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K-12 Art Exhibit

by Erica Furjanic

Feb 20, 2018

Hello! Anyone come from schools that feature a K-12 Arts event? We're looking to try something where we as a department feature all our kiddos but are grappling with the sheer number of artworks for such an undertaking. Any ideas or feedback from those who do it would be much appreciated!

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Dallas_216 n my experience, a great way to involve all the students with different skill set/interests/ability levels is to have one big common theme (it also helps to have one common display location). We used the stage in the cafeteria. We took one full school year to basically build a new planet on the stage. Think of it as a set for a play or a movie. The...See Moren my experience, a great way to involve all the students with different skill set/interests/ability levels is to have one big common theme (it also helps to have one common display location). We used the stage in the cafeteria. We took one full school year to basically build a new planet on the stage. Think of it as a set for a play or a movie. There were so many moving components that the students could choose from:

Stage Construction - building infrastructure such as walls and backdrops

Set Design- what does this planet look like? terrain, weather, inhabitants, etc

Narrative- how did this place come to be? who are the main characters and what type of lives did they lead?

Tech- We happened to have a few skilled teachers in technology and we taught students how to use lighting, sound and simple animation (flip-book style) to make the exhibit come to life. It's amazing how far you can get with fairy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and flood (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. lights.

These were the main teams and the beauty of it was that each day (or week, whatever is more managable) students could choose which team they wanted to participate in and could switch it up when they wanted to try something new. The key to this is having the daily task/activity pre-planned and largely self-led. This is a lot of work but really no different than having your lesson plans ready.

It's a big undertaking but the students get very involved and since it is a year-long project, they are so proud at the end of the year when they get to unveil it to the school, admin, peers and parents. It's cool because they are not taking home 100+ projects a year (or more acuretly leaving them in the classroom for you to throw away or hoard), but there is also the question of longevity. How long does this new project stay up at the school? What happens to the materials used to construct such a project? We obviously can recycle the tech, but in our case, a lot of painted cardboard went to the dumpster.

By the way....80-90% of the exhibit was made with recycled materials :) We called the exhibit "Mad Bubble".

Apr 6, 2018

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Matthew August Take a look at what I am doing at crittercreekhollow.com and I think you might want to consider this project for your school. Thanks, Matthew

Apr 16, 2018

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