Artists: Thomas Hart Benton & Diego Rivera
- Group Murals: Drawing and/or collage
Artist: Faith Ringgold
- Story Quilts: Watercolor
Artist: Jean Shin
- Mini Sculptures from Found Objects
Unit 3: Stories Reflection
According to Pink (2005) “story exists where high concept and high touch intersect. Story is high concept because it sharpens our understanding of one thing by showing it in the context of something else.” This pertains to our unit because every piece of artwork has a message or portrays a story. All the studios we worked on in this unit had a story to tell or message to be heard.
We studied Thomas Hart Benton & Diego Rivera for our first studio and I drew a comic strip that portrayed why tests are not a good source of measuring student learning.
For our second studio, we studied Faith Ringgold and made story quilts using watercolor. This was probably my favorite studio out of the three because I really got to reminisce on my childhood. My picture is of a sun setting over the Colorado Mountains. I actually took this picture when I was in Vail at one of my many soccer tournaments. Bang (2000) states that “it is these ‘emotions attached to remembered experiences’ that seem largely to determine our present responses.” Since I grew up in Colorado and still call it my home, I hope to one day move there again in the future!
We studied Jean Shin for our third studio and built mini sculptures from found objects. This was a fun studio because we got to pair up with a partner and work together to build a sculpture with the objects we both brought in. My partner and I built a jungle gym using hair bands and bobbing pins.
This unit of studios could easily be integrated with literacy or social studies given the big idea, stories. The teacher could read a non-fiction storybook about Native American tribes and students could reflect that story by making a story quilt.
Bang, M. (2000). Picture this: How pictures work. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC.
Pink, D. H. (2006). A whole new mind: Why right-brainers will rule the future. New York, NY: Riverhead Books.
We studied Thomas Hart Benton & Diego Rivera for our first studio and I drew a comic strip that portrayed why tests are not a good source of measuring student learning.
For our second studio, we studied Faith Ringgold and made story quilts using watercolor. This was probably my favorite studio out of the three because I really got to reminisce on my childhood. My picture is of a sun setting over the Colorado Mountains. I actually took this picture when I was in Vail at one of my many soccer tournaments. Bang (2000) states that “it is these ‘emotions attached to remembered experiences’ that seem largely to determine our present responses.” Since I grew up in Colorado and still call it my home, I hope to one day move there again in the future!
We studied Jean Shin for our third studio and built mini sculptures from found objects. This was a fun studio because we got to pair up with a partner and work together to build a sculpture with the objects we both brought in. My partner and I built a jungle gym using hair bands and bobbing pins.
This unit of studios could easily be integrated with literacy or social studies given the big idea, stories. The teacher could read a non-fiction storybook about Native American tribes and students could reflect that story by making a story quilt.
Bang, M. (2000). Picture this: How pictures work. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC.
Pink, D. H. (2006). A whole new mind: Why right-brainers will rule the future. New York, NY: Riverhead Books.