Strengthening Memory Through Arts-Integrated Experiences
What do we remember? The blur of objects, a yellow bird, a clown, polka dots, the dead owl, a monkey, the plaid shirt, stripes, colors, a wall of inflamed sayings, […]
The Kuleshov Effect and Soviet Montage
Posted by Eric Meiring During our meeting this week, the conversation shifted to the way art can affect the perception of the viewer, and, in turn, how these perceptions […]
Making Something Out of Nothing
As we round out the year in Pages with our third and final experience, we will see Noah Purifoy’s work in the exhibition Junk Dada. Working with Bryan Moss, visual […]
Potential Project
1.) Т Collage image/images that speak to you in your journal provided to you for the PAGES program 2.) Overlay previous page, make sure it is blank 😉 Create […]
Quick and Dirty Guide: Pablo Picasso
Quick and Dirty Guide for Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso – born on October 25th, 1881 in Malaga, Spain Originally named Pablo Ruiz, later took on his mother’s name,Picasso Child […]
Space, Shapes and the Silences Between
“When he heard music, he no longer listened to the notes, but the silences between.Т When he read a book, he gave himself over to the commas and semicolons, to […]
Blogging Challenge, Identity and Picassoheads
Task One: This week’s Edublog’s blogging challenge asks us to reflect on our online identity compared to our “real life” identity. Т On my blog site and on Twitter, I tend […]
A Take On Speaking and Listening
ELA teachers sometimes gloss over the CCSS’s Speaking and Listening standards. Based on conversations with friends who employ 18-25 year-olds, this is evident in some graduates’ job performance. Our task […]
Our Messy, Creative Selves: Art, Transformation and Mindful Creativity
This week I worked with students in theТ Mosaic programТ withТ Kim LeddyТ andТ Steve Shapiro. Т We wanted to provide students with an introduction to mindfulness and mindful creativity while also introducing the themes of […]
Learning Space: Summer, One Long Learning Adventure
This is a picture of a senior looking through the “Summer of Mo” (Mosaic) presentations. Every summer, we ask our students to treat the summer like one long learning adventure […]
Learning Space: We Looked, Then Looked Some More
Students explored this chilly morning, finding an object that appealed to them, looking at it for an extended period, and using words and pictures to describe their objects. Practicing focused […]
Writing and Weaving
In the pre-visits we explored fiber alongside words to think through literature,specifically identity, oppression, community, the writing process, media influence, feminism, the line between fine art and craft… Students are […]
On Fiber, Text, and Commentary
Beryl Korot, “Text and Commentary”, 1977Т ТТFiber: Sculpture 1960-ТТpresentТТ is the first exhibition in 40 years to examine the development of abstraction and dimensionality in fiber art from the mid-twentieth […]
“These woven fragments are the ‘words’ I use…”
“Weaving linen and cotton together creates the perfect surface: a clay-like cloth that is the basis of the strips which are, in turn, the cornerstone of my work . I […]
Preparing a Portfolio for College Applications
Please pass along to any high school students interested in portfolio/college prep with Master of Fine Arts student Maria DiFranco and Ken Aschliman. Itтs free and there are still open […]
A Nod to Being
The text of the piece A Nod to Being reads: In a subconscious nod to my… [existence] …I went through brief phases of being. It seems we’re in a constant […]
