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Sun Prints on a Not-So-Sunny Day

November 22nd, 2011 Theresa Sotto Comments off

A rainy Los Angeles day did not stop teachers from creating sun prints and taking pictures with pinhole cameras outside. Our November Art & Language Arts workshop focused on ways to connect our vast and diverse photography collection to the elementary classroom. Teachers were particularly moved by powerful works of art by Carrie Mae Weems in the Narrative Interventions in Photography exhibition.

: Education Specialist Ami Davis shares ideas and information to prepare teachers for bringing their students to the Getty—in as stress-free a way as possible.

: Gallery teacher Noelle Valentino discusses a photogram that incorporates text and images.

: Teachers arranged shapes to create objects from nature, and then used those shapes and related text for their sun prints.

: Inspired by Carrie Mae Weems, teachers incorporated text and found images to create new works of art in a workshop led by museum educator Sandy Rodriguez.

: Teachers discuss ways they can incorporate Carrie Mae Weems’s art into their classrooms.

: Photographer Luther Gerlach demonstrates how the pinhole camera can be made out of a paint can.

: Wtih pinhole cameras in hand, teachers explored the garden looking for interesting shots.

: Teachers from Carlos Santana Arts Academy are excited by the image they captured.

: Teachers learn the process for developing prints—the old school way.

: Photographer Luther Gerlach describes how an aperture works in a camera.

Categories: Art-making activities, Arts-integrated language arts lessons, Getty programs

Tags: Getty programs, photography

Final Day of the Seminar: Tableau, Landscapes, Portraits, Gardens, and More!

August 16th, 2011 Theresa Sotto Comments off

Sorry for the delay in posting the final photos from the Art & Language Arts Seminar. Getty staff members have been swamped with preparations for the Art & Language Arts Alumni Event, which was fun-filled and action-packed (more on that soon). Better late than never, right?

It was inspiring to see how teachers incorporated the strategies and works of art we explored all week. So many great ideas were packed into a short amount of time.

: Teachers enjoyed their last morning with breakfast sandwiches and garden views.

: We played with a variety of recycled materials such as bubble wrap, paper plates, and scraps of paper to create original works of art.

: Teachers let their creativity shine, as seen in this imaginative dancer made out of recycled materials.

: Teachers revisited works of art they journaled about on Monday, and they found that they knew so much more about art after this five-day training.

: Kindergarten teachers modeled a warm-up activity in which students demonstrate different kinds of lines by moving their bodies.

: We created a water symphony and dance inspired by water depicted in a painting. While some created rippling sounds, others made rippling motions.

: Jacques Louis David’s painting of sisters inspired a unit on family and family portraits.

: Participants were encouraged to create a rectangle in the air with their fingers to denote a self-portrait.

: This lesson incorporated tableau to foster close-looking. The audience was invited to guess which work of art the teachers were demonstrating.

: Third grade teachers compared Joseph M. W. Turner’s Modern Rome—Campo Vaccino and Caspar David Friedrich’s A Walk at Dusk to differentiate between warm and cool colors.

: Teachers had fun posing like the characters in Renoir’s La Promenade, which was the inspiration for a 3rd grade painting activity.

: In a lesson related to the theme of problem-solving, we mimicked the poses and facial expressions of characters in a conflict, then worked on conflict resolution.

: Fifth grade teachers suggested using the entire paper when sketching a character. To show how artists create the illusion of space, the next step is to add small details to the background.

: Fourth grade teachers compared the garden depicted on a tapestry with Robert Irwin’s Central Garden at the Getty Center.

: Teacher Trina Gasaway leaves the Getty Center with a free poster, an original work of art made out of recycled materials, and a huge grin!

Categories: Arts-integrated language arts lessons, Getty programs, Reflections on Getty workshops

Tags: Getty programs, lesson ideas, painting, summer seminar

Teachers Create New Lessons from Old Artworks: Day 4 of the Seminar

July 28th, 2011 Theresa Sotto 7 comments

After three jam-packed days of tours, art-making activities, and discussions in the galleries, teachers worked hard to develop an arts-integrated lesson with a very challenging deadline—that is, by tomorrow!

If you participated in today’s program, leave a comment based on tonight’s reading assignments. What is one idea for a meaningful art-making activity that is developmentally appropriate for the grade level you teach?

: Cheddar scones, pecan scones, mango tea bread, fresh fruit = YUM!

: Intern Jocelyn Cheung demonstrates how to create cyanotypes.

: Teachers arranged a variety of shapes to “print” onto the light-sensitive paper.

: No dangerous chemicals are necessary for this photographic process! Water is all you need.

: Third grade teachers look closely at one of our newest acquisitions, Joseph M.W. Turner’s Modern Rome–Campo Vaccino.

: Educator Theresa Sotto shows teachers examples of “closed” questions that shut down conversation rather than provoke further discussion.

: Teachers work together to write discussion questions about Van Gogh’s Irises.

: Educator Veronica Alvarez discusses the art of developing good questions about works of art.

: A teacher reads background information about a painting in order to help him formulate good discussion questions.

: Educator Kelly Williams introduces teachers to resources available to them in the Education Resource Center.

: Teachers work in teams to develop their own lesson plans inspired by Getty works of art.

Categories: Reflections on Getty workshops

Tags: Getty programs, summer seminar

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