The Mural Club painting the outdoor mural at the 29th Street Community Center!
Color is everywhere this summer. The 'Transformation Mural' in the Barclay School designed and painted (mostly) by students just finished up, there are art classes that are taking place every day inside the newly renovated 29th Street Community Center, and an outdoor mural is shaping up next to the entryway. It's exciting to see a building that was vacant only a couple months ago, become vibrant with color, kids and art!
I teach Sprout art classes and Visual Journaling for Middle School students once a week at the 29th Street Community Center. A year ago I went to an MAEA (Maryland Art Education Association) Journal Junkies workshop. Eric Scott and David Modler have explored the Visual Journal as a way of personal documentation both in their art practices and teaching. Their book, 'The Journal Junkies Workshop; Visual Ammunition for the Art Addict', includes ideas for techniques and art prompts to build up a portable life museum (visual journal). It was this Journal Junkies experience that inspired my Visual Journaling Class. I think that the Visual Journal is a supportive scaffolding that so many types of art-making can happen within. For this age of pre-teen and young teenagers it is important to have a venue where questions can be asked, ideas can be documented and relationships can be examined. This week we focused on associating emotions with specific colors. After making a chart that mapped color/emotion combinations, we created abstract paintings utilizing our colors to express feelings about a specific situation that we were currently going through. One of my students made a painting to tell the story about her changing relationship with her older sister, and how that relationship was effecting other aspects of her life. This artwork will become a part of the visual journal.
I teach Sprout art classes and Visual Journaling for Middle School students once a week at the 29th Street Community Center. A year ago I went to an MAEA (Maryland Art Education Association) Journal Junkies workshop. Eric Scott and David Modler have explored the Visual Journal as a way of personal documentation both in their art practices and teaching. Their book, 'The Journal Junkies Workshop; Visual Ammunition for the Art Addict', includes ideas for techniques and art prompts to build up a portable life museum (visual journal). It was this Journal Junkies experience that inspired my Visual Journaling Class. I think that the Visual Journal is a supportive scaffolding that so many types of art-making can happen within. For this age of pre-teen and young teenagers it is important to have a venue where questions can be asked, ideas can be documented and relationships can be examined. This week we focused on associating emotions with specific colors. After making a chart that mapped color/emotion combinations, we created abstract paintings utilizing our colors to express feelings about a specific situation that we were currently going through. One of my students made a painting to tell the story about her changing relationship with her older sister, and how that relationship was effecting other aspects of her life. This artwork will become a part of the visual journal.
Abstract emotion paintings with color associations.
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