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." 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.
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