have developed to continue this composition.

How are you feeling about your contribution to the larger group project? Seriously – how are you feeling? What HAVE you contributed? Do you feel a part of the process? How can you add more, step up?

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#WHSoc20 TONIGHT! #EE and #Feedback – 8:00CST!

Join the White House Social 20 TONIGHT at #WHSoc20 on Twitter to discuss the ideas of Educator Effectiveness and Feedback in the classroom!

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Sorry things didn’t work in OUR classroom yesterday – let’s get things back to the way we have always had it!

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May 28 Schedule for assembly

  • 1 hour: 7:25-7:57
  • 2 hour: 8:02 – 8:34
  • 3 hour: 8:39 – 9:11 
  • 4 hour: 9:16-9:48
  • Assembly: 10:01 – 10:48
  • 5A Lunch: 10:53 – 11:16
  • 5B Lunch: 11:16- 11:43 
  • 5C Lunch: 11:43 – 12:10  
  • 6 hour: 12:15 – 1:02  
  • 7 hour: 1:07 – 1:54  
  • 8 hour: 1:59 – 2:46

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“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.” —Norman Vincent Peal

What problems you may bear can be the seeds to larger learning and growth in your days! http://cdn2.simplyflynow.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files/2013/03/inspirational-motivational-image-quotes-quotations-roxanajonescom-the-seed-that-became-a-tree.jpg

Art Foundations: What’s your message? What’s your collage about? How are your images working?

Romare BEarden – What’s the message you see? What might this be about? what are the techniques he used> http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,839580,00.html

Goals:

  1. 3.2 apply subjects of BULLYING, symbols you have gathered, and ideas about how you are thinking in art and use skill to solve visual challenges (and REAL challenges).

What is the social topic that you feel is important enough to make an artwork about? How are you using the abstract ideas of collage to create your image and successfully express your ideas?

Drawing: COMMUNITY! What are you contributing? What are your plans? How much time have we got?

John Steuart Curry – Our Good Earth – https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/17486-19442bjohn2bsteuart2bcurry2b2528american2bregionalist2bpainter252c2b189725e225802593194625292bback2bhome2bat2bthe2bfarm2b1944.jpg

Goals:

  1. apply media, techniques, and processes with 1.1.1 skill 1.1.2 confidence 1.1.3 and awareness so that your ideas are executed well. What media, process and techniques are you using? What sense of confidence is helping you approach this work?

How have you been able to improve your drawing and idea skills more in the past year? What do you know about COMMUNITY? How can you use it and alter it to develop a unique and intriguing composition. What did Thomas Hart Benton and Other Regionalists teach you about society, community, and Composition? How did they reflect their communities?

AP Studio Art: Final Group Work – What are you contributing? Do I need to nag?

GROUP WORK! What are you contributing? Are you in the mix? Are you on the outskirts? http://artsphere.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/greece2-e1349220621814.jpg

Goals:

  1. Compare aspects of the visual arts with aspects of works form the past. What is YOUR message about creation and the ideas Michelangelo put forward similar and different – Compare and contrast!

How are you feeling about your contribution to the larger group project? Seriously – how are you feeling? What HAVE you contributed?

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How about you and your #community ? Are you a part of it?

“A dream only becomes overrated when not pursued by the dreamer.”

― Courtney Hickman

Art Foundations: Collage! Social Commentary – BULLYING!

WORKSHEET and Romare Bearden Foundation

Collage – Keep it clean and organized – PLAN IT OUT! http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/07/29/nyregion/29ARTSNJ2_SPAN/29ARTSNJ2_SPAN-articleLarge.jpg

Goals

  1. 1.3 communicate your thoughts on social topics of Bullying clearly – What is your MAIN IDEA? Write THAT down…
  2. 4.3 compare relationships in BULLYING COLLAGE in terms of your culture. How are you creating a work that speaks to the topic of BULLYING in YOUR CULTURE – Let’s take a moment and REALLY Share!
  3. DUE ON TUESDAY of NEXT WEEK!

