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 Lesson Rough Draft Google Doc Link:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1doCSUXTjTCj754hxSU5RuzRaAXxPrKd9O0Ic8dWMwvE/edit?usp=sharing

            With the Book Stack Summary activity, I was thinking about how students could make book spine poems to engage with thematic elements of a text. Perhaps the students could identify a theme in a script or theatrical piece and then develop book spine poems based on those ideas. In so doing, the students would break down and analyze their thoughts on the thematic concepts presented in the “text.” Then, they would synthesize those thoughts to develop a poetic piece that reflects their conclusions, inferences, and ideas. Perhaps an interesting next step could be to have students create short scenes/scripts using book spine poems and then consider how the thematic context with which they were created would affect the production and performance of such pieces. Additionally, perhaps the linguistic or thematic elements of each book spine chosen would influence the written and performed product.          ...

  Creating with words: Found TyPoetry             In my future Theater classroom, I thought about how this activity would be a powerful tool in creating relationships with language and considering how the presentation of words is powerful in visualization as well as speaking. I would love to use the activity for students to create devised pieces or to consider relationships with scripts and other texts. Creating with images: Color Palette             I loved how this activity allowed students to combine theme and metaphor within the mediums of color and language to emphasize particular ideas. In the classroom, I would want to use these color palettes to have students explore characters, character relationships, scenes, or the progression of a play. I feel that it would be a significant manner to illustrate and break down students’ feelings and responses—a creative ana...

Rothko, Mark. Untitled (Red, Blue, Orange) .  The remix. I began by thinking about various aspects of my identity, and I thought of my identity as an artist—as a creator. I considered how I’d learned a new medium for another creation in this class—pixel art! It was sort of a curious art form to learn and pick up, but I loved how it permitted a new creative relationship with shape, line, and color. As I thought about art, I considered those artworks (and artists) throughout time that changed the progression of art in history. Artists came to mind such as Mark Rothko, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Van Gogh, and more. Then, I reflected on how the digital world continues to change the face of art and how we interact with and create it. As such, I thought it would be interesting to experiment with “remixing” a piece of art with pixel art. I chose Mark Rothko’s “Untitled (Red, Blue, Orange)” because I felt that the way he thought about color and form were unique and significant in changi...

The Three Bears

               As I considered what to create for this process piece, I decided I wanted to design something that illustrated life in an authentic manner. I determined that I would choose a time to record audio in my day and then record whatever took place during those moments. I chose to record the moment from right after I parked until approximately two minutes had passed. There were some unexpected events, as well as expected ones (including a car horn going off in the background). However, the moment represented the reality of my morning walk.             This creative process relates a bit to creating something with what was available in the world around us. I decided to allow the process of the world create my piece, rather than “staging” something to be recorded. Artistic inquiry, in this case, represented a curiosity of the unexpected, perhaps. I became more aware of what sound...

Constraint Assignment: A Bouquet Material: Naturally (natural = it was there already; you didn't place it there) occurring resources outside (this could be a lot of things...leaves, water, litter, grass, etc.). Process: Must be created within the 22 minutes given, using items found outside. Form: A bouquet - whatever this means to you. How does its shape, arrangement, and detail illustrate each item's pertinence, or individual value? Content: Gathering - bringing together an eclectic collection of individuals.  Context: Arrangement of an Environment. Representation.