School of the Arts Week 8

Work Make-up Time

age: 7th - 10th grade

instructors:  Madigan Young, Cari Ann Rasmussen, Sunhee Oberfoell, & Tyler Bubser

date: 4/20/22

Iowa Learning Standards:

• Select, organize, and design images and words to make visually clear and compelling presentations. VA:cR2.3.8a

• Develop criteria to guide making a work of art or design to meet an identified goal VA:Cr1.2.7a

• Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan work of art and design. VA.Cr1.2.IIa

Learning Objectives: 

• By the end of the lesson TLW identify how to complete a painting or sculpture

• By the end of the lesson TLW conclude their School of the Arts in-progress projects.

• By the end of the lesson TLW describe how they want their work to be presented in the final exhibition.

Summary

For the final workshop day, we decided to give students a catch up day, as many of them didn’t completely resolve past projects. We also wanted to give students a chance to prepare their work for the exhibition themselves, so they could get a feel for finalizing work, making it look nice and so they could name their work. Students had choice in what they wanted to work on for the first 45 minutes of class. We had organized student work before class so they could look through and assess what they wanted to work on. Chloe, Maria and Brittany chose to complete their ceramic bust portraits (and I’m pumped they chose this.) Tony completed his grafitti name tag, and Clara chose to make a new print starting from carving a new block (inspired directly by Tyler’s teacher example, a print of her cat.) It was sweet to see Clara come in with a plan to work on print making. She even had a reference photo of her own cat, and her final product looked a lot like Tyler’s initial example so it was evident she enjoyed that work.

Since many of the students let us know ahead of time that they wanted to work on ceramics, Sunhee was prepared with more examples and she reviewed proportions and technique for the three students working on busts. I spent my time working on my own bust while the students worked which was fun. It also gave me a hands on perspective for what they were doing so I could give more clear feedback. Mainly however, it made me appreciate their final results even more.

45 minutes into the workshop, students began cleaning up and deciding which works they wanted to display in the exhibition at UAY. Each teacher guided one or two students in matting and labeling each work. I also encouraged students to display anything they were on the fence about. I enjoyed watching Chloe name her pieces. She asked if she could name her bust “Just a random bald dude,” which I loved. Most of the work was ready to go and packed in boxes by the end of class, ready to be taken to the UAY center next week.

Final Outcomes

Most of the work was ready to go and packed in boxes by the end of class, ready to be taken to the UAY center next week. Students completed, labelled and matted any work they wanted to display in their exhibition. I thanked all the students for attending the workshop and engaging with the lessons. Chloe gave me a hug, and I said I would look for her artwork throughout middle and high school and said she hoped to meet me again in the future. Another student even took photos of her work, showing pride and engagement which shows a lot of growth from her first workshop day with us.