8th Grade Art 

Lewis & Matisse

Thursday (2 periods)

 

 

Week of June 1

Thursday

Studio work time to complete wheelchair bags, fiber timeline and set up for art show

Final Art presentation will be last period today.  Remember to invite your parents.    

 

Identity of a Nation  

Week of May 25

Thursday   

Studio day for wheelchair bags, fiber timeline & urban growth photography/art. 

 

Homework:  

Please photograph all of the walls in your bedroom.  If you do not have a camera you may check one out from the art room.  You may need to take more than one photo of each wall if it does not fit into one photo.  You will piece these together to create a panoramic view.  

To turn them in do one of the following:  

1.  Save the photos on your USB and transfer them to my computer.

2.  Save the photos on your desktop and transfer them to me using my USB

3.  Send your photos to me in an email as jpegs.  

4.  Print them in color (4x6 minimum size).   

 

 

Websites for Urban Growth project

David Hockney   http://www.hockneypictures.com/home.php

Chris Jordan    http://www.chrisjordan.com/

Edward Burtynsky   http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/

http://accidentalmysteries.blogspot.com/2009/04/nature-transformed-by-industry.html

 

    

 

Previous Lessons

Week of May 18

Monday

Studio day for fiber timeline & wheel chair bags for Brian Center residents. 

Thursday

Reflect on Harlem Renaissance pieces and present.  Continue fiber timeline and Identity of a Nation.     

Friday

Introduction to Urban Growth project.  Studio time for Identity of a Nation & Wheel Chair Bags   

Homework: Complete research for 3-5 significant events of the 80s & 90s for fiber timeline

 

Week of  May 11

Thursday

Turn in poems for artwork.  Work on collaborative piece, “Identity of a Nation”   

Homework:  Complete research for 3-5 significant events of the 60s & 70s for fiber timeline

 

Modern Art

Before class on Thursday - Look over 1940-1950 timeline on Whitney museum site.  Record 3-5 events on your chart. 

Thursday 4.30.09

In Class:  Discuss art you viewed in DC. focusing on the Rauschenberg piece at the NGA.  Studio time to work on fiber timeline and begin assemblage. 

 

Friday 5.1.09

In Class:  Layout wheel chair bags for Brian Center residents

Rauschenberg

http://www.nga.gov/collection/artists/rauschenberg.shtm

Planning your visit to NGA

http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/index.shtm

Thursday 4.30.09

In Class:  Begin with discussion of timeline events and DC trip art activities.  Finish up visual jazz pieces.  Begin Rauschenberg piece inspired by DC trip. 

 

Twentieth and Twenty-first Century American Art and Culture  timeline

http://whitney.org/learning/timeline/

 

Harlem Renaissance

 

Art in the 20th Century

 

Before class on Thursday - Look over 1940-1950 timeline on Whitney museum site.  Record 3-5 events on your chart.  

 

Thursday 3.26.09

In Class:  Glaze your visual jazz pieces.  Studio day for 2-D poetry illustration, prepare for NGA tour.  

 

Rauschenberg

http://www.nga.gov/collection/artists/rauschenberg.shtm

 

Planning your visit to NGA

http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/index.shtm

 

Previous week 

Look over 1920-1929 timeline on Whitney museum site.  Record 3-5 events on your chart. 

Thursday 3.26.09

In Class:  Finish presenting artists from the Harlem Renaissance.  Plan and create clay sculpture piece based on your chosen jazz selection.  Introduction to 2nd Jazz portfolio piece. 

Sewing:  Begin layout of your wheelchair bag for the Brian Center residents. 

Friday 3.27.09

In Class: Studio day for sewing and Harlem Renaissance pieces

Thursday 4.2.09

In Class:  Complete 2nd piece in Visual Jazz Portfolio

 

Thursday 3.19.09 

To analyze the work of artists of the Harlem Renaissance focusing on Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Robert Blackburn;

To create a visual language through a sculpture inspired by jazz music and your jazz poetry pieces that utilize the elements of form, color and texture to emphasis, rhythm, and movement; 

To complete activities related to the artwork and present findings to peers.  

Procedure:  You will work in a group to learn about Harlem Renaissance artists, create a list of significant sites, create or demonstrate an activity, and share your findings with your peers.

 

Robert Blackburn (3)

     Exhibition Overview                        

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/blackburn/overview.html

Milieu: The Harlem Community Art Center and the WPA

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/blackburn/milieu.html

What is the WPA?

 

Jacob Lawrence (3)

   Meet Jacob Lawrence

    Jacob Lawrence’s Art

http://www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence/meet/index.html

 

Romare Bearden

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/bearden/glance1.shtm

Individually:

    “Bearden at a Glance” (2)

    “Biography” (2)

    “Memories” North Carolina and Harlem (2)

    “A Leader in the Arts Community”

        “The Spiral Group” (2)

        Activity - Organize an exhibition

        “Working in Black and White”  (2)

        Activity - Study Art Like Bearden

    “Music” (2)

    “Artistic and Literary Sources” (2)

    “Method” Activity - Sculpture (2)

 

Make a list of significant sites where they worked, lived or just “hung out” so you may include them on your map of New York City.

Artist        Site            Significance

 

 

 

 

Websites: 

American Scene

http://mintwiki.pbwiki.com/American+Scene:++Selections+from+the+Permanent+Collection+of+American+Art+

 

 

 

 

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