Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Art Gallery
I think that the art gallery is an incredible place for people of Prince George! I am jealous that we don't have something even close to this in Quesnel. The gallery is a perfect place to take students and immerse them in the world of art. Even though I didn't like the paintings in the exhibit, when the curator said that children can explore and discuss the uncomfortable topics, I was sold! I realized that the complimentary pieces are a great way for students to think about how a specific event happened and how it looked from two perspectives--our own, emotion driven perspective, and the outside, accurate perspective. I think that an exercise like this would tie nicely to a language arts writing assignment but then again I would love for students to do a quick write to come up with a life event/scenario and then do a drawing set to represent both perspectives. When the curator showed us the two perspectives, I went from disliking the installment to excited about the learning opportunities that pair with the large, uncomfortable paintings!! I really enjoyed our visit to the art gallery! And Quesnel's not that far...I see a field trip in my future!
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I agree the paintings at the Art Gallery were pretty disturbing (toilet one especially). But the idea of getting students to explore violence in society with the paintings and why these painting make them uncomfortable but the violence on T.V and video games does not... makes for great discussion and deep thinking questions!
ReplyDeleteI had a similar experience with this art...great idea, Laura, to have students portray an event from two perspectives - what happened and how you felt, as this artist did. That way, they would explore two distinct purposes and the styles that go with them - recording an event and expressing an emotion.
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