2018

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“Up Close” Ceramics 1’s theme project

Published by on March 22, 2018 | Leave a response
"Up Close" Ceramics 1's theme project

This year the Level 1 project is “Up Close”. I really struggled with how to present the theme to ceramics classes. One class period students rotated through stations, completing three of the four. One Nearpod activity introduced photographers who played with scale in their work. In another video students saw the work of Chuck Close […]

Open Studio, A January Update

Published by on January 31, 2018 | 2 Responses
Students used a 2D human head proportion diagram as a guide during this activity.

This week, students commented on their peers’ blogs. We used the same procedure, T.A.G., for commenting as we used on gallery walks and peer progress checks during the first semester. I learned the T.A.G. strategy from Sheri Callahan, the art teacher at Hinson Middle School. T stands for “tell them something you like about their […]

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