tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44248722123670202392024-03-14T04:19:17.255+08:00ARTabroadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-4276021305139340352014-01-01T20:01:00.000+08:002014-09-17T13:15:28.266+08:00art.abroad<b>2013 has come and gone and I didn’t post a single entry.</b><br />
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I took many pictures of student work, of bulletin boards, of (fully clothed) life drawing with students and bicycle drawing sessions, all with great intentions of writing about art at the early childhood center and projects at the main campus, with my 1st-5th graders. <i>My fifth and sixth year in China.</i> <b>But 2013 has come and gone and I didn’t post a single entry.</b><br />
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<b>Because 2013 has not been a year about elementary art.</b> That has still been a part of my life, but also being a youth group leader, a high school art history teacher, a WASC (accreditation) visiting committee member for a school in Japan, the WASC coordinator at our own school in China, head of Fine Arts, and taking three trips to the Thai-Burma border. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaCsO-j1z2l3Fw7NMlyC8-yBX3TvdUVBFyP_evduOzt5xD3iKB8fWXfbWWTBAQqB5wJ84udczjzgJa1LaIpgIOxEzSEBnM3qRonz9pN39aI87bL5AsTjnfE5BV7rfCkISIZCJRKyFvLA/s1600/nohbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaCsO-j1z2l3Fw7NMlyC8-yBX3TvdUVBFyP_evduOzt5xD3iKB8fWXfbWWTBAQqB5wJ84udczjzgJa1LaIpgIOxEzSEBnM3qRonz9pN39aI87bL5AsTjnfE5BV7rfCkISIZCJRKyFvLA/s640/nohbo.jpg" width="424" /></a>As I start 2014, I am starting my last semester as an elementary art teacher. I always thought I’d teach for 3, maybe 5 years, and then I’d have children. Well no marriage, no biological kids, but after 6 years as an art teacher at an international school in China, I’m moving to the Thai-Burma border and, as I joke with my friends, I’m becoming a stay-at-home mom. I'm not dumping the teacher role entirely, as I’ll likely teach English at the local Thai school, maybe a day or two a week, but my primary responsibilities will be with <a href="http://blessedhomes.org/en/">Blessed Homes.</a><br />
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Art will still be a part of my life, and my interactions with children. It’s a venue I love when it comes to building relationships and goes deep into my soul <i>(maybe because I have no skills when it comes to football/soccer—the other universal language of kids)</i>. <br />
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In my first two trips to the Thai-Burma border, I brought lots of art supplies and even attacked the walls at two of the homes with paint and handprint murals. This trip has been more tame, a shorter trip and more about joining in their Christmas festivities. <b>And transitioning my life.</b> <i>Because my heart has already moved here, and now my body is just waiting to catch up. To be here with my kids.</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">So I go back to China this weekend and start my last semester as an elementary art teacher. Maybe forever. I don’t know if <i>elementary art teacher</i> will ever again follow my name, be printed on a business card. But what I do know is I will still be living and loving and learning abroad, and art will be along for the journey. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><i>A new phase of art.abroad</i></div><br />
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If you want to see the article in the e-zine, you can try clicking on the online version <a href="http://www.minscenter.com/">here.</a> I can't get it to work but maybe it will load on your computer. Oh and my article made the cover--it's that random explosion of pink, orange, blue and green letters across those kids. No, I did not pick the colors...<br />
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BTW, if you're my mom or grandma, I have an actual print copy of the magazine for you.<br />
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<b>The Aroma of Art Education</b>—by Stephanie Melachrinos <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 115%;">麦世宁, </span>Translation by Judy Guo <span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">郭凤杰<br />
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walk into my classroom and immediately comment on the smell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t even notice it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently it smells like paint, paper, crayons,
and clay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It is the art room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>But what
happens in this magical space?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most will
never cross the threshold to discover that art class is more than basket
weaving and lanyards from summer camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is also not defined by copying from a master.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is much more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">艺术课是学生参与创作、探索世界之美的地方。艺术创作是人的本质。它使我们与动物区分开来;也使我们与机器区分开来。借着艺术,我们才能与灵魂相连,我们的心灵才能得到滋养,我们才能创造更多的美。</span>Art
class is a place where students participate in the act of creation and explore
beauty in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To make art is to
be human.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It separates us from animals;
it separates us from machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through
art, we connect with our soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
nurture our spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We add to the
beauty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">在艺术课上,学生的交流技能</span>---<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">就是视觉读写能力,可以得到锻炼和提高。除创作艺术之外,我们还对艺术作品进行鉴赏、思考和讨论(其中包括口头形式和书面形式)。大部分成年人不会就他们每天看到、想到或谈到的一切而坐下来画幅风景画或构画个肖像图,而艺术课却是一个有目的地对以上这些过程进行思考的时间。你看到了什么?作者想传达什么信息?这意味着什么?你如何把它解释给他人?在我们现今的文化中,即使不出家门,只要坐在电脑前就会有各种图画和广告充斥着我们的视线。你对这些是被动地去接受呢还是主动地去观察呢?来艺术课上锻炼这些技能吧。</span>Within
the art room, students develop communication skills—visual literacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to creating art, we look at art,
think about art, and speak about art (orally and in writing).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While most adults do not sit down to paint a
landscape or sketch a portrait, they are looking, thinking, and speaking every
day of their life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Art class is a time
to be thoughtful and intentional about these processes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What do
you see?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is being
communicated?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does it mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you explain that to another person?</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We live in a culture where we are bombarded
by images and advertisements, even from our own computer screen before we’ve
left the comfort of our apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are
you a passive receiver or an engaged viewer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hone these skills in the art room. </div>
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thinking skills and creativity also grow in the art room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to give assignments with a small set
of criteria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as the students do
not break these rules, they are free to do as they want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, each elementary student made a design
last year with the following parameters:</div>
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design must be symmetrical.</div>
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<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">如果限制学生只用一种颜色,他们怎么能创作出有趣的作品呢?对初学者来说,我们为他们提供四、五种不同的“蓝色”铅笔。对每只铅笔,他们都可以用力不同(轻按、力度适中或力度较大)而创造出不同的明暗。另外,他们还可以使用层次来增加作品的多样性。</span>With
the limitation of one color, how were they to create an interesting
design?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For starters, we had four or five
different “blue” colored pencils.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With
each pencil, they could press lightly, medium strength, or hard to create
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<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">名字也是比较难的要求。名字怎么写成对称的?学生必须有创意地思考才能符合这个要求。学生的最终作品会在小学艺术盛会(</span>Elementary
Fine Arts Gala<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">)中展出。</span>The name was also a struggle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could it be symmetrical?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students had to think creatively to meet this
requirement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The finished pieces were hung
together in a display for the Elementary Fine Arts Gala.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">在创作这种或其他艺术品的过程中,我们会探索使用不同的材料,锻炼肢体精细动作的协调能力并运用其他学科的一些概念。我们会对艺术品进行测量,用尺子画边框,画格子把几个作品隔开,用名词、动词和形容词来描述艺术作品,画非洲大草原上的动物风景画,发现有关艺术家的事实并发表个人观点,画自己最喜欢的艺术材料或者学习画圆柱、立方体等的三维物体。艺术课的时间可以帮助学生强化以上这些和其他的跨学科概念和技能。这是一个其他学科老师播下的知识之种发出的艺术之花,这是一个全面学习的环境。</span>In
the process of making this and other art, we explore different materials,
develop fine motor skills, and apply concepts from other disciplines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We measure our artwork, use a ruler to draw a
border, divide the composition with a grid, describe artwork using nouns,
verbs, and adjectives, paint a landscape with animals from the African
Savannah, identify facts about artists and express opinions, graph favorite art
materials, or learn to draw 3D solids such as cylinders and cubes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time in the art room reinforces these and
