Ecology and Complexity Theory

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Ecology and Complexity Theory Powerpoint

Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher

- Mel Chin
- Andy Goldsworthy (environmental art)
- Christo & Jeanne Claude (large scale, nature awareness)
- Robert Smithson (Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake)

Hedonist Theory

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Hedonist Theory Powerpoint

Hedonist Theory

New Formalist Theory

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New Formalism Powerpoint

Ring Engravings

Gabriel Caig

Neo-Rationalist Theory

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Jackson Pollock

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Alexandra Nechita

Neo-Rationalist Powerpoint

Schools of Criticism

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"The Matrix of Sensations"--by Donald Kuspit

James Yood

Robert Hughes

Schools of Criticism Powerpoint

New Media and Queer Theory

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Basic balloon animals

Artists who use improvised yarn-

- Cayce Zavaglia

- Joana Vasconcelos (crochet drawing on sculpture)

- Michael McDowell

- Emily Barletta

- Felieke Van Der Leest (jewelry)

- Dan Steinhilber (MOA exhibit)

- Sheila Pepe (radical knitting/subversive lace)

- Carol Hummel (Tree Cozy)

- Knitta (Hollywood)

- Mleak

- Cathy Kadan (clothing)

Queer Theory Powerpoint

Textiles and Feminist Theory

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Mary Cassatt

Barbara Kruger

Feminist Theory Powerpoint

Sculpture and Institutional Theory

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Alexander Calder-mobiles

Peter Callesen-sculptures out of paper

Institutional Theory Powerpoint

Printmaking

Printmaking

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Andy Warhol

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Painting and Expressivist Theory

Painting

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Color Wheel

Expressivist Theory Powerpoint

Drawing and Mimetic Theory

Drawing

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Yeondoo Jung--an artist that takes children's drawings and turns them into real-life installations. His Wonderland series transforms children’s crayon drawings into photographs that are part make-believe, part reality. For four months, Jung oversaw art classes in four kindergartens in Seoul and collected 1,200 drawings by children between the ages of five and seven. After looking through them, he carefully selected 17 drawings and interpreted their meanings. Then he recruited 60 high school students by passing out handbills at their schools in which he invited them to act out the scenarios in the children’s drawings. In order to recreate faithfully drawing details such as dresses with uneven sleeves or buttons of different sizes, he convinced five fashion designers to custom make the clothing for the photo shoot. He also made props unlike any scale found in reality but similar to those in the drawings.

Social Engagement as Art

For my art experience, I did a little experiment with my roommates. Oftentimes, I have ended up doing cleaning checks for my apartment all on my own. So I decided that for this social art experience, cleaning could be art. So I talked to each of my roommates this past Friday night and told them that we would all meet at 10:00 the next morning to clean before our cleaning checks. We also talked about finishing various projects around the apartment such as spraypainting a stool, hanging up a huge mirror, and finishing sewing curtains. On Saturday morning, only one of my roommates woke up with me to start cleaning.

This is me cleaning my bathroom:

This is my roommate vacuuming the hall as soon as we woke up because she wanted the rest of my roommates to wake up and help us!!!
















My other roommate finally got up at like 10:45 to help us clean.





















Questions: What are some ways I could use social art as an experience to unify my future classroom? Could I do an art project at the beginning of the school year to help my class get to know each other better and feel more at home?

Connections to other disciplines: I think you could connect socially engaged artwork to many different subjects. For example, one person in our class asked a lot of people what a certain word meant to them. I could use this in the classroom, in history for example, by asking children after learning about the Civil War, what that war means to them. I could put the words "Civil War" in the middle of the poster and have them all write around it how it has impacted their lives, what they think of it, etc.

Ideas for your own future curriculum: I could easily incorporate this idea into my future classroom, with classroom cleanup!:) I think it is important to keep a clean classroom, and it would be a good idea to make sure every child is involved. I think at the beginning of the school year I can use positive reinforcment, such as prizes and treats for people that are extra helpful, and hopefully the whole class will pick up on it and start helping.

Others' examples: One example of this in my class was a quote wall of funny things someone and her roommates said. I think this is a really good idea to incorporate into a classroom, because children would really love to see funny things they said on the wall:).

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"Ten Lessons the Arts Teach" by Elliot Eisner