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| Mixed Media Sculpture - Buildings |
| inspired by artwork of Beverly Buchannan |
| student artwork |
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This is one of my favorite lessons, despite being incredibly messy. The lesson starts with showing a 20 minute video of Beverly Buchannan work on and talking about her art. She is charmingly quirky, asking her art in progress what she should do next, but her thought and concentration is very evident. Her joyful process of making art from idea to plan to trial and error is a lesson in itself on how art is made.
The students also love this assignment. I let them choose a partner to work with. Choosing a friend, they seem to have similar interests and aesthetics and work very closely in sync. Even those students who do not normally show much interest in art become totally involved in this project. They achieve what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls “Flow,” a total immersion in an activity. Though this is something that I try to stimulate in other lessons, none accomplishes “Flow” as unanimously as this one. Through their own efforts, the students are making ongoing creative decisions on aesthetic and structural problems.
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Mixed Media Sculpture: Buildings
Form, texture, contrast
6th Grade
Materials:
o Cardboard
o Various found materials (toys, baskets, puzzles, etc)
o Hot-glue
Resources:
o Pliers
o Wire cutters
o Scissors
o Wood and hack saws
o Hammer
o Hot glue guns
Vocabulary:
o Folk art: artwork created by non-mainstream artists usually not formally trained
o Mixed media: artwork created from various media and objects
Objectives (Arkansas Dept. of Education Art Standards):
o Understand how artist's history and environment affects artwork (A.1.1., A,1,2,. A.1.3., A.1.5., A.1.8., A.1.9., A.1.11., A.3.1. A.3.9.)
o Understand fine arts career (A.1.6.)
o Understand use of small group brainstorming to generate ideas for artwork (A.3.1,)
o Work in small group to create sculpture using various materials (A.1.1, A.1.2., A.1.4., A.2.1., A.2.6. A.2,7,A.2.8.)
o Demonstrate proper use of tools and materials (1.7., 2.5.)
Introduction:
o Show video of mixed-media Folk artist Beverly Buchanan - discuss her artwork and career
o Discuss safe use of tools and materials
Activity:
o As a small group create “building” using mixed media
Assessment:
o Student participation during discussion
o Analysis of involvement in activity and final sculpture
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lesson plan may be shared, but page is Copyright 2006, William Van Horn
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