many other concepts and skills from across the subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a holistic learning environment where
the seeds of knowledge planted by other teachers sprout into works of art. </div>
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time you walk by the art room, pause, take in the smell, and watch the beauty
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<![endif]-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-56149599184867275832012-10-20T12:59:00.000+08:002012-10-20T12:59:00.624+08:00A Twist on the Bottlecap ArtThough I intended to do a second bottlecap panel last year, I never got around to it. <br />
This year, I'm committed to it--I am the advisor to the high school art club and will use their energy to make it happen!<br />
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In the meantime,<i> this happened.</i><br />
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I was there when it first occurred. The PE teacher took his empty bottle and that of the IT guy, walked up to the wall, and screwed them in. I thought it was hilarious. I thought it was even funnier how it shocked people. <br />
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<i>How have we never thought of this before?</i> <br />
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Well, we have. <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/06/bottlecap-mania.html">When I first started the project,</a> the head principal suggested I make a reverse mural wherein I cut off the screw threads from the top of bottles, attach them to a board, then have an reuseable bottlecap mosaic base. We could move the colors around, screwing and unscrewing bottlecaps to make different pictures. I've never figured out how to do it, but I think a small board would be a great extra time art center in my classroom.<br />
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The bottle installation has grown to five bottles. I would be more inclined to leave the bottles up <i>except</i> you can see the remaining liquid in this unclean trash. The bottlecaps were all washed before being used to remove dirt, sugar,and other germs. I'm afraid fresh liquid will turn the inside of those caps nasty.<br />
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For now, the bottles have brought a smile to many and <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/08/friendly-facelift.html">freshness to the collaborative art.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-68991066960582525432012-10-17T06:00:00.001+08:002012-10-17T06:00:56.216+08:00That which by any other name...Are you familiar with <b>marshmallow?</b> <br />
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No, I don't mean the puffy sugar treat that is excellent when paired with hot chocolate, rice krispies, or graham crackers and chocolate. <i>Especially with graham crackers and chocolate.<br />
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I mean the color. <b>Marshmallow.</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5PMx99XZtMz04_RkqfB-8E0j-0NcuCY0smbG0CRokSJaJytSKn7ISoMTgGsXT25uSz89qMmHNZieytAEJj6tjMbOl6jkgiA3imR_x0I3mpZpwieCz_mm3R1nOLrI_cgeDi6lOjkdaUI/s1600/crayola.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="395" width="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5PMx99XZtMz04_RkqfB-8E0j-0NcuCY0smbG0CRokSJaJytSKn7ISoMTgGsXT25uSz89qMmHNZieytAEJj6tjMbOl6jkgiA3imR_x0I3mpZpwieCz_mm3R1nOLrI_cgeDi6lOjkdaUI/s400/crayola.jpg" /></a>This year, my classpack of Crayola markers got a few new friends due to an ordering mistake at the early childhood center. <a href="http://www.crayolastore.com/product/12528">The 10 pack of assorted colors</a> added some variety to our marker sets. Laser Lemon is a favorite, as is Marshmallow. At least that is what the second graders call it. No, it is not white, off-white, or cream. To me, I would call it light purple. But apparently the name is Marshmallow. They have said it so many times that yesterday, when I reached for a marker and debated which color I wanted, I vocalized to myself "Marshmallow." It was then I decided to enlighten the (blog) world about such a tint of purple. Until I looked at the barrel of the marker. Tropical Purple. <br />
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<i>What!?! This color is called Marshmallow! <br />
Don't the people at Crayola know that?</i><br />
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I still have no idea why my students insist on calling it marshmallow. <a href="http://www.designmom.com/2012/10/euro-smores/">While pink marshmallows are nearly as common as white (outside the US),</a> I have never seen a purple marshmallow. <br />
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Until I began drawing with it...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-59635354708844454752012-10-11T20:11:00.000+08:002012-10-11T20:11:26.018+08:00Artist's Achilles HeelInteresting thing about being an art teacher---you might not excel in <i>every</i> area of art. I recently described photography and handwriting as my left and right Achilles heels as an art teacher. I have, <i>not one</i>, but <b>two colleagues who put me to shame in both categories.</b> <i>And I just got back from a trip to Mongolia with both of them...</i><br />
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I understand the theory of good photography. I know some of the technical stuff like f-stop and shutter speed. <i>Had to learn that stuff for Praxis.</i> <b>I even co-taught photography with the tech teacher during my first student teaching.</b> Plus I understand composition, value, texture---all those elements and principles of art. <b>I just can't manage to make it work when I'm behind the lens of a camera! </b>These days, I don't even own a camera. It died during my second year in China and I haven't bother to replaced it. I did buy a Nikon DSLR for the art department at the end of that year, and have been known to borrow it on occasion, but I live most of my life abroad without a camera. I was thankful to my photography-talented friends for documenting our adventures in the steppe of Mongolia.<br />
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<i>And then it happened.</i><br />
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We were in a ger of a local family. My friend was sitting on the floor, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacks_%28game%29">learning a game similar to jacks from the wife. </a> He passed the camera over so someone could document the game. While I had the camera, the daughter made her way to the door. I snapped this shot. And then I clicked a few more times. <i>Just in case the first one didn't turn out. </i><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9pYjfh0FlrYHWjoViVUcA99I3pwqmqQsm4ASBK4wVLfxsrsyqv4KMkUxsrW3c2K-b7LLaIsp5-3jS0MWWGlUqTkIyNc5TaDd-gsezkNus10iVUYcUQoK5G86VmA0LbpV9J2MBR6TDlc/s1600/73990_10101428794791690_108068422_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9pYjfh0FlrYHWjoViVUcA99I3pwqmqQsm4ASBK4wVLfxsrsyqv4KMkUxsrW3c2K-b7LLaIsp5-3jS0MWWGlUqTkIyNc5TaDd-gsezkNus10iVUYcUQoK5G86VmA0LbpV9J2MBR6TDlc/s640/73990_10101428794791690_108068422_n.jpg" width="427" /></a><b>It might be the only good photo I've ever taken. </b> And my friends---they each have 400 amazing shots from the week---but I'm especially enamored with my sweet picture of this little girl, looking out into the world from the safety of her humble home.<br />
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After I referred to handwriting and photography as my left and right Achilles heels, I realized I am also embarrassed by my inability to draw from my imagination. Drawing from observation, no problem--but drawing from my head, drawing anything in a cartoon-style, no way! <b>I guess I am a three-legged artist, or at least a three-heeled one...</b><br />
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Do you have an area of art where you struggle? Are you embarrassed by it? Have you found ways to work around your weakness? <br />
<a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-from-printer.html"><br />
I will print a poster</a> rather than make it by hand because I prefer fonts to anything I can handwrite, or <i>could.</i> Just this week, I decided to view handwriting as an exercise in observational drawing---mimic the letters of favorite fonts when writing by hand. <br />
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Maybe this will be a turning point in my relationship with my handwriting.</i><br />
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<i> Photo processing credits to <a href="http://warreninqingdao.blogspot.com/">Warren.</a> <br />
Not sure how much he tweaked it. I know I didn't shot in black and white, but <b>I love it</b> as a black and white image.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-87515594988853248342012-09-12T15:21:00.001+08:002012-09-13T08:24:41.311+08:00Mona Lisa and Other Management Techniques<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmxzSE_mZe6GfHrwAfy2eqdpx9h0XrackbjeTjkLOwc9gZieQxNi79Gcr1rHP7WULhZmZshmg3ppTTCcZ6weKPlrIEF_UOrZlgbzZ5eRPcaAARVfOiAWMPDIrkC0UxYXE9bcvmLY-PYM/s1600/monalisa.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmxzSE_mZe6GfHrwAfy2eqdpx9h0XrackbjeTjkLOwc9gZieQxNi79Gcr1rHP7WULhZmZshmg3ppTTCcZ6weKPlrIEF_UOrZlgbzZ5eRPcaAARVfOiAWMPDIrkC0UxYXE9bcvmLY-PYM/s320/monalisa.png" width="240" /></a><a href="http://www.teachkidsart.net/mona-lisa-attention-signal/">I recently read</a> about the <b><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Show-me-the-Mona-Lisa">Mona Lisa call/response technique</b> and being <b>Mona Lisa ready.</a></b> How perfect! My students were already hearing me say "Mona Lisa quiet" because of the <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-from-printer.html">noise level display</a> but these directions were so clear, specific, and fun!<br />
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<i>Looks like a new poster is in order!</i><br />
