Art 309

In this class I designed two workshops, one for the AP High School students at U-high and the other for the Normal Public L as well as a Unit plan.

Normal Public Library

For the Normal Public Library, we had to design a workshop that could be taught to the local community, not for a specific age group. We planned our lesson around what we had been learning in our art history class about collage/ photomontage.

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U-High Workshop

Woodburning through History

This lesson was designed to introduce the U-high students to wood burning, teaching them an introductory level of competency with the tools. They were meant to create a design that called upon imagery from their own culture.

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Student Work!!

The students were graded on their above work using the following rubric:

Rubric

Ceramic Unit!

This unit is comprised of 5 lessons all surrounding the big idea of Ceramic mold making!

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Ceramic Mold Making!

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Mold Making Exploration

Students will research and attempt different mold making materials before presenting one of the options to the class.

Mold Application

Students will use their molds to create at least 5 reproductions of their dishware, and then use ceramic techniques to make them differ in some way from each other.

Mold Making

Students will use one of the presented methods to create a mold that they will use to make dishware.

Glazing/Finishing

Students will use different ceramic finishing techniques to finish their ceramic dishware, making sure that each one has a different end outcome.

Students will pick 3 of their 5 dishes to present in a gallery walk, and then participate in a critique activity that has them ask their peers questions. They will then submit a small informal reflection about their mold making process.

Critique/ gallery walk

Pedagogy Theory

I connected my lessons throughout this class to different Pedagogical theories. I mainly used project based learning when it came to my lesson planning. I thought about the big idea/main concept and then built my lessons backwards from there. For the u-high workshop we thought about how to connect the students culture to their projects, for the NPL workshop we thought about how to connect the ideas of the Dada movement to modern political issues, and then for the Ceramic unit I thought about how students could make easily replicable dishware (hence mold making). After the big idea was established, then the lessons all built off of them, and at the end the students/artists were expected to show their work in a gallery walk format!

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Pal 1:

I attended the Rafael Soldi Artists talk at University galleries, as well as going to the art opening for his show. His talk was wonderful and I connected it to a lot of my learning in my art history class. Especially a lot of his comments on intended viewers for art, and how he wouldn't translate his work because if you didn't get it then it wasn't made for you.

Pal 1:

I attended the No Adultz Allowed BFA show opening. It was enlightening to see all of the BFA students collaborating on a show like this and I think that they came together to create a really powerful show about healing ones inner child as well as childhood trauma.

Pal 2:

I participated in the pit firing for BFA student Ilse Miller's show. I helped to dig the pit, create work, and uncover all the work after the firing. It was a really cool experience to get to be a part of and I learned a lot about different ceramic firing techniques!

Pal 2:

I am the President of the Redbird Dungeons and Dragons club, an we have weekly meetings every Saturday that I manage. There are over 300 members in the club. Every semester I also host a crafting event where I teach my club members different crafts and art techniques!