Using Algebra in the 7th and 8th grade classroom to investigate identity and self. A project created and taught by Sculpture major and Teaching Artist minor Eli deVries.
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An arts infused lesson integrating the art of the short comic with a section of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. MCAD teaching artist working with 7th + 8th grade Language Arts students at Barton Open School.
In this Mia day long ‘making’ and ‘seeing’ experience students will be create fantastical creatures or sculptures out of cardboard in 3D backdrops after touring items from the museums impressionist collection and contemporary sculpture. MCAD Teaching Artist Calvin Hafermann working in Saturday art classes with Witt Siasoco at Mia.
Product creation for a fictional retail store designed to align with the season, target audience and overall brand identity of the store presented with the student ‘pitch’. Teaching Artist Minor and Entrepreneurial Studies Major working with Sagirah Shahid’s 2nd-4th grade after school programming.
What is Art? What is performance? What makes a happening. How does coding intersect with algebra? Digital Fluxus in 7-8 grade math classroom. MCAD Teaching Artist Minor/ Animation Major Jeralise Tylke working with Alison Ruben in 7th and 8th grade Algebra classroom at Barton Open School.
The Comic and the fable or the Fable of the Comic. Telling a story with drawing. MCAD Teaching Artist Minor / Comic Major Ingrid Jorgensen working in Brenda Butler’s Art class at Field Community School with middle school students.
A Walker Art Center pop up putty molding project engaging memory connecting to the Jason Moran exhibition with MCAD Teaching Artist minor/ Illustration major Betsy Lehr.
An introduction to hand lettering and calligraphy with a focus on historical documents.
Using Chrome books and free application students take photos of themselves to create their own Gif expressing an emotion.
Students individually create a tessellation pattern which are combined into a group project and printed onto a light fabric as an introduction to production design.
An arts integration project involving drawing and math at Barton Open School lead by Teaching Artist Kendra Powers.
How does Animation work? Third and fifth graders experiment with the simple ball bounce in flip book animation lead by Teaching Artist Tara Reynolds.
Screenprinting and painting on t-shirts for the May Day Parade at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts with Community Programming lead by MCAD Teaching Artist Vedashree Bankar.