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Statement
As the core subject for developing creativity, art enables students to develop the originality they will use throughout their life. Art helps students analyze the multiple aspects, perspectives, and possibilities of a piece of art.
An art educator is a giving facilitator, who works with all of the students and addresses the different needs and ideas of every student in the class. Just as an apple may be sliced and put back together to become a whole, art education becomes a whole when a fusion of creativity, production, history, and evaluation occurs. To have a successful art experience the art educator must be flexible, and continue to reflect on the various outcomes of each lesson. Through high expectations the art educator pushes students so they can fulfill their creative potential.
Art education, like athletics, is also a continuing learning process that demonstrates the importance of accomplishing skills to expand on new ones. Gymnastics is the art of strength and flexibility that requires dedication. This combination of dedication through flexibility and dynamic leadership strength is vital for an art educator to ensure a successful learning experience for the students.
Brainstorming
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I appreciate the principles of creativity, production, history and evaluation as well as the continuum of art in theory. I think however it needs to expand to connect with technology and visual culture. Students today have a different sense of originality that can reflect their culture and their environment outside the classroom. I think as a future art educator I need to make direct connections with these aspects because each student is its own apple and they way they slice it and put it back together again will not only reflect their understanding of the knowledge they construct. It will also reflect how well we teach and the opportunities we provide to them to be "original."
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry. Maybe it's just me, but there almost seems to be something painful about this image. It is beautiful, but the torn red ribbon looks like a wound with the cut up and nearly consumed apple. I know this wasn't your intention, but I think something jagged and red by a wrist might give that negative first impression. I read it as saying "put me back together."
ReplyDeleteThe ribbon looks like fire too. Maybe you need to emphasize the gymnast more.
Very well done. I like the transparent effect on the different objects. It makes me think that through every aspect of life (or school) you need to reflect on past experiences. Without reflection you can not grow or learn. I also like how Julie used the common metaphor of an apple, but that she made the apple into slices and a core. This show how in art, students are encouraged to think differently about things. It also demonstrates the importance of creativity in life, and how art helps people to develop their creativity.
ReplyDeleteThis piece makes me believe the artist was using inspiration from many different elements when making the piece. The core of the apple makes me think of the core of the artist. The background image of the gymnast makes me believe this is what is at her core, an athlete. The ribbon makes me imagine a ceremony centered around the core of the entire piece. The piece as a whole makes me think that it relates to the artists life. To me this piece starts at the core and moves outward encompassing the life of the artist. Weird, I know. I do think the piece is a bit jumbled though and could use a little more shading or less drastic color difference. Sometimes I don't know what to look at.
ReplyDeleteWhile your artist statement made it more clear as to what you were getting at, I agree with ArtGardener - the piece has many jagged, consumed images in it that makes it feel rather painful. By overlaying the apple core over the whole apple, it seems to say to me that the apple is empty inside or has been eaten away at, leaving a mere shell of what it used to be. The torn ribbon adds to this effect. I think your second brainstorming piece uses the ribbon more successfully.
ReplyDeleteI would bring the gymnasts out more and mess with the dark red-on-black color scheme. As it is, it's pretty obviously two "Twilight" covers stuck together, which adds a whole new layer of connotation...
Your statement is wonderful worded and you have some great connections and ideas in it. However your image leaves something to be desired. I agree with ArtGardener when it is said that your image looks painful. I believe that the is coming from the image having a lot of dark qualities to it and the ripped red ribbon can also be read as blood. While I appreciate you using images from visual culture I feel that they are also giving the opposite meaning to your image that what is in your statement. Using the Twilight and Eclipse cover art from Stephenie Meyer's books is throwing things off because your statement does not relate to the message with in those works of writing and the visual images don't connect either. I see the the strongest part of your image right now is the apple. I would have liked to see more of the athletics pulled in to create a stronger image.
ReplyDeleteAs a high school athlete, I really liked how she incorporated athletics into her image. This helped me get a clearer idea about what it was about. It also helped me relate my athletic experiences to my art experiences, and I can now see the connection between the two. I also like the images that related to Twilight. Those books talk about love and a relationship, and your image showed me your love for art. You are showing your love for art and that you want to pass that love for art to your students.
ReplyDeleteThis piece is very aesthetically pleasing, and after reading the statement everything unites and creates a clear concept. Not only does she express great ideas, but the use of dynamic color makes me think she is very excited about art. As an art educator, I liked her statement that said, "art education becomes a whole when a fusion of creativity, production, history, and evaluation occurs." Without incorporating these different elements, the lessons become less meaningful and less interesting to the students. I want my students to not only gain the techniques used in art, but to also develop an appreciation for art. This includes such things as art history, developing creative process and ideas, and analyzing the choices that were made. Julie's statement and concept conveyed those ideas to me.
ReplyDeleteThis picture is really cool. I like the bright colors and combination of different images. I think all of the images really work well together. This helps make the picture become a whole, and not just a page filled with lots of different images. I also like the comparison between athletics and art. I run cross country and it takes a lot of dedication to get out and run each day. I can also understand how art requires dedication, because I know how hard drawing can be for me, especially since I don't do it very often.
ReplyDeleteAs an art educator, I find it very important to reflect on each lesson, and I'm glad to see you mentioned that in your statement. I find this to be an important element in teaching, because as an elementary art teacher I teach the same lesson to 5 different times. By reflecting on how the lesson goes, I can plan for smoother transitions and adjust things for my students. This might also make the image appear less dark.
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