WHY is BULLYING an important topic BESIDES Mr. Korb said we were doing this? What are you doing to EMPHASIZE and MAKE CLEAR the topic you have chosen? How is the imagery you are working on representing the work you are creating.

Drawing: Neighborhoods and OBSERVATION

Emil Kosa, Jr., Los Angeles (1933), graphite on paper, 12 x 15″. Private collection. How are you planning on working?

Goals

  1. 5.1 identify the rationale behind making art. What are YOU saying about YOUR Community? Share these ideas with your classmates.

What advancements have you made in the work so far? The compositions and ideas behind the design? What are you doing to advance the project and make it work visually? What have you learned from TWO DAYS of drawing outside and how can you put that into the project next week?

AP Studio Art: Collaboration and WORK!

collaborative Work on MURAL Scale! http://www.handprintpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mckinley1.jpg

Goals

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials, 1.2.2 techniques, 1.2.3 and processes you use through COLLABORATION – NOW we are rolling!

What has been the largest contribution that you have made to the work here? What are you going to be adding next week?

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Get out and do some #PleinAir #Drawing – #Communication with Janie and Australia!

“A dream only becomes overrated when not pursued by the dreamer.”

― Courtney Hickman

Why can’t the snapshot of my video be a little less GOOFY looking?

Art Foundations: Bullying and the Critical Thinking it takes to discuss the social topic. WORKSHEET and Romare Bearden Foundation

Romare Bearden and Collage – what can you do to create an environment? http://www.alexrosenbergfineart.com/images/beardentrain.jp

GOALS

  1. 1.3 communicate your thoughts on social topics clearly

Talk to one another about the topics of Bullying and Social Commentary. What are 3 things about each that you have learned and think would be helpful to share tomorrow.

Drawing: OUTSIDE – Sketchbook – DRAW from OBSERVATION

American Regionalist –  – WEBPAGE – BRIEF explanation. http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1086988/thumbs/o-CALIFORNIA-SCENE-PAINTING-570.jpg?

Emil Kosa – California Regionalist 1940.

GOALS

  1. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition, meaning of artwork, and inspiration of American Regionalists.

What did Thomas Hart Benton and Other Regionalists teach you about society, community, and Composition?

AP Studio Art: Collaborate!

Collaboration – Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat – GREAT WORKS! Website! http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/culture_test/kelly_warholbasquiat_post.jpg

GOALS

  1. 2.3 create COLLABORATIVE artwork that solve visual challenge about Technology and Art (?)

After having THOUGHT about the idea of collaboration, what do you hope to CONTRIBUTE and TAKE AWAY from this process?

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#Community is not just a funny TV show! It’s an #Art #Project

“A dream only becomes overrated when not pursued by the dreamer.”

― Courtney Hickman

Art Foundations: Bullying and the Critical Thinking it takes to discuss the social topic. WORKSHEET and Romare Bearden Foundation

Romare Bearden – Social Comentary – What MIGHT he have been making art about? What is happening in this collage? https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/0a866-romarebeardenuptownlookingdowntown-1965.jpg

GOALS:

  1. Create multiple solutions to solve the visual problems of collage about BULLYING! How are you going to gather images, textures, and ideas to assemble a collage to illustrate your ideas about Bullying?

As you think about the social topic of Bullying, why is it important to you that it become s the final work that you spend the time this semester working on? With all of the different techniques, projects, elements and principles that we have learned, how are you going to pull it all together to this final excellent work of art?

Drawing: American Regionalisms – What are they saying about their COMMUNITY? 

PROJECT INFORMATION

Andrew Wyeth
Grant Wood
Thomas Hart Benton

GOALS:

  1. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork . What images would you like to GATHER and USE to create your final image? Photographs? Drawings? Refernces of your Artist’s work?

What was REGIONALISM ABOUT? Give a 3 point history… What artists are you really looking at and working to follow? Why? How would you explain the importance of their work and what you are interested in regarding them.

