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.
This is an excellent book for the art educator looking to develop their students' creative thinkings skills. It includes a collection of writings from various authors on different topics associated with changing from a teacher-directed classroom to a learner-directed classroom. According to D'Amico, assemblage is "one means for structuring a basic program of creative expression" (p. 4).
Assemblage stimulates and enriches personal creative expression (p. 4). D'Amico, V., & Buchman, A.(1972). Assemblage. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art. My classroom is not very big and it is long and skinny. When students come in it feels even smaller. I have been pondering how to set up centers with limited space. I found a few rolling carts and decided to put them to good use. I have transformed this one into a paint supply station. It can be rolled to the table where students are painting, At cleanup time it can be rolled to the art sink, which is down the hall and around the corner.
D'Amico shares ideas & instructions in this book on collage, painting; clay; sculpture, paper mache, and building.
Notes for Painting lesson: Some paintings that D'Amico shared in the chapter on painting: Charles Burchfield: The East Wind; Vincent Van Gogh: Starry Night; Marc Chagall: The Birthday. Chapter 3 p. 17: D'Amico's thoughts to share
D'Amico, V. (1954). Art for the Family. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art. |
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