Rogers Collaboration Photos- All of them!

Part of Me, Part of You...ATC trade with RMS

We have been involved with lots of art collaborations in the last few weeks and this one with Rogers Middle School has topped the list! Too much fun as you'll see by some of our photos...

Here is how the lesson went:

7th graders were instructed to create a 1/2 portrait on a white ATC. We used only Sharpie but worked on adding a shadow with hatching, cross-hatching or stippling. Students also chose an emotion or feeling from a list as well as a "type" of person (cowboy, athlete, etc) to draw. Many came up with their own idea but having a list to choose from sparked an idea in those kids who needed a little push.

Here's the link to the original post: RMS Collaboration

Once the cards were done, we mailed them off to Rogers and received a huge pile of them back! Wow! RMS students are productive! :)

The plan was to take photos with the cards we received from Rogers- we wanted to "fill in" the rest of the face. After trying a variety of ways to take our photos (iPhone, iPod, regular digital camera) we went with Photo Booth on Mrs. Hare's school laptop. Mrs. Hahn at Rogers did this and it worked great for her.

Getting the photos to line up was tricking and sometimes our depth perception was a little off. But all in all, the collaboration was fun and we ended up with some great photos of kids interacting with art in a whole new way...

Check out Mrs. Hahn's great art education blog here: Mini Matisse

Here are a few of our Part of Me, Part of You artworks: 

Artist Trading Cards- Artists and Mediums #2

This is the second set of artist and mediums covered so far. 7th graders- we only went over Picasso and O'Keeffe on Thurs/Fri. We'll come back to the last two artists in a week or so.

Artists this time around are Pablo Picasso, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol. Our medium choices for creating the cards are blended oil pastel, tissue paper and glue, charcoal pencil with collage and Styrofoam printing. Students must also highlight one element and one principle of art in their cards. The slides below were reviewed in class.

Artist Trading Card- Artists and Mediums #1

Today we began the first part of a series of lessons designed around artist trading cards or ATCs. We are planning to trade these cards either with our Art Collaborative group of Annandale Middle School and North Jr. High or with a swapbot.com trade. Students will be making a total of at LEAST 3 cards during the sessions. These cards will highlight the work of a well-known artist.

In our first lesson we focused on the artists of Kandinsky, Ringgold, Murray and Van Gogh. Our medium choices for creating the cards were colored Sharpie, fabric and thread, "impasto" of 3D fabric paint and Scratch-Art cards. Students must also highlight one element and one principle of art in their cards. The slides below were reviewed in class.

Block 3- Your Edmodo response

Artist Playing Cards – Response Using Edmodo

Grammar Requirements

1.     Complete Sentences; including capitalization and punctuation

2.     No text talk; spell out all words

Format Requirements

1.     Begin with the first name and initial of the last name of the student along with the school they are from

2.     Describe three things you think the student would like to do based on the word they chose to put on their card.

3.     Ask one question about how the student constructed the card.

Options: materials used/decisions about order of images/ size of objects

4.     Comment on the general impression you have of this student based on their card

a.    What kind of person do you think they are?

b.    Comment on one part of the design they used to create a positive critique.

Example:

Jessica E. from Annandale,

            Today I got the card you made; I like what you created. Based on the word “journey” I think you might like to go on vacations. Journey might mean you have had some tough things in life, and your journey has been interesting. The word might also mean that you are looking forward to taking a journey sometime soon. Which material did you liked to work with most since you have both paint and pictures cut out of a magazine?

            You seem to like things neat and tidy since many of your lines are clean and straight, you also have a lot of balance on your card and things are equally spaced. Well done. I am looking forward to meeting you at the Weisman in March.

Rogers MS collaboration project

Creating Artist Trading Cards...

We spent last week creating our first "get to know you" project in 7th grade art- an artist trading card or otherwise known simply as an ATC. These cards were made to illustrates things about ourselves- hobbies, friends and family, things we like, etc by using images and text from magazines. Our cards had to show an area of EMPHASIS as well. 

