Unit 3: Stories
Studio 1
Artist: Benton and Rivera
Studio: Political/editorial cartoon: Drawing
Artist: Benton and Rivera
Studio: Political/editorial cartoon: Drawing
Studio 2
Artist: Faith Ringgold
Studio: Children's story-quilt-making: Crayon, Pastels, Construction paper
Artist: Faith Ringgold
Studio: Children's story-quilt-making: Crayon, Pastels, Construction paper
Studio 3
Artist: Jean Shin
Studio: Mini-sculptures from Mass-produced Found Objects
Artist: Jean Shin
Studio: Mini-sculptures from Mass-produced Found Objects
Unit 3: Stories Reflection
During my field work and experience working at an elementary school, I have heard a lot about students getting in trouble for walking in the hallways. This inspired me for my political/editorial cartoon. I drew a student walking down the hallways and a police officer as the bossy hall monitor. He is telling the student to "FREEZE!" because he isn't where he's supposed to be and just walking down the halls. The student replies, "I have a hall pass! I promise!" and is telling the officer that he's okay to be in the hallways. I believe this is something that shouldn't be as serious in schools. Students know where they are supposed to be and should be able to be trusted in the hallways and shouldn't be able to have someone constantly nagging a student when they aren't in their classroom. This cartoon represents the story of what is happening in schools today.
My second studio is about a story of a family trip to our lake house in Branson, Missouri. The raccoons would always climb up the stairs to our deck because the previous owners would always feed them. I drew a raccoon acting suspiciously around the stairs to our lake house to show the raccoons in the act and how they still think they are welcome to our deck. This quilt square represents a funny story that is brought up in my family and thought it was perfect for our stories unit.
The third studio is to show how landfill can affect us. Katie K. and I worked on this studio together and we wanted to represent a story of how landfill is ruining the environment. We made a person out of gum wrappers and used different types of landfill to represent his body and frowning face. The pieces of landfill on the bottom of the picture represent different people who are all looking around wondering why this landfill has happened and why no one has done anything about it to make our land cleaner. As Pink stated, "We are our stories" (pg.115). I believe by this quote we can all see the problems in the world and we can all change the world if we believe we can. We can all make our own stories.
"Story exists where high concept and high touch intersect. Story is high concept because it sharpens our understanding of one thing by showing it in the context of something else" (pg. 103). I believe this is true for our unit because out of all of our studios, there is always a message or story being portrayed in a piece of artwork.
Resources
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York: Riverhead Books.
During my field work and experience working at an elementary school, I have heard a lot about students getting in trouble for walking in the hallways. This inspired me for my political/editorial cartoon. I drew a student walking down the hallways and a police officer as the bossy hall monitor. He is telling the student to "FREEZE!" because he isn't where he's supposed to be and just walking down the halls. The student replies, "I have a hall pass! I promise!" and is telling the officer that he's okay to be in the hallways. I believe this is something that shouldn't be as serious in schools. Students know where they are supposed to be and should be able to be trusted in the hallways and shouldn't be able to have someone constantly nagging a student when they aren't in their classroom. This cartoon represents the story of what is happening in schools today.
My second studio is about a story of a family trip to our lake house in Branson, Missouri. The raccoons would always climb up the stairs to our deck because the previous owners would always feed them. I drew a raccoon acting suspiciously around the stairs to our lake house to show the raccoons in the act and how they still think they are welcome to our deck. This quilt square represents a funny story that is brought up in my family and thought it was perfect for our stories unit.
The third studio is to show how landfill can affect us. Katie K. and I worked on this studio together and we wanted to represent a story of how landfill is ruining the environment. We made a person out of gum wrappers and used different types of landfill to represent his body and frowning face. The pieces of landfill on the bottom of the picture represent different people who are all looking around wondering why this landfill has happened and why no one has done anything about it to make our land cleaner. As Pink stated, "We are our stories" (pg.115). I believe by this quote we can all see the problems in the world and we can all change the world if we believe we can. We can all make our own stories.
"Story exists where high concept and high touch intersect. Story is high concept because it sharpens our understanding of one thing by showing it in the context of something else" (pg. 103). I believe this is true for our unit because out of all of our studios, there is always a message or story being portrayed in a piece of artwork.
Resources
Pink, D. (2005). A whole new mind. New York: Riverhead Books.