Favorite quote of the day -- two second graders
Joey, "What is the Inspiration Room again?"
Lukas, "It's where you get your brain fired up."
Joey, "What is the Inspiration Room again?"
Lukas, "It's where you get your brain fired up."
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Favorite quote of the day -- two second graders Joey, "What is the Inspiration Room again?" Lukas, "It's where you get your brain fired up." This afternoon I worked on putting everything in place for tomorrow. The games/toys are all fashioned after games/toys that were used at The Art Carnival. They are set up in the library, which is across the hall from my classroom. As in D'Amico's Art Carnival, students will spend one-third of their time in the Inspiration Room playing with the three toys.
Students will spend two-thirds of the time in the Participation Studio/Workshop. As in D'Amico's Art Carnival, there is a collage center, a building center with air dry clay, and a painting center. D'Amico used easel tables set up along brightly colored walls. No easel tables at my school so we will use the art room tables covered with brightly colored table cloths. As students arrive I will greet them in the hallway. Before entering the Inspiration Area I will explain the procedures. Students will then enter the library and play with the toys. When the timer rings they will enter the Studio/Workshop where they will choose what center to work at. When the final timer rings they know it is cleanup time. As students work I will watch for students that may need encouragement as D'Amico suggested. My plan is to allow the students to work independently and to keep verbal instruction to a minimum. I also plan to take pictures and interview a few students at the end of classes. Now that room preparation for the D'Amico style Art Carnival is almost done, consideration as to my role at the Art Carnival needs to be evaluated. To do this I am reviewing various articles and notes on D'Amico's philosophy of art education and what he expected of his Art Carnival art educators.
Art Carnival, Victor D'Amico style. That's what FBCS art students will experience next week during class. D'Amico (1960) believed the art experience should consist of two areas, "the first for motivating the child, the second for his participation in an art activity" (p. 34).. To recreate D'Amico's method we will explore art toys in the library before entering the art room. The toys, designed to involve the student in concepts of color, texture, pattern, and rhythm will stimulate creative thinking. Next the students will enter the Studio-Workshop where stations will be set up for painting, clay, and collage.
D'Amico, V. (1960). Experiments in Creative Art. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art. D'Amico's Art Carnival/FBCS Art Carnival
Inspiration Area & Studio Workshop are designed after D'Amico's Art Carnival Entrance decorated to convey a world of fantasy The Inspiration Area
Yes, that is what I have been doing-researching Victor D'Amico and the Children's Carnival of Modern Art, thinking about how to apply D'Amico's methods today, and planning an Art Carnival for my students. I have found numerous articles on the Internet discussing D'Amico, his work and philosophy. However, the best information I have located is in D'Amico's book, Experiments in Creative Art Teaching. Part III (pages 33-40) describes the Carnival in depth. It includes descriptions of the different games and toys, and the Studio-Workshop and art activities.
Notes from Experiments in Creative Art Teaching
D'Amico's thoughts on the qualifications of an art educator include:
______________________________________________________________ Notes from Mining Modern Museum Education D'Amico-the Museum-the Art Carnival
Victor D’Amico. Inside Out. Retrieved from http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_ out/2010/06/25/mining-modern-museum-education-briley-rasmussen-on- victor-d-amico ________________________________________________________________ Notes from The Art Museum as Educator General Information on D'Amico's Philosophy
Berkley, CA: University of California Press.Retrieved from https://books.google. com/books?id=xbG_W0mevmIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_ summary_ r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false ________________________________________________________________ Notes from Creativeness and Reaction in Art Education by Victor D'Amico Teaching is indoctrinary when:
3, pp. 10-14). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan. Retrieved from https://books. google.com/books?id=yatUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA304&lpg=PA304&dq=Creativeness+ and+Reactions+in+Art+Education&source=bl&ots=kPq48o3GGs&sig=ZGSOPW xxCIavI9s6FUa8zUAsT8M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vpbWVP7lMKvesATA |
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