Unconventional Art Projects

I recently saw jewelry that involved plants. I think students in middle school or high school would be interested in incorporating nature and jewelry as an art project.

http://www.hafsteinnjuliusson.com/growing-jewelry/

Blind artists paints with imagination

Incredible.

Drawing inspiration from students

Students come to teachers for inspiration (especially in the Art room), but it's amazing how much teachers learn from their students. Last semester I was in an Art for the Exceptional Child class. We spent a semester working with students with disabilities. The boy I worked with had a passion for drawing and each week would come to the class room with about ten new drawing in his sketch book. One sketch that I found particularly interesting was a page filled with circles all connected with lines. I had not thought twice about what the meaning behind the drawing was. Later in the class, he explained to me that the circles were symbolic for events. The lines connected all of the events to form a uniformity resulting in "life". I found his thoughts on interconnectedness of life and events very interesting and also very true. Now that I'm in the spring semester I am taking a basic painting class. My professor advised I elaborate the background of my self portrait with some designs. I immediately started drawing circles with connecting lines. A few minutes into painting and I realized that I drew my inspiration from Corey's sketchbook drawings. I find it fascinating how connected we all really are.

vote YES May 15th

This is a post that should really hit home for anyone in the Art Edu. department.

Discovering New Artists

I'm excited about the artists I discovered from making my lesson plans this semester. My two favorite artists from past couple months are a British couple named Sue Webster and Tim Nobile. They create shadow art from a variety of garbage they collect. I love the idea of using recycled resources as art materials so their art work was right up my alley.

http://www.timnobleandsuewebster.com/