Art in and out of context
Students were asked to choose an art piece research its context and then create a piece where they change it's context.
Distortions: Students had to Distort their face and learn how to draw what they see and not what they think.
MYP Interdisciplinary Unit with Language B
Deer parade (art movements)
Line of Inquiry: Artist who are associated because they share similar styles, ideas, aims or point of view often form groups known as ‘art movements.’
Students were given this graphic organizer to analyze "What's in a movement."
Students were given this graphic organizer to analyze "What's in a movement."
This project originally started with chairs when I worked in Chiang Mai, Thailand
The beginning of the deer consist of 3 thumbnail sketches that encompass the rules of the student's chosen movement:
Please look at their website - the students built websites showing their research into a movement and their process in making the deer. Press the buttons to go and see the website |
Please click on the image to see it in full size.
Sense of Place - Sense of Saigon:
GOAL: Your goal is to demonstrate how the identity of human and natural landscapes can be interpreted and presented.
ROLE: You are an artist creating a work to be included in a group exhibition that presents the identity of Saigon through its landscapes.
AUDIENCE: Your work will be on display in the Admissions Building and will be seen by new parents and students.
SITUATION: The Admissions Building houses promotion material about the school and HCMC, and is the first place most people see when visiting the school. The people seeing your work may be new to the city and new to the school and the work will fulfill the need to show them ISHCMC students' interpretations of the city.
PRODUCT: You will create
ROLE: You are an artist creating a work to be included in a group exhibition that presents the identity of Saigon through its landscapes.
AUDIENCE: Your work will be on display in the Admissions Building and will be seen by new parents and students.
SITUATION: The Admissions Building houses promotion material about the school and HCMC, and is the first place most people see when visiting the school. The people seeing your work may be new to the city and new to the school and the work will fulfill the need to show them ISHCMC students' interpretations of the city.
PRODUCT: You will create
- A process journal demonstrating the skills specified in standards below
- A carefully produced artist's book
The etching component
Students had to select one sense that they can represent in a relationship with Saigon.