Unit 1 Identity Reflection:
For Unit 1, our first studio was a collage of something that represented us, similar to Henri Matisse. Matisse's paintings reflected his personal life and emotions. In one of our readings from Bang (2000), she says art is a great way for people to show their emotions. I enjoyed this particular studio, but it was not my favorite of the three.
Our second studio for Unit 1 was a Disney character and survey along with a lesson on Chuck Close. This was by my favorite studio. We started the studio with a video on Chuck Close, whom I found to be extremely interesting and inspirational. Then we were given a "Cosmo-like" survey. This survey asked us to choose a Disney character, an antagonist, a companion, and then a fourth character, and we were to write down characteristics of the four and then rank them 1-5 (1 being the lowest and 5 the highest) if we thought we also had that characteristic. I ended up choosing Belle from Beauty and the Beast as my subject because I had the most in common with her. We used layered and texture techniques in this particular studio and I really enjoyed it. I could see myself using this project in my own classroom. The activity has so much room for integration; it would be a great way to also work in math and writing with students artwork. According to Pink (2005), to lead a successful life, you must be able to use both hemispheres of your brain.
Our last studio had to do with fables and nursery rhymes with a lesson on Wegman. Wegman is a photographer who gives his animals (particularly his dogs) human like characteristics. So in our artwork, we were to choose a character from a fable or nursery rhyme and give them a head of an animal we thought related to them. I chose to do Rapunzel and gave her the head of a golden retriever. Overall, I really enjoyed all of the studios and could clearly see how each of them related back to the big idea of identity.
For Unit 1, our first studio was a collage of something that represented us, similar to Henri Matisse. Matisse's paintings reflected his personal life and emotions. In one of our readings from Bang (2000), she says art is a great way for people to show their emotions. I enjoyed this particular studio, but it was not my favorite of the three.
Our second studio for Unit 1 was a Disney character and survey along with a lesson on Chuck Close. This was by my favorite studio. We started the studio with a video on Chuck Close, whom I found to be extremely interesting and inspirational. Then we were given a "Cosmo-like" survey. This survey asked us to choose a Disney character, an antagonist, a companion, and then a fourth character, and we were to write down characteristics of the four and then rank them 1-5 (1 being the lowest and 5 the highest) if we thought we also had that characteristic. I ended up choosing Belle from Beauty and the Beast as my subject because I had the most in common with her. We used layered and texture techniques in this particular studio and I really enjoyed it. I could see myself using this project in my own classroom. The activity has so much room for integration; it would be a great way to also work in math and writing with students artwork. According to Pink (2005), to lead a successful life, you must be able to use both hemispheres of your brain.
Our last studio had to do with fables and nursery rhymes with a lesson on Wegman. Wegman is a photographer who gives his animals (particularly his dogs) human like characteristics. So in our artwork, we were to choose a character from a fable or nursery rhyme and give them a head of an animal we thought related to them. I chose to do Rapunzel and gave her the head of a golden retriever. Overall, I really enjoyed all of the studios and could clearly see how each of them related back to the big idea of identity.