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I didn't send this poster to the printer. Instead, I used our on-site A3 color printers. (For those of you unfamiliar with A3, it's twice the size of A4. A4 is very similar to 8 1/2 by 11.)<br />
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While I was designing, printing, and laminating, I decided to illustrate my "first grade rules."<br />
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Last year, first grade was rather large with an especially high concentration of rowdy boys. <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-new-display.html">While I usually prefer rules that are broad guidelines and general principles,</a> I found I needed some explicit instructions. <br />
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<b> Stay in your seat.<br />
Raise your hand.<br />
Only talk to people at your table.</b><br />
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I wrote these rules on the board and reviewed them at the beginning of class each week. When students violated a rule, I directed their attention back to the board before going any further. While my normal teaching style is more relaxed, this system worked to restore some order to the chaotic class.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_BI9oB-P3a_KLq0oFyUtb8BUgL7eEwjknzb01ArhSBXgBBe39hFm7qCznY7tGUN4Pz3AIotxnn3sfqGBnhtxCeys-CUyqBHEz6-eDyqAL0Rbb9wchleKekfy18ZFsnyRYK2iar_0XfU/s1600/earlyrules.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_BI9oB-P3a_KLq0oFyUtb8BUgL7eEwjknzb01ArhSBXgBBe39hFm7qCznY7tGUN4Pz3AIotxnn3sfqGBnhtxCeys-CUyqBHEz6-eDyqAL0Rbb9wchleKekfy18ZFsnyRYK2iar_0XfU/s640/earlyrules.jpg" width="284" /></a>These students are now second graders. The class has been split and a few additions were made, but I've found some of them still need the structure of those three simple rules. <br />
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I rewrote the rules on my white board during the first week of school but now I have these spiffy signs!<br />
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Each rule is a separate full-color A3 print, laminated and displayed via magnet tape on the whiteboard. I like that the rules are individual print-outs so I can separate them to focus on a specific rule or move them to another part of the board. I can even take them down entirely for an upper level class that <i>is</i> permitted to get out of their seats to get supplies.<br />
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In the same vein as the <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-from-printer.html">Art Room Noise Levels,</a> I found examples from art history to illustrate the instructions. I searched through my AP Art History images to find appropriate works. I like that the three images I settled on are ancient, Renaissance, and non-western. I might change the image for only talking to kids at your table. I'm not thrilled with using a 3D example. In addition, I wouldn't mind something more modern or a non-western that is less influenced by colonization. <b>If you have suggestions, comment below!</b> For now, I'm just excited to have moved beyond Expo markers on the whiteboard.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-59238128374075376112012-09-11T20:29:00.000+08:002012-09-11T20:29:42.819+08:00Graphing with Grade 4<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyspumZ0suZaSy8d9PlPqTVCdZSz9m5XzMVqdtnK8P6I1o7kPVMwkBeAxquDQSkhUYoFSsKzjtEDs8kKTDuLxlBK5U59hAZ861-Qt9KIl4tCI_7Zhd9-r_jFhmQQueWVCdAmqlMXfPC6s/s1600/chart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:0em"><img border="0" height="400" width="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyspumZ0suZaSy8d9PlPqTVCdZSz9m5XzMVqdtnK8P6I1o7kPVMwkBeAxquDQSkhUYoFSsKzjtEDs8kKTDuLxlBK5U59hAZ861-Qt9KIl4tCI_7Zhd9-r_jFhmQQueWVCdAmqlMXfPC6s/s400/chart.jpg" /></a>I like things to be pretty.<br />
Well-designed.<br />
Aesthetically pleasing.<br />
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But sometimes, the function is the main thing.<br />
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Today, I made a rudimentary graph. Then I snapped a picture of it. And now I'm posting it. See, just this weekend, <a href="http://artwithmre.blogspot.com/2012/09/math-investigation-day-in-art.html">I read Mr. E's post about graphing favorite shapes. </a>I've done similar things before, but with that post fresh in my mind and five extra minutes at the end of 4th grade art, I decided to do an informal poll of the students. They had just spent the period doing a continuous line drawing of their shoe followed by another <i>(not necessarily continuous)</i> line drawing of their shoe. Afterwards, they selected their favorite and mounted it on a piece of colored paper.<br />
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<i>So which was their favorite?</i><br />
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As much as the kids complain about the challenge of a continuous line drawing, I knew from last year that many students select that as the better of their drawings. How many today? I asked each student, just placing a dot in the rectangle to signify each response. The class was almost evenly split.<br />
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It was quick. It was ugly. I'm glad I did it. We practiced math skills while recognizing diverse opinions and reflecting on our own art.<br />
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Now I want to create a more permanent unlabeled graph for future activities. <i>The question is where and how...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-65996258283875363072012-08-23T22:05:00.000+08:002012-08-23T22:08:29.129+08:00For the love of art...<b>I, like many people, have been reading old posts.</b><br />
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<i>For the record: While I am gratefully overwhelmed by the massive amount of pageviews this past month (something I mainly attribute to art teachers using pinterest to prepare for a school year), I am slightly sad to see the emphasis on posts that are two and three years old! I hope it doesn't break your heart, pinterest art teachers, but I don't even have the <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2010/04/taste-rainbow.html">art class jobs anymore.</a> Eeek! So while I still stand by my "stool inspector," I'm not using that system anymore. <b>What excites me is my new systems, <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-from-printer.html">new displays,</a> and even my consortium's new standards for visual arts!</b></i><br />
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As I was perusing posts with pictures of my room <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2008/08/sorry-picture-is-little-bit-blurry.html">(and boy was it UGLY my first year--the wall color, the TV shelf, the dangling lights</a>--a <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/p/space.html">fresh paint job, new TV, CORK WALLS,</a> and<a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2012/08/beginning-with-beautiful-oops.html"> colorful displays make such a difference!),</a> <br />
<b>I stumbled upon the sweetest story:</b><br />
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Yesterday, I painted with 9 first grade students during the last period of the day. We had about 15 minutes between classes. It was just enough time for me and Mrs. Yang to set up 9 painting stations, fully equipped with water, paper towels, two paintbrushes, a 15x20 sheet of paper, and a palette with red, yellow, blue, and white paint.<br />
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Side note: My students were so excited to paint this week that one student brought paintbrushes from home! Waiting to come into the room in the hallway outside the classroom, another student commented "but she only has 7 paintbrushes!" I assured him that I had paintbrushes too, and every student would get a paintbrush, even if she didn't have enough for everyone in class... </i><br />
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Jumping forward to year five, yesterday was the first day of the second art classes of the year. I had one class of first grade, one class of third grade, and one class of fifth grade. The fifth graders--those students were first graders during my first year. First graders who were so excited to paint that they brought their own paint brushes! As for this year's first grade, amazingly it was another class of 9 and I was painting with them. It's really a beautiful thing! <br />
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<i>The magic of mixing paint with six year olds.</i> <br />
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And the third graders. They were the first class of the morning. I was lazy this year and didn't communicate to the classroom teachers about art smocks but these third graders brought them anyway. As they lined up at my door, a few students mentioned the new boy's art smock. "Yeah, it's nice!" I told them, glancing quickly at the plastic apron. It had pictures of art supplies in the pockets. Cute. It wasn't for another three or four minutes that I realized what they were talking about. It didn't have pictures of art supplies; he brought his own supplies to class! Pockets full of markers, scissors, and glue. His own artistic toolbelt!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4yvGjWgRT9RTM-QFmUxJnYqyJfXLrKbmA3Gv7oYXIWRlBMqDYF-qXUshJe6HOU1Pl9tuxKnmNI0J8uDtOE0BRchgsadRNcjg9pF7bW0bTNGimFIlKh-XZX7ymjPKbi1A5tJGwoYhv1Y/s1600/firstday2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4yvGjWgRT9RTM-QFmUxJnYqyJfXLrKbmA3Gv7oYXIWRlBMqDYF-qXUshJe6HOU1Pl9tuxKnmNI0J8uDtOE0BRchgsadRNcjg9pF7bW0bTNGimFIlKh-XZX7ymjPKbi1A5tJGwoYhv1Y/s400/firstday2.JPG" width="400" /></a><br />
It's been five years. <br />
Some of the excitement is gone.<br />
