Unit 4: celebrations
Studio 1: Nick Cave- Finger Puppets
Studio 2: Norman Rockwell- Celebrating International Students
Studio 3: Miriam Schapiro-
The three studios celebrate personal identities, friendships, and real experiences. The first studio, which I created from inspirations of my own identity, was based on Nick Cave's celebration. Like him, I used objects with different textures like pipe cleaners, feathers, and cloth to create a figure. I wanted to create a creature of nature because I personally feel most alive when I am outdoors. Dragonflies remind me of laid back summertime days, which is why I used that specific figure for my puppet. I wanted to continue celebrating the playfulness of nature by bringing in earthy tones like greens and browns. The curly pipe-cleaner-antennae and glittering eyeballs gave the dragonfly a more approachable appearance. I would love to integrate this studio into a lesson about identity. Students can use found objects, clay, cloth, and a multitude of other supplies to create an image they feel represents their own interests. The final outcome is truly exciting as well.
Studio two includes the celebration of international students. I was inspired to create a magazine cover based on Norman Rockwell's America in Photography series from authentic friendships I have developed throughout my time at Mizzou. Just as Pink (2005) says, "People who hope to thrive in the Conceptual Age must understand the connections between diverse, and seemingly separate, disciplines" (p. 134). I wanted to celebrate a part of America that is not always noticed-- international students. They are people who are exploring real-life in America to bring back a new perspective to their own country. Through this magazine cover, I tried to find purely joyful and curios expressions that many of these foreign students portray during there time here. I think it would be very interesting to find my students perceptions of America. I imagine using this studio in a unit where we discuss community. We could discuss our national, local, class, and familial communities. The students could pick one community to embody in a magazine cover.
The final studio was based off of Miriam Schapiro's Project for Kids. I made a college of my sister because she inspires me to express my feelings and be bold with my life. My sister is a person who wears her emotions on her sleeves. In other words, if she has a particular feeling, she let's you know. This is why I used the four different faces of her in the top part of the piece. I am standing at the bottom pointing up to her as if I am grasping for her. I wanted her facial expressions to stand out against the negative space in order to create an emotional effect. I added colorful tissue paper to make her many faces stand out. As Bang (1991) explains, "Our feelings arise because we see pictures as extensions of the real world" (p. 41). I want this to be a whimsical visual story celebrating my sister's inspiration in my life. I imagine using this studio in a unit about heroes. The students can pick a hero of theirs and make an abstract image using multiple textures and objects to create the image of their hero. The students could write a narrative about their hero to integrate literacy.
Bang, M. (1991). Picture This: How Pictures Work. Boston: Bullfinch Press/Little, Brown and
Company.
Pink, H. D. (2005). A Whole New Mind. New York, New York: The Penguin Group Inc.
Studio two includes the celebration of international students. I was inspired to create a magazine cover based on Norman Rockwell's America in Photography series from authentic friendships I have developed throughout my time at Mizzou. Just as Pink (2005) says, "People who hope to thrive in the Conceptual Age must understand the connections between diverse, and seemingly separate, disciplines" (p. 134). I wanted to celebrate a part of America that is not always noticed-- international students. They are people who are exploring real-life in America to bring back a new perspective to their own country. Through this magazine cover, I tried to find purely joyful and curios expressions that many of these foreign students portray during there time here. I think it would be very interesting to find my students perceptions of America. I imagine using this studio in a unit where we discuss community. We could discuss our national, local, class, and familial communities. The students could pick one community to embody in a magazine cover.
The final studio was based off of Miriam Schapiro's Project for Kids. I made a college of my sister because she inspires me to express my feelings and be bold with my life. My sister is a person who wears her emotions on her sleeves. In other words, if she has a particular feeling, she let's you know. This is why I used the four different faces of her in the top part of the piece. I am standing at the bottom pointing up to her as if I am grasping for her. I wanted her facial expressions to stand out against the negative space in order to create an emotional effect. I added colorful tissue paper to make her many faces stand out. As Bang (1991) explains, "Our feelings arise because we see pictures as extensions of the real world" (p. 41). I want this to be a whimsical visual story celebrating my sister's inspiration in my life. I imagine using this studio in a unit about heroes. The students can pick a hero of theirs and make an abstract image using multiple textures and objects to create the image of their hero. The students could write a narrative about their hero to integrate literacy.
Bang, M. (1991). Picture This: How Pictures Work. Boston: Bullfinch Press/Little, Brown and
Company.
Pink, H. D. (2005). A Whole New Mind. New York, New York: The Penguin Group Inc.