Published on 1 November 2021
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Art teachers introduce the concept of structure with 3D art, assemblages, and architecture. Young students use empty boxes to build an in-class art museum, elementary students embrace design-level thinking while using found objects to create personalized theme parks, middle-school students use printmaking and math concepts to create 3D hanging sculptures, high-school students demonstrate types of framing in surreal photographs inspired by Ralph Eugene Meatyard, and more.
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The Structure Issue, November 2021
The Structure Issue, November 2021
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Editor's Letter: Structure
In the simplest terms, structure is the arrangement and organization of related parts according to a plan or pattern. Though the concept of structure can be applied to many things, for the purpose of this issue, our studio lessons primary focus on 3D art and architecture. It is invaluable for students to explore the concept of structure through 3D experiences.
Table of Contents
The Structure Issue, November 2021
SchoolArts Collection books
In each of the SchoolArts Collection titles, SchoolArts editor Nancy Walkup and the editorial team from Davis Publications compile articles written by experienced art educators sharing their expertise. Each title, focused on a specific topic, is designed to help educators understand and implement lessons about that topic in their own classrooms.
Advocacy | The Advocacy Planning Process
Art educator, D. Jack Davis, states that building a case for why change or support is needed in the identified area is important and necessary for a successful advocacy effort.
Early Childhood ClipCard | Altered Silhouettes
Early childhood students learn about the traditional tools and methods used to produce silhouette portraits. They will explore the negative and positive spaces in these works and consider how they can add an extra layer of information.
Elementary ClipCard | Found Object Illustration
Elementary students choose a 3D object to incorporate into their 2D drawing.
Middle School ClipCard | Transautomatism Scapes
Middle school students create an abstract transautomatism piece inspired by the work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
High School ClipCard | Modern Food Still Life
High-school students create an experimental still life with food as the subject.
Point of View | Art, Creativity, and Learning
Art is the great connector to all disciplines of study. Learning to think creatively begins with recognizing the connections among seemingly disparate subjects. We teach art best when we teach skills that lay the foundation for greater success in other disciplines
Managing the Art Room | Art Challenges with a Theme
Learn how to originate a thought-provoking theme, create mini-lessons connected by that theme, and generate an impressive presentation of student work each month.
NAEA: Virtual Art Educators
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The Studio Series from Davis
The popular Davis Studio Series fits art teachers’ diverse instructional needs, teaching styles, and classroom configurations while encouraging students to explore their own unique styles and interests. Titles in this studio art curriculum series include: Communicating through Graphic Design, Experience Clay, Focus on Photography, Experience Printmaking, Discovering Drawing, Beginning Sculpture, Exploring Painting.
Playing with Paper Icosahedrons
Middle-school students investigate optical illusions and use printmaking techniques and a variety of media to create geometrical hanging sculptures.
First-Grade Art Museum
Young students collaborate to transform empty boxes into an art museum with an original art exhibition, gift shop, and soft sculpture museum visitors.
Sculpture Parks
Elementary students embrace design-level thinking and problem-solving with found objects to create highly personalized amusement park assemblages.
Contemporary Art in Context: Eridan
Contemporary artists Eridan, the Brooklyn duo Eri King and Daniel Greer, share their focus on collaboration, improvisation, duality, and the everyday.
Dolls & Masks
High-school students demonstrate architectural, natural, and human framing in surreal and haunting photographs inspired by Ralph Eugene Meatyard.
Imagine This Town!
Elementary students imagine, design, and build a large-scale town assemblage. Through designing and making together or side by side, students learn collaboration, town planning, and architecture concepts.
Steampunk Mosaics
Middle-school students construct Steampunk-inspired metallic mosaics using cardboard and a variety of embellishments to create dimension and depth.
Illuminated Animals
Inspired by the dog sculptures of artist Marie-Astrid Montagnier, students used illuminated wire and papier-mache to create animal sculptures lit from within.
Focus In | Get to Know Your Wild Neighbors
The Get to Know Contest invites youth across North America to submit nature-inspired art for a chance to win prizes and, more importantly, “get to know” their wild neighbors. The contest encourages participants to document their experience with nature through art, writing, music, video, or photography.
Professional Development from Davis
Davis provides learning that is relevant to contemporary approaches and issues. Presented on-demand, virtually, or in-person by master teachers who are experts in the most current classroom pedagogy and the practical, discipline-specific, targeted application of research-backed content. Learn from educators who are recognized leaders with a plethora of applicable classroom successes.
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