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<i>But for him, our relationship is just beginning.</i> <br />
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It was our first real day of art-making, together. He is precious. He enthusiasm is inspiring. He's one of the reasons I love my job.<br />
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Thank you!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-82023313336583405702012-08-22T19:36:00.000+08:002012-08-23T18:41:18.160+08:00Beautiful (OOPS) Bulletin Board!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfw2FfkBvJdEelUuwH7Y0j-Efdp0ZEw7i_R6_JVo-DpGlZqnjZLDt-uEag9hrxvILWMrDJzNTsNtKi0ynsQ6dQ2z39-oet0Pwn2x9ty3OvM2dg0aUyugCO5omZMMyGCDGUwWcDaN9FCw/s1600/beautiful.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfw2FfkBvJdEelUuwH7Y0j-Efdp0ZEw7i_R6_JVo-DpGlZqnjZLDt-uEag9hrxvILWMrDJzNTsNtKi0ynsQ6dQ2z39-oet0Pwn2x9ty3OvM2dg0aUyugCO5omZMMyGCDGUwWcDaN9FCw/s640/beautiful.JPG" width="681" /></a><br />
<b>It's a week into school.</b> 9 days to be exact, but today was the start of the 2nd art classes of the year. With each class finished <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2012/08/beginning-with-beautiful-oops.html">the introduction and oops,</a> I spent the afternoon stapling all 115 projects onto the two bulletin boards.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1efO4w7GYKi4LS_GWvSmUV4jJ1j2QK-Oy5_PiS6L2AIKB50XSah6q9F5xiFHkV7f1TYq1Tbjd62Lej_t-J4a0oWk61T30Inb6-C_oxB8sYm_B-1oYQ4AeSjk5zdmQ2Ggal-wQhatJMc/s1600/beautifulboard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1efO4w7GYKi4LS_GWvSmUV4jJ1j2QK-Oy5_PiS6L2AIKB50XSah6q9F5xiFHkV7f1TYq1Tbjd62Lej_t-J4a0oWk61T30Inb6-C_oxB8sYm_B-1oYQ4AeSjk5zdmQ2Ggal-wQhatJMc/s640/beautifulboard.JPG" width="681" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEhkdmQxlov2Yq3Rfolazf2KgUK6L-sTTSnhKkWT4w2eRLhqNLj92XWFXeY7vLEiywNSS6d3ayIPaeagqySsF5YB4Ui-ecvC0ZtX798kVZcvVDIhokckczf5VXy4sm6HMR3tF53z-kTc/s1600/beautifulboard2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEhkdmQxlov2Yq3Rfolazf2KgUK6L-sTTSnhKkWT4w2eRLhqNLj92XWFXeY7vLEiywNSS6d3ayIPaeagqySsF5YB4Ui-ecvC0ZtX798kVZcvVDIhokckczf5VXy4sm6HMR3tF53z-kTc/s400/beautifulboard2.JPG" width="400" /></a>I know there are differing views on exposed cork, borders, and asymmetrical displays, but I think the chaotic-overlapping-and-hanging-over-the-edge aesthetic works well for this project. <br />
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The kids were already peeking on their way to music class, searching for their oops on the board!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-27698736050786999012012-08-21T19:37:00.000+08:002012-08-23T09:31:55.119+08:00What's that you're reading?Teachers have lots of different ideas about what students should do when they finish early. <br />
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In addition to free draw and other art-making activities, I have a reading corner. Students can elect to free read instead of free draw. <b>It's always good to encourage reading!</b><br />
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Our bookshelf is color-coded and organized into three categories. The colored dot on the spine of the book coordinates with the shelf label so students know the correct shelf for returning books. It works, most of the time...<br />
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So what are we reading? <i> Here are some books I've collected these five years...</i><br />
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<b>Stories about Art:</b> These are your classic storybooks with an art-related theme. Many of these are well-known and loved by elementary art teachers around the world.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2BznCAOYPqiuZyIFR_WzBFad_SOobqYQZrFq_xDDEQtrGcZBLRnwExDed8F9y5oMM1VPPxSCjnXKQ1kDQoxsGSTIduat6OVpZcbOEWO1Xw_N2haqi6-p5YO2kPfkDlp99kVtN3Wi_vc/s1600/Art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2BznCAOYPqiuZyIFR_WzBFad_SOobqYQZrFq_xDDEQtrGcZBLRnwExDed8F9y5oMM1VPPxSCjnXKQ1kDQoxsGSTIduat6OVpZcbOEWO1Xw_N2haqi6-p5YO2kPfkDlp99kVtN3Wi_vc/s200/Art.jpg" width="178" /></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ish-Peter-H-Reynolds/dp/076362344X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345543617&sr=8-1&keywords=ish">Ish</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Excellence-Childrens-Literature-Awards/dp/0763619612/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1345543617&sr=8-3&keywords=ish">The Dot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Lesson-Paperstar-Book/dp/0698115724/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345544258&sr=1-1&keywords=the+art+lesson">The Art Lesson</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Patrick-McDonnell/dp/031611491X/ref=pd_sim_b_16">Art</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/A-Day-With-No-Crayons/dp/0873589106/ref=pd_sim_b_17">A Day with No Crayons</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Notable-Childrens-Books-Younger-Readers/dp/0152024883/ref=pd_sim_b_24">I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Paint-Ellen-Stoll-Walsh/dp/0152001182/ref=pd_sim_b_18">Mouse Paint</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/White-Rabbits-Color-Book-Baker/dp/0753452545/ref=pd_sim_b_29">White Rabbit's Color Book</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lines-That-Wiggle-Candace-Whitman/dp/193470654X/ref=pd_sim_b_6">Lines that Wiggle</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-Line-Bends-Shape-Begins/dp/0618152415/ref=pd_sim_b_23">When a Line Bends...a Shape Begins</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Iggy-Peck-Architect-Andrea-Beaty/dp/081091106X/ref=pd_sim_b_19">Iggy Peck, Architect</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Oops-Barney-Saltzberg/dp/076115728X/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1345543617&sr=8-4&keywords=ish">Beautiful Oops!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152051074/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i03">Hands: Growing up to be an Artist</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064430227/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i06">Harold and the Purple Crayon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419701800/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i02">Pantone: Colors</a><br />
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<b>Famous Artwork:</b> The books on this shelf vary greatly but are held together because they contain many works from art history. Some have descriptive texts; others are I SPY or alphabet books. Museum ABC's is a particular favorite. I was given a copy at my high school graduation party with the sweetest inscription. For my students, I love how it shows them how the same idea can be depicted in different ways at different times and in different cultures.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD348hzR8GhQDHiPc4B3u7RCojAU0bfH-7x_kOljJsyDWZ-cBxBzjupONpOe9D9Ein4ZFMipYNA_MLNtOrNIp6ScSjujP3PEVkKF51IbMrgJDsoCqaB626sl6_YmsGpvON4BHhNKxIb6U/s1600/ABCmuseum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD348hzR8GhQDHiPc4B3u7RCojAU0bfH-7x_kOljJsyDWZ-cBxBzjupONpOe9D9Ein4ZFMipYNA_MLNtOrNIp6ScSjujP3PEVkKF51IbMrgJDsoCqaB626sl6_YmsGpvON4BHhNKxIb6U/s200/ABCmuseum.jpg" width="199" /></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Museum-ABC-The-Metropolitan-Art/dp/0316071706/ref=pd_sim_b_24">Museum ABC</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Museum-Shapes-The-Metropolitan-Art/dp/0316056987/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b">Museum Shapes</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Museum-123-The-Metropolitan-Art/dp/031616044X/ref=pd_sim_b_6">Museum 123</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Bob-Raczka/dp/0761318321/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345545639&sr=1-1&keywords=art+is">Art is...</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Name-That-Style-Raczkas-Adventures/dp/1580138241/ref=la_B001IO9TLS_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345545644&sr=1-1">Name That Style</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/No-One-Saw-Bob-Raczka/dp/0761316485/ref=la_B001IO9TLS_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1345545644&sr=1-6">No One Saw</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/3-D-ABC-Sculptural-Alphabet-Adventures/dp/0761394567/ref=la_B001IO9TLS_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1345545710&sr=1-17">3-D ABC</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Book-Children-Editors-Phaidon-Press/dp/0714845302/ref=pd_sim_b_51">The Art Book for Children</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Book-Children-Two/dp/0714847062/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345545923&sr=1-1&keywords=the+art+book+for+children+book+2">The Art Book for Children, Book Two</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/I-Spy-An-Alphabet-Art/dp/0688147305/ref=pd_sim_b_44">I Spy: An Alphabet in Art</a><br />
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<b>Artist Biographies:</b> I don't spend much time emphasizing specific artists with my students. These biographies allow them to focus on artists that pique their interests. In addition, 3rd-5th graders are required to fill out one artist worksheet per quarter to go in their art class portfolio. I give class time to allow for this activity. <br />
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Artist Biographies come in a few categories...<i>for another time!</i><br />
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<b>Do you have books you love?</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-76605032688771649402012-08-18T21:46:00.000+08:002012-08-18T21:46:00.032+08:00Back from the printerI have an addiction. Or three, maybe four.<br />
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1 kuai colored paper<br />
double-sided tape<br />
custom printing (with unique fonts)<br />
