Unit 1: Identity
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Artist: Chuck Close
- Self-Portraiture: Crayon
Artist: William Wegman
- Artful Personifications: Mixed Media
Unit 1: Identity Reflection
The two studios shown above reflect the theme identity. For the self-portrait piece, I chose the Disney film Tangled. At first, I expected to use Rapunzel but after taking the identity test in class, I found that I relate more to Rapunzel’s chameleon, Pastel. Pastel is loyal, protective, and dependent just like me! For my artful personification piece, I portrayed the fairytale Pinocchio. I used the pieces of wood (which I cut out of a magazine) to portray the wood shop that Pinocchio was made in. Pinocchio is described as innocent, friendly, and sweet which is why I chose a face of a puppy to represent his head. This related identity because we had to choose an animal that identified with the certain character.
I think these are great studios to use in the classroom because there is a lot of room for creativity. According to Pink (2006), society is “progressing yet-again-to a society of creators and empathizers, or pattern recognizers and meaning makers” (p.50). As a teacher, it is important to promote creativity in the classrooms because it not only allows children to express themselves in unique ways, but it allows them to learn about themselves. Roe (2012) states, “we often think about creativity as making something, but in fact the root meaning of the word means ‘to grow’” (p.1). The artful personification piece would be a great activity to integrate with language arts because the students could read a fairytale and then use their creativity to pick their own fairytale to represent through the making of art.
References:
Pink, D. (2006). A whole new mind. (pp. 1-275). New York: the Penguin Group.
Roe, E. (2012, December 17). Why is creativity important in everyday life?. Retrieved from http://tscpl.org/art/why-is-creativity-important-in-everyday-life
I think these are great studios to use in the classroom because there is a lot of room for creativity. According to Pink (2006), society is “progressing yet-again-to a society of creators and empathizers, or pattern recognizers and meaning makers” (p.50). As a teacher, it is important to promote creativity in the classrooms because it not only allows children to express themselves in unique ways, but it allows them to learn about themselves. Roe (2012) states, “we often think about creativity as making something, but in fact the root meaning of the word means ‘to grow’” (p.1). The artful personification piece would be a great activity to integrate with language arts because the students could read a fairytale and then use their creativity to pick their own fairytale to represent through the making of art.
References:
Pink, D. (2006). A whole new mind. (pp. 1-275). New York: the Penguin Group.
Roe, E. (2012, December 17). Why is creativity important in everyday life?. Retrieved from http://tscpl.org/art/why-is-creativity-important-in-everyday-life