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Presenter: Tim Hanson |
Email Address: tim.hanson@kearneypublic.org |
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Presentation Date: February, 2006 |
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Meet Your Presenters: Mr. Tim Hanson is the elementary art instructor for Kenwood and Windy Hills Elementary schools in Kearney Nebraska. |
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Lesson Description: Students will use images from the MONA exhibition "What's The Matter?" to help them see and make connections between art and science. Seeing various science concepts and principles displayed through works of art will help students achieve a greater understanding of the world around them and ultimately a greater understanding of themselves. Part two of the lesson, Kearney Public Schools art specialist Tim Hanson will lead students through a series of exercises designed to help students think and see "outside of the box" beyond just regular painting and drawing. Artists and scientists both tend to push the limits of seeing and recognizing the "matter" around us. Sometimes changing one's perspective can make all the difference. |
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Pre-lesson - taught by classroom teacher prior to web cast. Students will need to be familiar with some of the terms and techniques prior to beginning this lesson. 1. Share some of the background information on Andy Goldsworthy and "Snowflake" Bentley. (See Resources/Websites section).
2. Preview the selected works of art with students (see Resources/Websites section). Please share the title of the work, the artists name, and the medium that was used in each piece. 3. Discuss how each piece of artwork shows or uses a form of mattter in its creation or its theme. (air, steam, stone, water, ice, crystals, plants, sticks, wood, fire, electricity). 4. Familiarize students with the vocabulary before the webcast so they have background for discussion.
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In part 2 of the lesson, Tim Hanson will share the following: 1. This lesson will be taught by discussing where artists get their inspiration. Artists and scientists have several things in common. Both are searching for answers to questions about the world around them. Both look for answers to questions that are larger than ourselves. Artists gain inspiration to create their artwork from many sources, but the forces of nature and different forms of matter have been major subjects since the very beginning of artistic creation. 2. Students will view a slide show of how simple and natural shapes and textures lead an artist to create or "respond" through their work. 3. Students will use their own experiences and observations from the world around them to create a monoprint. 4. Students will create a chalk pastel drawing using some form of grid (see the grid options page). This drawing will be completely colored in with any three colors of chalk pastel that the student wishes to use (except black). Once this drawing is completed, students will use black finger paint to create another drawing on a metal cookie sheet, pane of glass, ceramic tile etc. Students may use their fingers of course, but they may also want to use different types of tools like combs, piks, kitchen utensils etc. to create an image that also reflects characteristics of their favorite type of matter. 5. Once the finger painting is completed, students will place their pastel drawing upside down on the finger painting. Next by gently rubbing the back of the pastel drawing and being careful to rub the entire back of the drawing, you will be creating a print or copy of the painting on the drawing. |
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By viewing and completing the activities in the "What's The Matter" lessons, students will begin to see and understand how art and science are related. Students will also be able to see how artists can be influenced and inspired by things like nature, weather, animals, plants, astronomy, chemistry, physics and the different forms of matter. 1. Within your art classroom, create some artwork influenced by science. 2. After completion of their artwork, have students give their works a title. The title may reflect where the student got their own inspiration or something that they personally enjoy about science. 3. Have students write a short paragraph explaining what they were thinking about or feeling while they were working on their piece of artwork. 4. Have students display their work in a special exhibit or area of your room or school. Include the students writing in the exhibit. 5. Take digital pictures and email them along with their writing piece to jstritt@esu10.org Put only the first name of the student to the art piece. These items will be displayed on the "What's the Matter" web site. |