<a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2008/08/sorry-picture-is-little-bit-blurry.html"><br />
When I first got into my classroom in 2008,</a> I started to make posters with class expectations, character traits of the month, flavorful folds, and my name. By the time second semester rolled around, I'd realized my TA had much nicer handwriting. <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2010/04/taste-rainbow.html">She became my go-to sign maker, creating character trait signs for successive years, job charts, bookshelf labels, and a bilingual color wheel.</a><br />
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Last year, my TA switched departments. With her handwriting out of the picture, I decided to try a new avenue for classroom displays--custom printing. It seemed only natural to enlist the local printer for art classroom needs; <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/07/all-those-extra-things.html">my graphic design projects had already made it on t-shirts, banners, posters, and mugs for the school.</a> <br />
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Throughout the process, I loved the freedom and possibilities of creating <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-new-display.html">my new class expectations</a> digitally, and the <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-situ.html">finished product</a> looks amazing in my classroom!<br />
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This year, I took on a few new printing projects. I decided the color wheel could use an upgrade. The laminated pieces had a few minor errors and were starting to look a little worse for wear. These posters were printed as rectangles, then I cut the edges to look like paint blobs.<br />
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I was also inspired by posters on <a href="http://pinterest.com/artabroad/art-ed-resources/">pinterest.</a> I loved content, but like <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-situ.html">timelines</a>, I just wasn't quite satisfied with the designs as is. I'm quite picky. I needed them to fit in specific spots around my whiteboard and I preferred a different color scheme. Combine some new fonts <a href="http://www.dafont.com/equestria.font">(Equestria</a> and <a href="http://www.dafont.com/geo-sans-light.font">GeoSansLight),</a> my rainbow class colors, and a taupe-y/grey background. <b>Ta da!</b> New posters for my art room.<br />
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<b>Look really carefully, to the left of the bulletin board. </b> You can see the very narrow space that necessitated custom posters. While I was at it, I printed an extra noise level chart for the secondary art teacher and about 14 extra THINK posters for teachers at school. <br />
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I absolutely love the way the posters turned out! Thanks to pinterest for linking me up with the originals and to <a href="http://splatsscrapsandglueblobs.blogspot.com/2011/11/voice-level-chart-for-art-room.html">Theresa Gillespie</a> and <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/61772754/Before-You-Speak-Think">Shannon P Long</a> for sharing their ideas.<br />
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Year two began with a different book for each grade level (Ish, The Dot, and others). At that time, I thought I would continue with those books every year, one permanently assigned to each grade level. I can't remember if I kept the tradition in year three, but year four brought a different idea. I kicked off the year with one book for the entire elementary school. <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/08/art-is.html"><b>Art is...</b></a><br />
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While I want my students to practice good craftsmanship, sometimes you just have to <b>make it work!</b> <i>Your neighbor drips paint on your picture</i>--make it work. <i>Don't like the line you drew in pen</i>--make it work. <i>A smudge and a smear</i>--make it work. <br />
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Transform oops moments into a wonderful part of your finished work.<br />
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To practice, I asked students to pick an "oops" page from the board. (I clipped up scraps of paper with tears, folds, wrinkles, smears, smudges, and drips---most gathered from scrap piles in the teachers' workroom, a few with additional and intentional markings from my hand.) Students then used markers, colored pencils, scissors, and glue to modify and create masterpieces. Some of the students finished early and wanted to do a second piece. Others added lots of details. One particular first grade boy thought the challenge was too easy. After he beautified the smudge on his paper, he took some markers in hand and made some wild dashes along the bottom, chanting something about more mistakes and more oops. He then managed to incorporate those scribblings purposefully into his scene.<br />
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<a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2012/08/beautiful-oops-bulletin-board.html">All the "oops" art will take over the bulletin boards outside my classroom next week. </a> They are really quite special! I am more than pleased with the results. Some of the students were so engaged they wanted to continue working on their oops project next week!<br />
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(The picture above is also a small preview of some new displays in my room. Check back for more info about my word wall, noise chart, color wheel, and other additions in year five!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-90478968701312037382012-05-09T20:20:00.001+08:002012-05-09T20:20:35.319+08:00Visual Culture and Cultural MisunderstandingsThis is my fourth year. Teaching art. In China. <i>But I still make cultural mistakes,</i> almost daily.<br />
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<a href="http://thecultureblend.blogspot.com/">My friend blogs about the blending of cultures.</a> He's truly an expert in this thing. Not just an expert--he's a professional. It is his job. For me, I just fumble along as I teach art.<br />
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Just this past month, I made two big blunders, both art-related, that continue to humble me on my cross-cultural journey. First I designed an image that some view as Satanic. And then this week...well let's back it up.<br />
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<a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/05/fine-arts-festival-no-clams-included.html">For last year's Gala,</a> I did a wall of <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/05/were-colorful-bunch.html">monochromatic self-portraits</a> down the hallway to our art gallery. I wanted to do something similar this year, but not portraits. I decided to have students create designs with the following parameters:<br />
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The design must be symmetrical.<br />
The design must include a border.<br />
The design must only use one color.<br />
The design must incorporate your first name (English).<br />
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The colors were assigned based on my class color coding. Brilliant! <i>Until I told the first graders they could only use red and they had to write their name.</i> BUT THAT MEANS DEATH! Yes, one boy insisted that to write your name in red means death. At which point in time, bits of cultural lessons from the past four years rushed through my brain and I realized the only four stipulations for this project forced the students to <a href="http://www.thecultureblend.com/2011/01/loffing-at-chinese.html">walk under a ladder, break a mirror, have a black cat cross their path, and step on a crack to break their mother's back. </a> Except maybe worse. Because I can't think of an American equivalent---something that superstition says if you do this, you will die.<br />
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I popped open my door, looked into the Fine Arts office across the hall, and quick consulted with two colleagues, a Hong-Kong-Canadian (secondary art teacher) and Korean-American (elementary band teacher). Yes, writing your name in red is bad. It's an old thing that might mean death for you or death from your mother, depending on your tradition. It is an old thing. But it is still a thing. So what could I do? I'd already done the project in blue and yellow with no cultural faux-pas. I couldn't change it now for first grade!<br />
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To appease the kids, I added some brown colored pencils to the mix. If they felt strongly about the red name association, they could write their name in brown but do the rest of the design in red. That seemed to settle the most violent opponents. <i>Now I'm just hoping parents won't be offended when they see the red name designs at next week's Gala...</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-38550086221014101762012-05-02T20:58:00.001+08:002012-10-17T06:02:11.254+08:00Class Pets?With each class period, my love for <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2012/02/class-pet.html">Dumpling</a> grew and grew.<br />
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<i> He won't hurt you.<br />
He's been here since Christmas vacation.<br />
He stays up by the lights and never even comes down by people.</i><br />
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You can only repeat those phrases so many times before that little (nasty) moth endears himself to your heart.<br />
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It wasn't just me. Even one fifth grader remarked "I normally don't like bugs but I love Dumpling!"<br />
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What happened next was magical. I had just told a room of crazy first graders that Dumpling had never touched anyone and then he landed right on me!<br />