AP Studio Art: Collaboration. Is it getting over the HUMP on HUMP Day?

Teamwork. JPG

GOALS:

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

What was the big accomplishment today? How are you being focused on the task now?

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#Communities and #Art, #Collaboration and #Technology… what does it all mean?

“A dream only becomes overrated when not pursued by the dreamer.”

― Courtney Hickman

http://pushydreamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/if-you-never-chase-your-dreams-youll-never-catch-them-245218-500-331.jpg

Art Foundations: What is Social Commentary? This is PART of the RESEARCH you can do today!

How can you VISUALIZE the feeling of Bullying and being a bully? https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2013-01-15_07-59-44_878.jpg

Goals:

  1. Research and Information Fluency – Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information about the ideas and definitions, and examples of Bullying.

Research these two topics and collect information to work from – Bullying and Social Commentary.

Talk to one another about the topics of Bullying and Social Commentary. What are 3 things about each that you have learned and think would be helpful to share tomorrow.

Drawing: How do we build communities?

Perspective? http://www.buzzle.com/images/diagrams/2-point-perspective.jpg
Communities in the American Regionalist Eyes… RESEARCH!

Goals:

  1. G: Research and Information Fluency – Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information about COMMUNITY and Thomas Hart Benton and other American Regionalists.

What did Thomas Hart Benton and Other Regionalists teach you about society, community, and Composition?

AP Studio Art: What is REAL collaboration?

How are YOU toughing the ideas of CREATION? http://www.artmarketingmanagement.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/marketingculturale02.jpg

Goals:

  1. 2.4 compare different points of view regarding composition and meaning in artwork.

How are your ideas being worked into the LARGE image? What can you do to encourage your ideas to be represented and present in the final composition? Discuss and WRITE IT DOWN!

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#Collaboration is KEY!

“Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won’t count for much.” – David Bayles and Ted Orland

Art Foundations: WATCH THE VIDEO and MAKE YOUR SLABS!

SO COOL! This is what WE are going for! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/8741b-3530459101_8a50e4533e.jpg

GOALS:

  1. 1.2 create slabs that demonstrates your understanding of how your ideas relate to clay and the techniques of slab rolling and texture additive techniques.

How did working from clay change the way that you feel about working on an art piece? Any changes in your attitude about the process? Why? How?

Drawing: CRITIQUE!

Lets Chat! http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/tipsheets/~/media/ArtsEdge/Images/Articles/Educators/how-tos/tipsheets/art_critique16X9.jpg?as=1&dmc=0&w=610

GOALS:

  1. 5.4 reflect on what your classmates have said about and interpreted from your art as a means for understanding and evaluating art

  2. 5.1 identify the reasons and rationale behind making this portrait.

Think about the last 3 days of critiquing. What were the important things you have taken from the discussion. How are you going to use the critique as a starting point to discuss your work? Do not forget that the crit. is due MONDAY.

AP Studio Art: ICE CREAM SUNDAES!

YUM! http://momistabeginnings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Three-Ice-Cream-Cones-Thiebaud.jpg

GOALS:

  1. EAT ICE CREAM / CUSTARD
  2. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks.

What do you need to do in order to get back on track Monday?

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#Collaboration #Art – READY to work together?

“Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won’t count for much.” – David Bayles and Ted Orland

Art Foundations: Slabs Today! Collaborative Installation Sculpture.

TEXTURE! http://dailyartmuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/picture-4.png

GOALS:

  1. 2.3 create slabs of clay that solve textural challenges, working together to create collaborative work of art.

How did working from clay change the way that you feel about working on an art piece? Any changes in your attitude about the process? Why? How?

Drawing: Critique! READY?

CRIT and LISTEN! http://www.jerrysartarama.com/blog/post/2011/image.axd?picture=2011%2F5%2Fcritique.jpg

GOALS:

  1. 5.5 evaluate classmates responses to works of art for rationale, ideas and, opinions

  2. 5.1 identify the rationale behind making art – what did you TAKE from this creation of art?

