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student
art projects
Inspired by the artwork, ideas and artists featured in the
series, many educators have created innovative projects that allow
students to explore contemporary art in classrooms, after-school
programs, and community-based organizations.
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We encourage educators to submit examples
of projects they have created based on the Art:21 series or
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incongruities
& inequities
Cambridge School of Weston, Cambridge,
MA
Todd Bartel, Larry Frye and Linda Anderson, Art Text and Drawing
III
This project takes its inspiration from the artist Kara Walker featured
in the Season Two "Stories" hour. Students were challenged
to consider Walker’s work and to find their own voice regarding
the same or similar subjects. As part of their coursework they were
given a weeklong assignment to create a silhouette drawing. |
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installation
Nyack High School, Nyack, New York
Joe Fusaro, Visual Arts Teacher & Visual Arts Chair
Joe Fusaro has used the Art:21 series in a variety of ways to inspire
students to explore innovative materials for making art, such as
or including site-specific installation and temporary sculpture,
as well as creative ways to make art using non-traditional tools
and working methods. |
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likeness
& identity
Lancaster High School, Lancaster, Ohio
Cathy Zekas, Art Teacher
The students began this assignment by writing an essay responding
to these questions and their own personal identities. By using any
medium of their choice they worked through the process of creating
a ‘likeness’ of themselves. For each of these students
“self” is represented in a number of different ways.
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on-site
drawing
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Emily Sullivan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing
Students were inspired by two films from the Art:21 contemporary
art series: Margaret Kilgallen/Barry McGee and Shahzia Sikander.
Students were asked to create a drawing on-site that would be
sensitive in some way to its surroundings. Materials were open.
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printmaking
& stereotypes
The School for Legal Studies, Brooklyn,
NY
Kristine Bowen, Visual Art Teacher
To begin this project, students looked at the Season One video
segment of the artist Michael Ray Charles. Students were asked
to consider specific questions as they watched: What cultural
stereotypes does Charles address in his work? How does he believe
popular culture represents these stereotypes?
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suitcases
Ponaganset High School, North Scituate,
RI
Barbara Wigren, Studio Art Teacher
"I assigned my students an art project inspired by the Art:21
'Identity' hour from Season Two. My studio art class really enjoyed
the Art:21 video. We watched the entire tape, over several days.
I had the idea to make art that was easily transported and could
be set up on display anywhere so I asked the students to use suitcases
to create their pieces."
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picturing
conflict
The School for Legal Studies, Brooklyn,
NY
Kristine Bowen, Visual Art Teacherr
This project was based on introducing the students to the work
of the artist Kara Walker. After watching the video segment, the
class downloaded examples of traditional silhouettes from the
Internet and compared the way Walker's work relates to the history
and technique of the art form.
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personal
crests
Winchester Community High School, Winchester,
IN
Ann Barnell, Art Instructor
This is a project with crests using the "Identity" hour.
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self-portrait
chairs
F.A.C.T. ARTCamp, Sweeney Elementary,
Santa Fe, NM
Juliet Myers, Art Instructor
Inspired by the "Place" and "Identity" programs,
the F.A.C.T. ARTcamp 2001 summer series at Sweeney Elementary
focused on the themes of cultures crossing borders: arriving,
surviving, and thriving. Students were introduced to the work
of Pepón Osorio, specifically to Osorio’s use of
objects and environments altered and decorated to the extreme.
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native
american stereotypes
School of the Future, New York, NY
Candace Villeco & Stacy Goldstein, Humanities Instructors
This project is based on the work of John Feodorov. We asked our
students to think about common misconceptions and misrepresentations
of Native Americans and their cultures. To brainstorm ideas for
their artwork, students were instructed to review their notes
and look for items, traditions, rituals, beliefs that were sacred
to Native Americans.
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