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The students decided that he landed on me because he loved me. We did spend lots of time together. And amazingly, having preached a message of moth love to students for a few weeks, I didn't freak out at all. There was a moth on my shoulder and I was still as can be, trying to keep him there as long as possible so my TA could grab a camera and document this! <br />
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<b>Me and Dumpling!</b><br />
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(Obviously this is Dumpling, not Honey Drop, because he landed on me. Honey Drop likes to sit and rest.)<br />
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The first graders couldn't stop talking about our mothy friends for the rest of class.<br />
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I wish I had a moth as a pet.<br />
I think he eats the m&ms you give him.<br />
I want to name him Bumpling.<br />
I want to name him Shine because he likes the light.<br />
If you say the moth's name, will it come to you?<br />
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Then the weather got warm. Just as my Chinese friend suggested, Dumpling only liked me for my warm classroom. Spring break came and went, and there went Dumpling and Honey Drop.<br />
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I miss the buzzing of their wings in the lights. The craziness that ensued every time they made an appearance. The fact that I had a class pet--me, the one who has a strong aversion to animals. <br />
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Our classroom gave our mothy friends a warm and welcoming place to spend the winter, and they gave us many smiles, a few shreaks, and lots of laughs on cold winter days.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-61082004020202020392012-04-29T08:16:00.000+08:002012-04-29T08:26:04.642+08:00Weaving a Bulletin Board BackdropA <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2009/03/wonderful-world-of-weaving.html">weaving bulletin board</a> from my first year teaching gained new attention this year when bulletin board blogs and pinterest pins brought viewers to the display. <br />
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Last week, I decided to revamp the concept for a display of <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/05/reused-weavings.html">5th grade reused bag weavings.</a><br />
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I like the bold graphic look of the black and white checkerboard on the exposed cork.<br />
I also love how the board is a 3-dimensional demonstration of weaving.<br />
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On the opposite board, I simply displayed some of the weavings in a staggered arrangement.<br />
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It’s been a year. <br />
A year of transition. <br />
A year of goodbyes, of hellos, of tears and laughter and hugs. <br />
But mostly just a year. <br />
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<a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-memory.html"><i>A year since the day I never could have anticipated. </i></a><br />
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I find myself back in the role of graphic designer,</a> but it’s different this time. This time, the clients are my friends, my coworkers, my student’s parents. And the product—<b>a shirt to honor his life. </b> <br />
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It’s his year. The year of the dragon. He would have been twelve this June. This year would have been goodbye in a different way. Goodbye from elementary school. On to middle school with the secondary art teacher. <i>But he’s not there eating in the cafeteria when I walk past the sixth grade boys.</i><br />
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So I sit at the lightbox in my classroom and trace elements from a dragon design we found online. Then I find fonts to match. Architect’s Daughter, based on the handwriting of another one in our community. And the appropriate Chinese characters to relate. A border finishes it off, to mimic an artist’s seal, a rounded square chop. <br />
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It’s a sobering project. One I never wish to repeat. To be asked to use my skills to celebrate his life is an honor. That we are celebrating his life, not living it with him now, brings fresh tears. <br />
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As a community, we gathered today and watched an hour of home videos. <br />
Tomorrow is a school baseball game. <i>He loved baseball.</i> <br />
And the shirts will be a continual reminder of our friend, our student, our brother, our son.<br />
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<b><div style="text-align: center;">Tim, we love and remember you.</div></b><br />
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The red design will be printed on a yellow shirt, with the dragon on the front and the words on the back. The proceeds from the sales will be added to the fund that honors his memory and his love for music and the arts. This fund will be used to purchase things that touched his life and that he loved, such as major instruments for the band program, special afterschool programs in music and the arts, etc. <br />
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When I was in elementary school, my mother took art classes in the community to learn <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherenschnitte">scherenschnitte.</a> I've never tried it myself, but paper snowflakes are a family legacy, passed down to me from an aunt who has done snowflakes to represent the different twelve days of Christmas. <br />
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<b>Now I live in China, and the art of the paper cut is still deeply tied to culture. </b><br />
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I would love to do a unit on the paper cut, making connections across time and throughout cultures to the designs, techniques, and cultural significance of the paper cut. <i>Just a dream. </i> You could easily use the medium to explore symmetrical and asymmetrical designs or positive and negative space, but symbolism, patterning, decoration, line, shape, emphasis, movement, and a host of others could apply. The image on the right is a paper cut that I designed, then digitally manipulated as part of a master's assignment during Chinese New Year last year.<br />
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Back in November, <b>I passed on the paper cut unit that only exists in my head to my new TA. </b> I was going to a curriculum meeting in another city and China and would be gone Monday-Wednesday. I only have elementary art Monday-Thursday, so I decided my TA would have a special week, teaching all the elementary classes with an isolated lesson of Chinese art. I had suggested calligraphy, but he preferred paper cutting. I tried to explain the big ideas, enduring understandings, and interdisciplinary connections. <i>How I wanted them to learn the significance in the Chinese culture and relate the designs to concepts they'd been learning with me.</i> Ultimately, it was more of a follow-the-directions lesson emphasizing fine motor skills than a cultural exploration of a medium and its use of symmetrical and asymmetrical designs. <i>But it was a start. </i> I don't think he was comfortable with spending large amounts of time in discussion during the lesson. Presenting images, directing conversation, and educating on the history of the paper cut in China <i>using English.</i> Instead, he preferred to spend the hour on art production. <br />
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The results were mixed. Many students were not able to complete the designs he prepared in the class period. And as he is new to teaching at our school, and he hasn't worked with my students, classroom management was difficult on both ends. Still it was a learning experience, especially for him. <br />
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To celebrate for Chinese New Year,</b> I asked him to create a display of some of the work, finished or unfinished, on the two bulletin boards in our hallway. The words were a struggle, as I insisted he cut them out of paper, not print them from a computer and staple the copy paper onto the white background. <i>It's a board on paper cuts, so paper cut words further illustrate the concept.</i> The English is literal translations of common Chinese New Year sayings. I wish all the paper cuts were done on the bright paper, not the pastel used in the bottom left of one board. <br />
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<b>Otherwise, I think the boards are a festive way to display this one day venture into a traditional Chinese art form and decorate the school for Chinese New Year. </b><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-86808272237068001312012-02-15T21:37:00.000+08:002012-10-17T06:02:11.256+08:00The Class PetAfter our 5 week hiatus from school, I came back to a classroom with a new resident: <b>Mr. Moth. </b><br />
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At least I'm guessing he's a moth. He's got wings but a very large body, like that of a carpenter bee. I call him a moth because it's less scary than the alternatives.<br />
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He first came out to play during a prep period. His buzzing wings startled me, but I decided to leave him alone. <br />
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<i>He'd find his way out eventually.</i><br />
