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overview
Lesson 1 | Summary
Activity Pages
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collaborators,
dictators,
managers & soloists |
activity | individual process
While collaboration is an increasingly common practice among contemporary
artists, other artists maintain an independent working process that
relies only on their own intuition and expertise. For these artists,
the time spent in the studio is used to work out problems, realize
an idea, or to just think, away from unwanted influences and distractions.
Use the list above to view a selection of Art:21 segments featuring
artists who typically work independently. Before viewing, ask your
students to pay attention to how the artists talk about their work,
how they describe their working process, and the type of art they
create.
Following the viewing, begin a discussion on the creative process
with questions such as:
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Describe the working process of
the artist. |
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How do you think their
process is similar to other literary, theatrical, or visual
artists? How is it unique? |
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How would you describe
the freedom of the artist? |
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Where does the artist find his
or her inspiration? |
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Do you think that the artist in
front of a blank canvas may face the same inspirational challenges
as the poet who sits down in front of a computer screen or
notebook? |
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Do you think a writer commissioned
to create a screenplay based on a book faces the same inspirational
challenges as a journalist given an assignment by their editor? |
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the next activity for this lesson
Telling Stories—Alone
& Together
Working alone and collaboratively generates a variety of creative
possibilities. Students will explore different avenues of creativity
by working alone and together in small groups to do creative writing
based on found imagery from the news, advertising, or popular media.
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