Heather Galler inspired landscapes

 

The Game of Life

Students were asked to choose board games that they thought personally represented them.  After selecting a game, they brought in "identity" objects that they felt represented them.  They were then to pretend that the game and its pieces came to life and interacted with their identity objects.  This is what 6th and 8th graders created.

 

 

Sandsculpting Competition

Esquisite Corpse self portrait

 

 

Students studied the artist game created by surrealist artist the Exquisite Corpse.  They created drawings - each person in the classroom drew different sections of it and then came up with a different creation.  They then took the same concept taking photographs of themselves and creating a piece of art based on their personal identity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Romero Britto

 

Romero Britto Inspired Portraits.  Students studied artwork completed by the contemporary artist Romero Britto.  Students looked at the pop art movement and the art of creating portraits.  Students had a choice of creating a portrait of an iconic character or a self-portrait for their final assignment.  Their assignment was to be completed in the pop art fashion which was also inspired by Romero Britto's work.  This is what 6th and 8th graders created.

Black Duct Tape Design

 

Students were given very vague instructions to construct their portfolios this year.  I gave each student a strip of black duct tape to cut up with an exacto knife.  They weren't allowed to ask me any questions on what they could and couldn't do.  The only rule was that they had to use the entire strip of duct tape and couldn't dispose of any of it.  After cutting up the duct tape I told them to arrange it on a sheet of poster board in whatever way they wanted.  After they had laid out the tape on their poster board, they were to create a design incorporating the tape.  The design could be realistic or abstract.  Here is what the 7th graders created.