Monday, March 27, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Reading Responces
Graphic Novels as Contemporary Art?
I liked how this article shows how graphic novels can be used to teach contemporary art practices. Things like appropriation, recontextulization, symbol and metaphor are important for students to understand in art and culture. I also like how it talks about graphic novels being accessible to students and how teaching students with something that they find enjoyable can allow them to learn these concepts easier.
How the Teaching Artist Can Change the Dynamics of Teaching and Learning.
I liked this article's ideas about creating a classroom that encourages spontaneity, were teaching is more about having a conversation and were unpredictable outcomes are expected and encourage. I do get worried sometimes with this article and our book about the teacher being an artist because I really feel that my work as an artist is pretty underdeveloped. But I'm not sure that you have to be an amazing artist (or even have art as a subject matter) to do a lot of these things. As the article talks about though, I do think that an important part of having an open and hospitable environment is having a sense of play and playing with and working alongside students.
Copying
I liked how this article said that copying is a great way to learn something because once you are able to practice using something that is proven to work then you can add and change things to make it your own and make it better. The article talks about how teachers can do this as they follow the example of other teachers and it can also apply to the way we have students learn to make art. If we allow them to copy but encourage them to make change things to make it their own then they can make really great work.
I liked how this article shows how graphic novels can be used to teach contemporary art practices. Things like appropriation, recontextulization, symbol and metaphor are important for students to understand in art and culture. I also like how it talks about graphic novels being accessible to students and how teaching students with something that they find enjoyable can allow them to learn these concepts easier.
How the Teaching Artist Can Change the Dynamics of Teaching and Learning.
I liked this article's ideas about creating a classroom that encourages spontaneity, were teaching is more about having a conversation and were unpredictable outcomes are expected and encourage. I do get worried sometimes with this article and our book about the teacher being an artist because I really feel that my work as an artist is pretty underdeveloped. But I'm not sure that you have to be an amazing artist (or even have art as a subject matter) to do a lot of these things. As the article talks about though, I do think that an important part of having an open and hospitable environment is having a sense of play and playing with and working alongside students.
Copying
I liked how this article said that copying is a great way to learn something because once you are able to practice using something that is proven to work then you can add and change things to make it your own and make it better. The article talks about how teachers can do this as they follow the example of other teachers and it can also apply to the way we have students learn to make art. If we allow them to copy but encourage them to make change things to make it their own then they can make really great work.
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