!!!UPDATED – 9/27/24 4:30PM!!! – Hey Guys- I forgot your reading assignment for this week. Read the first 4 Chapters of Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon Mackenzie. Think about why perhaps people lose their willingness to be creative, or to consider themselves creative. In his book, Mackenzie uses a giant hairball as a metaphor […]
Category Archives: Imaginative
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Sep
Sep
WELCOME to Sewing Class! We hope you come!!! I am just bursting with excitement over the endless variety of things that there are to sew! This may seem like a long blog post this week, but this is all your info to get up and running, and anyone who jumps in later in the year […]
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Sep
Sep
Know: Do all of the following: Understand: Several of you requested access to the video that Noelle recorded for us. I have received permission to post it here. Enjoy! https://drive.google.com/file/d/19rsi1PhoxLzSGYHIdsF8Tfgli31iD63F/view?usp=drive_web
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Apr
Apr
IT’S TIME This Thursday (May 2) is our Vanguard World’s Fair!I am so excited to see your projects and for you to share your projects with everyone. I know everyone has been working so hard and I am so proud of every one of you! there will be an opportunity to receive an award, so […]
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Apr
Apr
THE AMERICAN DREAM – Do you know what it is? WATCH THIS VIDEO and then have a conversation with your parents about what they think the American Dream is. CONTINENT PROJECT – NORTH AMERICA Your CONTINENT PROJECT is to create a project that represents what you think the American Dream is. (1-2 hours) It can […]
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Apr
Apr
Pop Art and Andy Warhol Here is the a video to introduce you to Pop Art. Andy Warhol started his career as WWII was ending. He did a new kind of art called Pop Art- short for Popular Art. He used screen prints, photograph, layered mixed media, bright colors. Watch this video about here. Can […]
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Mar
Mar
Do all of the following:
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Mar
Mar
lucky you: I made you a checklist for this week!! HERE IT IS. ~Traci PART ONE CONTINENT PROJECT – DISCOVER AFRICA WAIT! Before you assume that you will be preparing a presentation like you have done the other 4 classes, DON’T! This month and next month will be different. . . . . Read to […]
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Mar
Mar
This week we are talking about sculptures. Of course unlike the work we have been looking at so far these are 3-D art. You can walk all the way around them and see them from many different angles. We will be looking at this sculpture. The Dancer – it is a mixed media sculpture. Watch […]
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Mar
Mar
Know: Do all of the following: Understand: