I remember this student telling me she didn't feeling well. I asked her if she could make it until art class was over. She said she would try. Our D'Amico lesson for that day--paint about how you feel. I would say she nailed it!
Here is another great article called Extending the art room: Making a makerspace. The article also includes a list of materials for teachers to collect and ask parents for.
I was recently introduced to Makerspaces. They are creative, DIY spaces where people can gather to create, invent, and learn. They are known to include 3D printers, software, electronics, craft and hardware supplies and tools, and such. Honestly, they seem to be a 21st century D'Amico assemblage/building center. D'Amico's assemblage centers included collage, construction, and kinetic art. The Makerspace adds technology to the mix. We were painting outside and talking about creativity. It was starting to look like rain when I saw one of my students carrying a handful of clean paper to the fence where we were hanging our paintings to dry. My first thought, I'm not going to have enough paper for my next class. I quickly went over to the student and asked, "What are you doing with all the paper?"
The student pointed to the fence and replied, "Look Mrs. McCullers, I'm being creative. I'm covering up our work so it won't get messed up if it rains."
First day of implementing D’Amico’s choice-based art education philosophy. Here’s my take away—teaching in the style of Victor D’Amico and choice-based art education is hard. You are investigating what each child needs and providing as much one on one time as possible with each student. When class is over you are reviewing and evaluating work, making notes and planning strategies for the next class. After only one class, I already know I am going to learn a lot about my students but I am most likely going to learn more about myself.
Painting Outside from brenda mccullers on Vimeo.
Reviewing curriculum, making a few changes, getting prep work done for Monday.
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