Mike drew us some a nice diagram of the history of art, art ed, and Education. It was simple and easy. I wish someone had drawn this for me years ago.
He also mentioned the Arts Propel Portfolio Framework and gave us some interesting history on Howard Gardner (multiple intelligence theory) and his interest in art. Lots of great things to say about this portfolio evaluation. Mike also reiterated the ideas of finding patterns of behavior and themes with our students work and how important it is for them to do this. We also reviewed DBAE and put it into a cultural context. We Looked at Davids Video and Alix's Video. Davids is about the act of using left over paint to create art. Transformation of process- finding aesthetic. The idea of collecting left over garbage, paint, dryer lint is coming to me as a way of incorporating life, real life into my art, or even to create images with. Hmmmmm...
We also talked about aesthetics and textures of light. Mike mentioned a woman who said " Vision is a metaphor for touch" This really strikes a chord for me. I need to find this woman. ( irag??)
We also looked at Cindy Sherman and how beautiful her image of puke from bulimia is. I have always liked Cindys work because it is beautiful.
Mike said something about finding the metaphor in our work. I need to do this.
No time to paint today I met with Judith, Jodi and Shoni today. I loved learning about their process but will put my reflections in a separate post tomorrow. Lots of small group bonding and sharing today.
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