How did you add to the conversation today? What can you put into your notes that you feel were essential to the conversation today? WRITE THAT DOWN and WRITE WHY YOU FEEL IT WAS IMPORTANT.

AP Studio Art: Collaboration – You are on your OWN!

COLORFUL COLLABORATION! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/17c84-dscn4077.jpg

GOALS: 

  1. 4.2 describe the purpose and meaning of your collaborative work. Cultures? Time? Place? – What are you trying to say?

How much time are we going to be working on this project? The year is coming to a close. This is quite possibly going to be the last major work – beyond the art show… What do you all need to do to continue the success of the work?

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#Resolution to your #Art! Do hashtags help communicate my message? Hope So!

“Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won’t count for much.” – David Bayles and Ted Orland

Art Foundations: Slabs AGAIN!

What textures are you incorporating into your slabs. http://www.baileypottery.com/images/C-054-TM-4.jpg

GOALS:

  1. 1.2 create clay slabs with texture so that it demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials, 1.2.2 techniques

What do you need to do in order to wrap up for tomorrow? Are you done with your three pieces? Are you struggling with the group efforts?

Drawing: CRIT DAY! – MONDAY – WRITTEN CRIT DUE – Do you need help locating it in your GOOGLE DRIVE? TALK TO ME IF YOU NEED TO!

CRITIQUE and TALK and LISTEN and CRITIQUE and REFLECT!!! WRITE!!! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/leobcrit.jpg

GOALS:

  1. 5.3 describe meanings of artworks by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques and 5.3.2 how they relate to your history and culture 5.2 stand behind your criticism of art – defend and stand up for your ideas and support them in your critique

What did you take away from today’s conversation? What can you add to your 4 part critique that will be due MONDAY?

AP Studio Art: Collaborative work – HANG WORK TOO!

Derivation on The Creation of Man… how is your work coming along? https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bf962-creationofmanandcell.jpg

GOALS:

  1. 3.1 reflect on how your art relates to history and cultures as you work to communicate a message.

What have YOU contributed to the work today? What are you going to contribute to the work tomorrow? 

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Clay and the collaboration – ready to make slabs?

“Talent may get someone off the starting blocks faster, but without a sense of direction or a goal to strive for, it won’t count for much.” – David Bayles and Ted Orland

#WHSoc20 Tomorrow at 8PM CST – Twitter Conversation

Art Foundations: CLAY – Let’s Get Our Hands DIRTY!

Roll roll roll in the clay, Roll roll roll in the clay (if you haven’t seen Young Frankenstein, you will not understand). http://www.jhpottery.com/pictures/slab3.jpg

GOALS:

  1. 1.1 apply the medium of clay and the techniques of slab rolling and texture addition with 1.1.1 skill, 1.1.2 confidence, 1.1.3 and awareness so that your ideas are executed well.

What is the most challenging aspect to creating a clay slab? What did you enjoy? What did you struggle with?

Drawing: FINAL day of PORTRAITS!

Let’s wrap up our WILD BEASTS! http://s3.amazonaws.com/com.artwelove.asset/cc59ae5473147679f08460b97965e481-l.jpg

GOALS:

  1. 4.2 Through the use of reflection and critique, describe the purpose and meaning of your portrait as it relates to your culture and how it may differ from different cultures, times, and places

Do you need to work on anything tonight? Is the drawing to a resolution? Are  you pleased with the final work? WHAT do you need to do with the work to make it finished?

AP Studio Art: Collaboration and Art Exhibition!

Collaboration in the studio is a wonderful experience! http://craftcouncil.org/sites/craftcouncil.org/files/Haystack_2011ArtSchoolsCollaborative_photosbyLisJanes_4.jpg

GOALS:

  1. 2.3 create collaborative artworks that solve visual challenges and allow your hand and voice to stand out while also working together with your studio partners.

What is working? What is a struggle in the drawing / painting? How are you all going to contribute to the FINAL WORK to be installed?