Friday, 22 November 2013

Relaxing with Art

When looking at art I don't spend much time with one piece, I will usually just skim over the painting with my eyes and thats it. Doing the activity at the Art Gallery taught me how to enjoy looking at art. I picked the art piece (the painting) I was most attracted to because of the bright colours. When first looking at the painting it looked like a big bright coloured mess of random lines. It took about five seconds of looking at the painting to realize there was a pair of legs and a gas can.


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Once the activity started and I followed the instructions of the Art Gallery tour guide, I noticed more and more about the painting and became invested in the painting. I enjoyed thinking up of my own interpretation of the painting ... taking ownership over the art. I found the activity very relaxing. I enjoyed allowing myself to close my eyes and create the painting in my mind. I also enjoyed focusing on one colour or one shape. The activity gave my brain a break from school work ... it recharged and refreshed my mind.

I could see this being a great activity to start off an Art Gallery visit for students because it would set the mood for the visit and give the visit a different sophisticated flavour. I think students would appreciated doing this activity and feel like real art appreciators. 
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  1. Willow Brown22 November 2013 at 12:04

    Hi, Michelle. I thought it was funny that many of your classmates saw the gallery tour as a break from "school work"! We were learning, we were thinking...how is that not work? But I agree, it felt relaxing because of the change of space, pace, and activity. I see the "meditating with art" strategy that Carolyn led us through as a useful exercise to get kids engaged in any idea, across the subject areas. It could almost be a daily routine or certainly a frequent beginning for lessons.

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    1. JesslynK25 November 2013 at 13:33

      LOVED the meditating with art activity as well. Totally thought of it as a "break" haha But we were all so totally engaged with what Carolyn was saying and what we were supposed to be doing. Great strategy idea for changing the pace of instruction though-ought the day to keep kids on task and interested AND LEARNING!!!:)

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  2. Unknown22 November 2013 at 19:47

    I like how you talked about the activity as ownership. Go ownership! ;) I think that's why I liked it too, actually. She didn't want us to look at the title, because she wanted us to make it our own. I also liked finding out what they actually meant after we made it our own too though. I was disappointed not to find out about mine. lol, It kind of reminded me of when Dollie & Beatrice did the KWL chart with the lynxes & people were excited to find out their predictions were right.

    I also agree with your point about the activity feeling sophisticated.

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