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One day, he came out in front of the students. Fourth graders, to be exact. They weren't so fond of him. Screaming, hiding under the table, refusing to do work. I wanted them to ignore him, as I'd done earlier, but it quickly became clear that other actions were necessary. Since he was drawn to the light, we turned out all the lights and shut the blinds, save one open window. It was cold, but we suffered the drop in temperature, in hopes he would fly out. <i>Nope.</i> I even trapped him under the blinds and tried to push him towards the window, but he managed to get free. Eventually, he settled down and went back to hiding from the students.<br />
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<i>Until today.</i><br />
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In the middle of third grade art, he decided to stretch his wings. Not willing to sacrifice work time <i>again,</i> I quickly announced "That's the class pet." <i>What?</i> "Yeah. He's a moth and he's the class pet. He's been living here since Christmas break. I promise he won't hurt anyone." <br />
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Well not only did we avoid the complete chaos of the fourth grade freak out session, we made a friend. By the end of the period, third grade had developed a list of names and voted on their favorites. I approve of all the top-rated names. <b>Mothy, Dumpling, Arty, Fly Guy,</b> and <b>Junior M.</b> You can see them listed on the board below, along with some less popular options. Mothy is my least favorite. Dumpling is just funny because we live in China. Arty--perfect for the art room! Fly Guy has a great rhyme for a flying creature. And Junior M, well that's in honor of me, Miss M. <br />
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I'm thinking if Mr. Moth makes an appearance in any more classes, I'll let them vote on this list of five. <br />
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I was feeling guilty this morning when a friend said "I'm excited to see the students but I'm not excited for the work." <br />
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<i> Oh yeah, the students. </i><br />
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Somehow, in this five-plus week long vacation combining Christmas, New Year, and Chinese New Year, I'd forgotten about the students. Only once in my escapades through North America <i>(ok, really just the greater Philadelphia area)</i> did I think about those fabulous 150 kids waiting for me when I came back to 中国. And this morning, when the alarm went off, they were the farthest from my mind. I could only think of the work awaiting in my frozen classroom---a bitter 5 degrees Celsius. But today was the first day of the Renaissance in AP Art History, and two lovely classes of fifth graders and third graders spent their lessons peacefully drawing. We learned to grid cartoons and to draw 3D solids <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/06/beautiful-batiks.html">(the cake lesson),</a> going step-by-step on the whiteboard and in their sketchbooks. 5th grade enjoyed some Mat Kearney tunes as they drew. And we chatted about break and how I colored my hair and how I sound like one student's mom (note to self: tame down the sarcasm with this sassy but sweet third grader) and how their sister painted cakes when she was in 3rd grade.<br />
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Tomorrow includes new lessons. Not the comfort of today's lessons, but the excitement of clay looms for radial weavings and all the kinks we are sure to hit along the way.<br />
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And my TA is updating the bulletin boards. I took down this year's <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html">illuminated manuscripts</a> and he's putting up paper cuts in honor of Chinese New Year (created with 1st through 5th grade when he subbed for me back in November, while I was at a curriculum meeting in another city). <br />
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But tonight, I am just glad to be able to say, in all sincerity, my first day back was lovely. It's good to be back.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-17598850055320895252011-11-25T21:22:00.001+08:002012-02-18T08:32:47.696+08:00Mumtaz Memorial<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvaARnfGmj6Sxbq0NvUjWIbRS3fJc216SGkbkZD2_TpEFot3qgNOY4itZ7rtxBpaBpaJjQ_teO_Z1Puy3zvIUjpHpoxJH-Kr7NSIvHfFlXjrQOVNO2017gp4vC8aFJ9Gt51N5Is_EXh7M/s1600/DSC_0387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvaARnfGmj6Sxbq0NvUjWIbRS3fJc216SGkbkZD2_TpEFot3qgNOY4itZ7rtxBpaBpaJjQ_teO_Z1Puy3zvIUjpHpoxJH-Kr7NSIvHfFlXjrQOVNO2017gp4vC8aFJ9Gt51N5Is_EXh7M/s640/DSC_0387.JPG" width="681" /></a><br />
<b>I was getting bored with the board,</b> so I changed out the <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/10/great-danes.html">Sydney Opera house</a> for this memorial to Mumtaz Mahal. (It has been <i>almost</i> a month for the first display.) This board will take us through December, being on display for just about30 days by the time we break for the holidays. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCsSKiWgVOPnYwfJ29-jFwb2xoIoLpH9CVxEVUBkYbHsmmI7vwoQAbRolGKdtghOWSoR1viMgeaKgdlQTuPg5ENtHYSiEjtbvSpYyQy9Q5qjIyKiFjO7-Hh4REsOpIkeipSqhsH_FcQM/s1600/DSC_0393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCsSKiWgVOPnYwfJ29-jFwb2xoIoLpH9CVxEVUBkYbHsmmI7vwoQAbRolGKdtghOWSoR1viMgeaKgdlQTuPg5ENtHYSiEjtbvSpYyQy9Q5qjIyKiFjO7-Hh4REsOpIkeipSqhsH_FcQM/s320/DSC_0393.JPG" width="320" /></a>I was excited to feature the Taj Mahal because it represents a different nationality in our student body <i>(India was the country of study for our middle school students during Global Village Day)</i> and because I just taught the structure to my AP Art History students. Lastly, it was extra cool because I rediscovered these famous landmarks cards, cut from a poster purchased this summer at my trusty standby, <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/08/q-tips-soap-dish-and-vegetable-strainer.html"><i>French Wal-mart</i>.</a> Less than a dollar for the poster--I love that store!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-60134182890297053662011-11-09T22:02:00.000+08:002011-11-09T22:02:27.067+08:00Gorilla, what?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2HeBogXk9YqtDVPhgXsY5UmnrFI5GN2T9GXQFhdQG4kvwOICRMkK6cKIklCTYYaq2heVIAwd3TQb4faBY-hj-1rnFDDbvhST_vTlKj04ZbiFapbUNu5Q-iwUq8JgBaOU9BuRyK6ZTU8/s1600/gorilla.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2HeBogXk9YqtDVPhgXsY5UmnrFI5GN2T9GXQFhdQG4kvwOICRMkK6cKIklCTYYaq2heVIAwd3TQb4faBY-hj-1rnFDDbvhST_vTlKj04ZbiFapbUNu5Q-iwUq8JgBaOU9BuRyK6ZTU8/s640/gorilla.JPG" width="425" /></a><i>You know that moment, when the students aren't working on their projects. There's even a group clumped together, out of their seats, and they're all off-task. </i><br />
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<b>Kids, get back to work.</b><br />
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But Miss M, Joey drew a gorilla!<br />
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<i>Umm what? How did he manage to draw a gorilla? He should be drawing his <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/02/masterpieces-paul-modigliani.html">Modigliani self-portrait...</a></i><br />
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And then I went to check it out, and, well, <i>he had drawn a gorilla! </i> I mean, in the same way that people find a potato chip shaped like the Virgin Mary or a grilled cheese with the face of Jesus, yes, Joey had in fact managed to accidentally draw a gorilla as he was coloring his neck.<br />
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At which point in time, I became the off-task teacher who went to get the camera and document this masterpiece.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-37579375458606232672011-11-07T21:51:00.000+08:002012-02-18T08:32:47.703+08:00A Timely Update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZy67GCHTB0uJ0uJdQke9EtQc7q66eCjkpYH4A3sYbmjEnQJKswWshSL_j8dksez7bhRPqCq2kXroVHrsX1WT7iUEcUWdsFqvJXoXdCyxCxRl5CliOi8HT-OugfsjC3zdBWffhZtoUQH4/s1600/timeline.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZy67GCHTB0uJ0uJdQke9EtQc7q66eCjkpYH4A3sYbmjEnQJKswWshSL_j8dksez7bhRPqCq2kXroVHrsX1WT7iUEcUWdsFqvJXoXdCyxCxRl5CliOi8HT-OugfsjC3zdBWffhZtoUQH4/s640/timeline.JPG" width="681" /></a><br />
<b>The <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-situ.html">visual timeline</a> above my board is growing each week. </b> My art history class is now in Byzantium, so we need a few more images, but the timeline is fairly full through Constantine. It has been fun to refer back to the timeline during class lectures. Just today, after looking at <a href="http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/byzantine-justinian.html">Justinian portrayed as semi-divine in the mosaic from San Vitale</a>, I asked if they could remember any other examples from art history where the ruler is portrayed as god-like. To encourage their responses, I pointed them back to the timeline (Palette of Naram-Sin, for example, is on the timeline).<br />
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I haven't used it much with my elementary students, though some images from <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/08/art-is.html">Art is...</a> were the first to populate the line. Still, it seems that my students are noticing the artwork. Last week, during a 5th grade discussion of facial proportions (and later, distortions), one student pointed to the timeline and asked me why the older work was more realistic, more accurate, than the later work (verism vs. the head of Constantine). <i>A great question, </i>and perfect as we looked at the work of <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/02/masterpieces-paul-modigliani.html">Amadeo Modigliani. </a> Why do artists draw things in an unrealistic manner? Is it that they are less skillful? Is it that people back then really looked like that? <i>Or is there something else going on...</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-76928518591508938832011-11-05T21:51:00.000+08:002012-02-18T08:32:47.714+08:00Self-Portraits on Display (again)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxffVXnaEOvyTrPSazVx5W5lVEODW7qef6apU2Ig0z18iosu8zq7XRigI3lygrHwbEBHrppfr45zMbueuO9APPi1RsXtFHXY6y0QAvkhsk6iifgZ6by_N9nEsrQTM2jvHx1kqy7Wii5c/s1600/3faces.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxffVXnaEOvyTrPSazVx5W5lVEODW7qef6apU2Ig0z18iosu8zq7XRigI3lygrHwbEBHrppfr45zMbueuO9APPi1RsXtFHXY6y0QAvkhsk6iifgZ6by_N9nEsrQTM2jvHx1kqy7Wii5c/s640/3faces.JPG" width="681" /></a><br />