Soon these cards will be traded with other middle school students either by a swap-bot.com trade that Ms. Hare has signed up for or through our art collaboration grant with Annandale and North Junior High (more details coming later). Below is a quick overview of the history and details of ATC's:

Originating in Switzerland over 15 years ago, an artist trading card (or ATC for short) is a tiny, original piece of art created with the intention of swapping or trading it with another artist, not selling it. The one rule an artist trading card must adhere to is the size. An ATC must be 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Why? That's the size of the original collectible- sports trading cards.

On the front of an ATC an artist creates an original work to showcase their art. On the back the artist puts their name, title of the ATC and the date it was created.

Artist trading cards can be made in any medium and using any technique, whether it's painting, drawing or collage. You are really limited only by your imagination!

Response questions for Artist Trading Cards

For 7th graders- (in case you want to work on these at home)

Choose 4 questions from the following list to answer about your artist trading card. You are going to be recording your response. Your recorded response should be between 30-60 seconds long. You may answer more then 4 questions if you choose.

1.  The title of my artwork is…

2.  I would describe my artwork as…

3.  I chose to cut out the objects that I did because they represent…

4. I tried to show emphasis by…

5. I think this artwork is successful because…

6.  One thing I don’t like about my artwork is…

7. One thing that was difficult in creating this artwork was…

8. I think this artwork looks (beautiful, unusual, creepy, etc.) because… 

9. What I want other people to notice about my artwork is…

QR Codes= Success!

After some trial and error, the codes are working great! There are some issues with our network blocking the link from playing but usually we can just sign ourselves in and hear the recording. 

I must admit, I (Mrs. Hare) was doubting if anyone was going to listen to them. But soon after I finished putting them up, a couple of high school students were scanning the codes with their brand new iPad 2s! How cool! Now...if the middle school could just have one-to-one iPads...:)

Here is a quick rundown of what a QR code is. (We created recordings of an artwork reflection that were then turned into a code.) 

Have you seen these odd looking black and white squares magazines, on signs, and online? They’re called QR codes, and they have the potential to do some remarkable things.

What is a QR code?

A QR Code is a two-dimensional barcode, which has encoded in it a URL (web address), text, or other information. It can be read by a QR code scanner including QR scanner smartphone apps.

How can I read a QR code?

If you have a smartphone, go to the app store and search for a QR code reader. You’ll find several free apps. Run the app and then hold your phone’s camera over a QR code to read it. Most QR codes you’ll come across have a URL encoded, so chances are when you read the QR code it will take you to a web page.

                                                                                 - Paul Steinbrueck, blog.ourchurch.com

QR codes are coming!

QR codes are coming!

After making a series of Artist Trading Cards, we decided to record responses to our artwork using Audioboo on the iPads. A quick copy, paste and click later and we had QR codes ready for the hallway and anyone with a smart phone. More pictures to come later...

Our Artist Trading Cards are done and ready to be mailed!

Our Artist Trading Cards are done and ready to be mailed! 

We had a great time making these and are so excited to see what school we'll be trading with. We should find out later this week. 

The cards look great displayed all together in the hallway. Check them out! Here is a quick summery of what Artist Trading Cards (ATC) are all about:

Originating in Switzerland over 15 years ago, an artist trading card (or ATC for short) is a tiny, original piece of art created with the intention of swapping or trading it with another artist, not selling it. The one rule an artist trading card must adhere to is the size. An ATC must be 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Why? That's the size of the original collectible- sports trading cards.

On the front of an ATC an artist creates an original work to showcase their art. On the back the artist puts their name, title of the ATC and the date it was created.

Artist trading cards can be made in any medium and using any technique, whether it's painting, drawing or collage. You are really limited only by your imagination!

ATC examples

If you are interested in seeing some student-made Artist Trading Cards that highlight the 

elements of art, here they are! 

Texture

Shape and Texture

Color

Color, Form, Shape

Form