One idea that artist JR describes in his TED talk is how art can create change. After displaying their photos in class, Chute 7th graders discussed how their photos will change the way people see them and create an impact when they go on display in the halls next week.
Advanced Media Arts students are busily finishing their first Photoshop projects and continuing on to try some new ones. See some of the finished ones below!
6th grade Media Arts students are preparing for their first photo assignment, due Tuesday, September 17th. Students worked this week on typing their stories of living in Evanston or Skokie. They are bringing their experiences to life using many details and specific descriptions. At home, students will now take 24 pictures to illustrate their stories. The challenge is for students to take photos from various angles to create interesting and varied shots. Here is a photo of students working together to edit a story. 7th grade Media Arts students explored the work of JR, the artist who created the Inside Out project. After viewing the project trailer and JR's TED talk, students considered JR's main question: "how can art create change?" JR uses large scale photo portraits to create dialogue and change in various communities. This is one of my favorite projects to teach, and I was excited to learn that since we last did this unit two years ago, JR created a documentary about his project that aired on HBO in May. Students worked this week on taking black and white photos of themselves in Photobooth. They used preview to edit photos, altering things like levels, contrast, and exposure to improve the original picture and balance the dark and light values in their images. Students also played with some of the other image adjustment tools to create more experimental portraits of themselves. At the end of the week, students chose their favorite single image to print and display.
8th grade Media Arts students are just finishing their first Flash project of a bouncing sphere. Students were delighted each day to share their progress by leaving their animations looping on the screen for all students to view. Students learned the importance of sharing ideas and expanding their own animation plans by viewing the work of their peers. Advanced Media Arts students are brushing up on their Photoshop and learning new tools and techniques. Students researched various tutorials and chose their favorites to try. Students are doing an excellent job working independently to plan and create their projects based on the tutorials they chose. |
Artist of the Month:
Jesse Joshua Watson Biography compiled from http://jessewatson.com/about/ by Jacob V. Watson's is a father of two boys, a dancer, and an artist. He has illustrated children books, CD covers, and magazines. A couple books he illustrated that we are reading here at Chute are Chess Rumble by G. Neri and Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri. He visited Haiti after the earthquake in 2010 and wrote a book to raise money to support the Haitian people, called HOPE FOR HAITI! View Jesse speaking with our 7th grade Media Arts classes via Google Hangout on October 3rd at this link. Categories
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