Stories Popplet::
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Commitment::
Artist:: Jean Shin
In this studio, we were asked to use a found object to tell some sort of story about the found object in a different way than the actual use of the item. Two of my classmates, Hayley and Callee and I decided to create a wedding ring out of common desk supplies. We used duct tape and paper clips. We chose to include many photos of different couples to include their stories to make the ring pop, but by adding detail that could be used in a creative way for viewers. Also, similar to Jean Shin's style, we kept the couples' names on many of the photos in order to signify others stories. This also closely relates to our personal stories of our views and feelings on marriage.
I would love to use this idea in my classroom in a science lesson. I would like to have students create a new way to use a random found object in a way to make an art piece, but in a way to incorporate it in a way to tell a part of a story of a book.
In this studio, we were asked to use a found object to tell some sort of story about the found object in a different way than the actual use of the item. Two of my classmates, Hayley and Callee and I decided to create a wedding ring out of common desk supplies. We used duct tape and paper clips. We chose to include many photos of different couples to include their stories to make the ring pop, but by adding detail that could be used in a creative way for viewers. Also, similar to Jean Shin's style, we kept the couples' names on many of the photos in order to signify others stories. This also closely relates to our personal stories of our views and feelings on marriage.
I would love to use this idea in my classroom in a science lesson. I would like to have students create a new way to use a random found object in a way to make an art piece, but in a way to incorporate it in a way to tell a part of a story of a book.
Colony West::
Artist:: Faith Ringgold
This studio related to the theme of stories by asking us to think of a favorite memory, story, or book, that was significant in our lives. I choose to show a favorite memory. This piece is suggesting the memories of my best friend and I sneaking up to a boy friend's backyard treehouse, and throwing little pebbles at his living room windows. Our boy friend would come running out and he would chase us back to my house over the big hill. It was so much fun and I will never forget to sheet joy and panic we had every time we were caught and chased. I used similar colors in the quilt border to focus the story and add detail.
I would love to use this in my own classroom. I could see myself using this for writing. I'd like students to write a narrative of a favorite memory, and then create an art piece to go along with it.
This studio related to the theme of stories by asking us to think of a favorite memory, story, or book, that was significant in our lives. I choose to show a favorite memory. This piece is suggesting the memories of my best friend and I sneaking up to a boy friend's backyard treehouse, and throwing little pebbles at his living room windows. Our boy friend would come running out and he would chase us back to my house over the big hill. It was so much fun and I will never forget to sheet joy and panic we had every time we were caught and chased. I used similar colors in the quilt border to focus the story and add detail.
I would love to use this in my own classroom. I could see myself using this for writing. I'd like students to write a narrative of a favorite memory, and then create an art piece to go along with it.
Balanced and Nutritious?::
Artists:: Thomas Hart Benton & Diego Rivera
We began this unit, Stories, with a comic. Not a typical comic strip as you'd see in the newspaper, but a comic that portrayed a specific educationally based controversy or issue. I knew exactly what topic I wanted to focus on, but I wasn't sure what I would end up drawing. I pictured a scene from a movie. A lunch lady slamming a big pile of sloppy joe on a tray, and a poster on the back wall about leading a healthy lifestyle. Schools today try their best to find cheap, healthy foods to feed the kiddos, but in the end, it doesn't end up that way. Students are fed processed, sugar filled foods that are disguised as healthy lunches. As someone who takes healthy eating and leading a healthy lifestyle seriously, it's hard to even stomach looking at the labels on the foods the kids get on their lunch tray. Daily, I see french fries as a veggie, and when students are offered a choice of salad bar, they load on the ranch dressing, which makes their newfound healthy choice, way worse than a few Oreos on the side. No wonder our students can't focus in class, or have behavior outbursts, they are full of these "nutritious" lunches.
