Artist: Nick Cave
Finger Puppets: Modeling Compound
Artist Norman Rockwell
Celebrating 21st Century America: Graphic Design
Artists Choice
Artist's Choice: I chose to complete the activity that I am asking my students to participate during my integrated lesson plan. This wind chime represents the life cycle of a caterpillar. As the figures hang lower, the closer they get to the end of a caterpillar's life cycle. Inspired by Eric Carle
Unit 4: Celebrations Reflection
These three studios can be related to the big theme of celebrations. As Bang (2006) writes, “[One] must know how to link apparently unconnected elements to create something new” (p. 134). This is exactly what we did with the Nick Cave, Norman Rockwell, and Miriam Schapiro studios. The creation of my finger puppet, inspired by Nick Cave, allowed me to celebrate new life, the birth of my niece, Alexis. When we created magazine covers, stirred by Norman Rockwell, it allowed us to pick a topic of our choosing, and then find some way to celebrate it. It my case, I was celebrating youth. Lastly, my Miriam Schapiro piece celebrates life and the cycles that we live through. All of these studios allowed us to see relationships, and then integrate those relationships into the big picture, celebrations (Bang, 2006, p. 145).
All of these studios would be successful in the classroom. I would use the Nick Cave studio to allow students to celebrate a certain event. For instance, if it were near winter break, I would allow students to make a finger puppet that represented whatever their family celebrated. They could make Christmas trees, menorahs, or just snowflakes, whatever they related that time of year to. I would use the Norman Rockwell studio to express their feelings on a piece of their writing. After finishing a piece, they could make a magazine cover that advertises and celebrates their writing. Lastly, I would use the Miriam Schapiro studio in the same way that I used mine. When covering a unit on life cycles, students would create paper wind chimes that represent and celebrate the life cycle of a caterpillar.
References
Pink, Daniel H. (2006). A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future. New York, New York: Penguin Group.
All of these studios would be successful in the classroom. I would use the Nick Cave studio to allow students to celebrate a certain event. For instance, if it were near winter break, I would allow students to make a finger puppet that represented whatever their family celebrated. They could make Christmas trees, menorahs, or just snowflakes, whatever they related that time of year to. I would use the Norman Rockwell studio to express their feelings on a piece of their writing. After finishing a piece, they could make a magazine cover that advertises and celebrates their writing. Lastly, I would use the Miriam Schapiro studio in the same way that I used mine. When covering a unit on life cycles, students would create paper wind chimes that represent and celebrate the life cycle of a caterpillar.
References
Pink, Daniel H. (2006). A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future. New York, New York: Penguin Group.