Unit 3: Stories
Artists: Thomas Hart Benton & Diego Rivera
Group Murals: Drawing and/or Collage
Artist: Faith Ringgold
Story Quilts: Watercolor
Artist: Jean Shin
Mini Sculptures from Found Objects
Unit 3: Stories Reflection
Pink states, “stories can provide context enriched by emotion [and] a deeper understanding of how we fit in and why that matters” (Pink, 2006, p. 115). Having stories integrated with art give the students a deeper understanding of what they are learning but also makes things more enjoyable. Unit 3 was about stories. Each studio that we did had a personal story or a story given by the found objects. In the first studio we created a comic strip that portrayed a message that we were proud about. My comic strip reflected the message of students not understanding why they are having to do something, but the teacher not understanding either. In the second studio, we drew a story that we had. My story was about my moving over the years. I was born in California, moved to Kansas, and now ended up in Missouri. There has been so many memories that I wouldn’t trade for the world. Our last studio was about found objects. Amber and I had an American Flag pin, bullet, and string. We wanted to portray the message of tying the two together. How America is always fighting and always on the edge, that it is a continuous cycle.
I think that these studios would be wonderful to integrate into the classroom. There are so many different ways to use them in the different content areas. For example, in literacy the students can use the quilt project to draw a scene from the book to make it really come alive. This lets the students get really creative and draw from their own imagination rather than someone else's.
Pink, D.H. (2006). A Whole new mind. New York, NY: Penguin Group Inc.
I think that these studios would be wonderful to integrate into the classroom. There are so many different ways to use them in the different content areas. For example, in literacy the students can use the quilt project to draw a scene from the book to make it really come alive. This lets the students get really creative and draw from their own imagination rather than someone else's.
Pink, D.H. (2006). A Whole new mind. New York, NY: Penguin Group Inc.