Longwinded, yes, but in the end, I wanted to tell a story about my beliefs, and the insanity students consume on a regular basis. I wanted to make a statement about how skewed the view on school lunches are by many. At first glance, this lunch probably looks decent, but when viewers read the fine print such as a "6,000 calorie" ranch dressing, or a juice box with "380 grams" of sugar, it is clear these foods are not appropriate. The hamburger is a fine choice, but not on a daily basis like some schools offer to students. French fries are just fine, but they are not a fresh veggie, nor is potato chips or anything in that category. Salad is a great choice, as long as some protein or other food groups are added. Most days, student add a gob of thick, hydrogenated dressing to the top; this defeats the entire purpose. Students should enjoy their meals, but something needs to be done about the health education in our schools. Healthy food options need to be offered among the array of unhealthy foods, and students need to be educated to make good food choices, as well as keeping their body and minds healthy.
This relates back to the story idea because this piece of art can be taken in so many ways. I could go on and on about health and especially when it comes to food, but this is about viewer perception and the story I'm trying to tell.
I used to be required to bring in a current event every week, and we would share out as a class. I usually ended up googling a random website and copy and pasting an article I didn't read. It was boring! I never listened to everyone sharing their events and honestly, I'm guessing they had read it really quickly right before they stood up to present. Current events are important, and I want my students to learn that in the beginning. I want them to be connected to not only their immediate community, but as a nation and world as well. I would love for my students to be given adequate time in the classroom to learn how to research articles and find good news sources to find a current event they actually are interested in. Then, I want students to create a drawing to show the current event. Then, when discussion is opened, students will be able to have something meaningful to go off of, and others will be drawn to the piece of art, not the verbatim information pouring out of the blank minded students mouth. This makes the current event meaningful to the artist and other students.
We began this unit, Stories, with a comic. Not a typical comic strip as you'd see in the newspaper, but a comic that portrayed a specific educationally based controversy or issue. I knew exactly what topic I wanted to focus on, but I wasn't sure what I would end up drawing. I pictured a scene from a movie. A lunch lady slamming a big pile of sloppy joe on a tray, and a poster on the back wall about leading a healthy lifestyle. Schools today try their best to find cheap, healthy foods to feed the kiddos, but in the end, it doesn't end up that way. Students are fed processed, sugar filled foods that are disguised as healthy lunches. As someone who takes healthy eating and leading a healthy lifestyle seriously, it's hard to even stomach looking at the labels on the foods the kids get on their lunch tray. Daily, I see french fries as a veggie, and when students are offered a choice of salad bar, they load on the ranch dressing, which makes their newfound healthy choice, way worse than a few Oreos on the side. No wonder our students can't focus in class, or have behavior outbursts, they are full of these "nutritious" lunches.
Longwinded, yes, but in the end, I wanted to tell a story about my beliefs, and the insanity students consume on a regular basis. I wanted to make a statement about how skewed the view on school lunches are by many. At first glance, this lunch probably looks decent, but when viewers read the fine print such as a "6,000 calorie" ranch dressing, or a juice box with "380 grams" of sugar, it is clear these foods are not appropriate. The hamburger is a fine choice, but not on a daily basis like some schools offer to students. French fries are just fine, but they are not a fresh veggie, nor is potato chips or anything in that category. Salad is a great choice, as long as some protein or other food groups are added. Most days, student add a gob of thick, hydrogenated dressing to the top; this defeats the entire purpose. Students should enjoy their meals, but something needs to be done about the health education in our schools. Healthy food options need to be offered among the array of unhealthy foods, and students need to be educated to make good food choices, as well as keeping their body and minds healthy.
This relates back to the story idea because this piece of art can be taken in so many ways. I could go on and on about health and especially when it comes to food, but this is about viewer perception and the story I'm trying to tell.
I used to be required to bring in a current event every week, and we would share out as a class. I usually ended up googling a random website and copy and pasting an article I didn't read. It was boring! I never listened to everyone sharing their events and honestly, I'm guessing they had read it really quickly right before they stood up to present. Current events are important, and I want my students to learn that in the beginning. I want them to be connected to not only their immediate community, but as a nation and world as well. I would love for my students to be given adequate time in the classroom to learn how to research articles and find good news sources to find a current event they actually are interested in. Then, I want students to create a drawing to show the current event. Then, when discussion is opened, students will be able to have something meaningful to go off of, and others will be drawn to the piece of art, not the verbatim information pouring out of the blank minded students mouth. This makes the current event meaningful to the artist and other students.