<b>Another year has come and gone, and so third grade has once again created collage self-portraits. </b> <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2010/10/who-am-i-third-grade-self-portraits.html"><br />
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The bulletin board last year</a> was such a hit, both in school and on the web. This year, though, bulletin board aesthetics have been on my mind. I decided to make a slight tweak to last year's display, aligning the work in a perfect grid. I typically go for the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjof1j54NNAqiOyII1gcNTbtiHMhdqgMLiFrt005JDpTOsgQkxLS85hv_SZlFJe9n3DicEiz7iF67o6_QAVtggdZc7cU0LQ5njQ7ZI-fB0K74e2nI__H8Elma5kK6fHZsvvXZQt4L_kodQ/s1600/DSC_0498.JPG">sporadic arrangement</a> because it is less work. My perfectionist tendencies would measure and calculate for hours to find a suitable configuration. This year, though, I stumbled upon a brilliant way to align the grid. I am sure many already do this; it must be plastered across website. But since I just this month thought through the process, I thought I would share it.<br />
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I was thinking to myself...<i>what if bulletin boards had subtle gridlines, like the back of nice wrapping paper? It would make it so nice to arrange the work.</i> Then I realized---I could create a horizontal center line for myself with yarn! A meter stick, some staples, and I was set. I added an extra staple at the center point of the horizontal line to know where to start with my artwork. I then proceeded to hang the work, eyeballing an equal space from the yarn and from the other work. When all was stapled, I took down the yarn and added the peek-a-boo name tags to guess which student created each self-portrait.<br />
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Now that arranging artwork on a grid is so simple, I am sure I will do it more often. I do love clean lines!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-51297024160610271662011-10-30T22:01:00.001+08:002012-05-09T20:23:17.823+08:00Great Danes!Do you know the most famous work of art by a Danish person? If you're reasonably familiar with the Danish culture, you might guess <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_%28statue%29">that sculpture of the little mermaid by the water somewhere.</a> Nope.<br />
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Our school recently focused on four countries as part of our Global Village Day, taking time to learn deeply about four home countries represented in our student body. The student services personnel for elementary mentioned in passing that if I wanted to do any art lessons about Denmark, that would be great. When I finally got around to researching Danish artists, I was quite disappointed. I've studied a lot of art history in college and now teach AP Art History, but none of the names on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Danes">this list of artists</a> caught my eye. Until I saw the architects.<br />
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This was just the push I needed to implement the "Architecture of the Month" bulletin board that has been floating around in my head for weeks, based on the book <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Danes">13 Buildings Children Should Know</a></i>. I pulled facts from the book and from the internet to create a "Did you know?" about the building. It was fun to see the Aussies at our school respond to their board, proud of their featured building. At the same time, it was great to highlight the design of Jorn Utzon, an architect from Denmark whose design beat out 232 other entries and became the iconic building of Australia.<br />
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The board is not my favorite design ever. I tried to create a design that could be updated monthly without much effort. Change out the facts, replace the building, and it's set. My TA did a fabulous job drawing the building, though it seems like it needs something more in that space. I intentionally kept that space large to focus on the building and accommodate for future buildings that might be more vertical in design, but I might tweak it in future months.<br />
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Just as I was finishing the display, two moms walked down the hallway, busy preparing Global Village Day lunch.<br />
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<i>An Aussie and a Dane.</i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424872212367020239.post-9674063099532235972011-10-22T11:40:00.000+08:002011-11-07T21:51:43.332+08:00Family Portraits<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihC8kBJYqAePiQLQXL3eATEmFop0z2-ApaAQxdX_-pnS5QK_OfhwI8JRnMb-EcCrSVATftaaGVIAOMcgNuRvN9NFvUXI0ZQbjjbqAmZBCfdzm6wcKWOJor2lxw8H7QtS6zqbdmnWcHeyg/s1600/isabel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihC8kBJYqAePiQLQXL3eATEmFop0z2-ApaAQxdX_-pnS5QK_OfhwI8JRnMb-EcCrSVATftaaGVIAOMcgNuRvN9NFvUXI0ZQbjjbqAmZBCfdzm6wcKWOJor2lxw8H7QtS6zqbdmnWcHeyg/s640/isabel.jpg" width="681" /></a><br />
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<b>I just came back from Shanghai <i>(again)</i> with <i>(more)</i> ideas and <i>(more)</i> connections</b>---attended the <a href="http://ararte.ning.com/">ARARTE</a> conference that <a href="http://carrotrevolution.blogspot.com/">some art teachers</a> told me about during<a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/04/batiks-of-baked-goodies.html"> my first trip to Shanghai</a> back in March. I am excited to get involved with ARARTE and explore ideas from the conference, but I'm still riding high from my first trip. This second grade project comes from <a href="http://www.artismessy.org/?p=241">Art Is Messy,</a> who graciously welcomed me into her classroom and took me around her school. <br />
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Similar to the <a href="http://artabroad.blogspot.com/2011/09/fourth-grade-field-trip.html">fourth grade field trip</a>, my students started by looking at an assortment of family portraits. They had to write a sentence about each artwork answering the questions <i>who </i>and <i>where</i>. Next, they sketched two ideas for their own family portrait, accompanied by sentences that told me <i>who </i>and <i>where</i>. The following week, students selected their favorite idea to transfer onto the good paper. A few students found the need to sketch a third idea, like this family portrait on the beach (finished work at the top).<br />
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Pencil lines were traced in permanent marker, then the crayon/watercolor experimenting began. My students as a whole are fairly new to watercolors. <b>In the past three years, I've done many resist projects, particularly with oil pastels, but very few watercolor mixing projects</b>. Timing of the project couldn't have been better. Right before the kids started painting, I attended a conference in Beijing <i>(truly, it's been a month of conferences)</i> and learned some great tips from an art teacher working at a school in Guam, including watercolor procedures. We woke up our trays of Prang watercolor with a drop of water, then moved paint onto the palette (lid), even if we weren't mixing, <i>though I really encouraged special mixed colors.</i> We tested each color and various painting techniques on scrap paper because we <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpE0xJjFIQRZ4rWRyGLuiC6idhRn9Ts8jieAkKFxUlvr5BmlhTru7BZNAVXKH2fqNAVU9r3UYWwiUGsFgH1mU0Uf_1C2qHbeIq1ei8GEysWjEYg1n5NdVKKVPfTyEnZwCEsyq922di4k/s1600/practice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpE0xJjFIQRZ4rWRyGLuiC6idhRn9Ts8jieAkKFxUlvr5BmlhTru7BZNAVXKH2fqNAVU9r3UYWwiUGsFgH1mU0Uf_1C2qHbeIq1ei8GEysWjEYg1n5NdVKKVPfTyEnZwCEsyq922di4k/s320/practice.jpg" width="320" /></a>couldn't erase watercolor. The students watched me make mistakes, painting a black road, then trying to paint the yellow line down the center and watching it bleed, or as we called it, travel. We brainstormed ways to avoid such traveling, such as doing the yellow in crayon first or letting the black dry. As we learned, traveling is not a bad thing, but you need to be in control. Use traveling in trees, grass, sky, ocean, sand---but don't let hair colors travel into skin colors! That makes a muddy mess. <br />
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At first, I was a little disappointed by the scale of the people in the finished results. <b>Many of the works function more as landscapes rather than portraits.</b> I wondered if I should have given more direction as to the size of the people, but ultimately decided it was not an issue. The objectives were to tell who (portrait) and where (landscape), plan a project, and explore watercolor. I did not give any instruction about how to draw the figures of their family, and most students preferred to develop their environment rather than the people. So whether their family was on the beach, playing hide and seek, riding horses, or in outer space, the students enjoyed using watercolors and crayons to develop the story of their family portrait. <b>They are excited to do more with watercolors and best, I'm encouraged to give more time to the medium in my classroom!</b><br />
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