Living Museum Extension

Students were challenged to apply what they had learned during the living museum art theory project in creating another piece of work.  The criteria for this piece was that it needed to be "in the style" of the artist that they had done extensive research on in the beginning of the school year.  In particular, students were to focus on the painting style that their artist was known for.  Students were asked to look at subject mater, art style, and colors while choosing their design.  As part of the criteria students were asked to work on an "alternative" surface - some thing other than paper or canvas that they normally wouldn't paint on.  This challenged students to experiment with different surfaces and how paint responded to those surfaces.  Here are some examples of what the 6th and 7th graders created.

Salvador Dali inspired on a clock

Frida Khalo inspired on masonite

Henri Rousseau inspired on a record

Jacob Lawrence inspired on a record cover

Georgia O'Keeffe inspired on a wood log

Andy Warhol inspired on a map

Claude Monet inspired on sheet metal

Keith Haring inspired on newspaper

Andy Warhol inspired on masonite

Salvador Dali Inspired on eye glasses



Teacher Inspired Artwork

For the culminating project for the 8th grade students graduating from the visual arts program, students were to select a faculty member in the school that had inspired them on their journey as students, artists, and growing adults.  Each student chose someone that they felt they have a close connection with.  Students had the opportunity to interview their teacher, take notes, and design brief thumbnail sketches of ideas that they felt would represent the teacher they had selected.  Students then began to work in their own chosen media, surface area, and subject matter that related back to their teacher.  Some students chose to do portraits, caricatures, landscapes, scenes, animals, etc.  After each piece was completed the students presented their chosen piece to their teacher as a gift.  Here are what the 8th graders came up with.

In Progress

In Progress



IPT (Integrated Performance Task) Contest Design



8th Grade Exhibition 2015

1st Place Winner

 

 

2nd Place

 

3rd Place

 

Honorable Mention

 

 

 





What can you do with a light bulb?

Students were given a sketchbook assignment to see what they could create from, out of, or in a light bulb. They were encouraged to be inventive and creative.  Here are some ideas that they created.

 

 

Inanimate Object Sculpture and Photography

"Gilbert Legend"

His whimsical series of sculptures turn objects we use in our daily lives, such as corkscrews, zippers, faucets and spray bottles, into hilariously lively anthropomorphic characters, some of which seem to personify the object itself simply by using elements of the original object as part of the character design.  The assignment was for students to turn their inanimate object into something creative.  Students were asked to "trick" the viewer into what they saw, while still being able to see the original inanimate object.

This lesson is a mixture of an innovative sculpture project, set and scene construction, as well as photography.  Here is what 7th grade students came up with.

 

Glove

 

Metal Spoon

 

Coffee Cup

 

Chess Pieces

 

Spray Bottle

 

Soap Bottles

 

 

Stapler

 

 

Book

 

 

 Lids and Caps

 

 

 

Small World Photography

6th graders participated in an assignment to create an

 

 innovative artwork representing a miniature society creating

 

 the illusion of reality through scale while

 

expressing a visual short story. Using mixed media, story-

 

telling, photography, and a computer-based presentation the

 

students created their “Small World Photography” visual

 

 storyboard. This assignment is a combination of sculpture,

 

set design, photography, and photo editing.  Here is what the

 

6th graders created.