On October ninth, I visited Sally Linfield’s Art class at Oakridge Middle School, here in Collier County, Florida. The school is well decorated with many of the student’s artwork displayed at the entrance and along the paths to the classes. The school has a nice atmosphere and was built with a large courtyard with foliage in the center for an open air setting. It had a feeling of tranquility, although the students were moving from class to class. Located a few doors down from the office, Ms. Linfield’s class is a large room with one wall of windows to let the sun shine through. For a good ten minutes, Ms. Linfield leaves the classroom door open for an added outdoor feel, “until the kids get loud,” she says. The class consist of eight color …show more content…
Collier County’s goals are for students to understand elements, principles and techniques of art and its history, and Ms. Linfield’s goals are simply to increase creativity and skills. The Florida standards have the same goals as the County and is pretty easy to follow. Testing is trickier, because it is too specific and leaves little to creativity, according to Ms. Linfield. While researching the standards, I can see that Florida as many similarities to California’s. Florida’s requirements are more detailed, such as the Artistic Perception part for California’s has four sections to develop; like, 1.0 - identify and describe all elements of arts found in selected works of art (California Dept. of Edu.). Florida has eleven parts that qualify as critical thinking and reflection; like, 1.1 – apply a range of interest and contextual connections to influence the art-making and reflection process; 1.2 –use prior knowledge to reflect on multiple interpretations of works of art …show more content…
She insisted that being very organized is key to having a good classroom experience. She also mentioned to make sure to remain emotionally stable during class time, because the students feed on how their teachers feel, and will react to it. –“So to have a good day, show up happy, leave your personal worries at home because they will take the opportunity to push your buttons.” During the time I observed Ms. Linfield teach her students, she definitely gave out the feeling of self-assurance. She gave very clear detailed instructions on how to proceed with the tasks at hand. She also repeated the directions on several occasions and mentioned how fun the project was several time as well. I am certain all this put out a positive vibe out to the students and stimulated their creativity. At last, I asked Ms. Linfield if she practiced art herself. Her response was that she only does art for her personal satisfaction. She particularly enjoys drawing black and white portraits and nature journaling with watercolor
O’Keeffe always tried to see nature and other commonly painted objects differently, which is one major reason she changed artwork for men and women in future years. The Dow Method is a major reason O 'Keeffe 's paintings are so famous today, even the emotion O’Keeffe was able to put into a simple picture of a rabbit next to a copper pot had already gotten her so far. O’Keeffe played a key role in bringing American art to Europe (Fallon 23). Furthermore, her emotionally touching paintings spoke to men and women all over which caused many more women to feel able to become painters and not just school art teachers. O’Keeffe’s rising to fame in the 1920’s changed the attitude towards woman joining art schools (“Woman in the Early to Mid-20th Century (1900-1960):
Dao Tran WR 121 Joshua Fisher May 2, 2017 Public Schools In the essay “The Sanctuary of School,” Lynda Barry narrates about one time she left her home when she was seven. Her home life was unhappy because of her neglectful parents and their financial difficulties. One morning, she woke up early, left the house and walked to her school. It was still dark, and she stood alone at the playground looking at her school.
In contrast, in the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Lori, Jeannette’s older sister became an artist. It was her childhood dream and she pursed it to the end. In contrast to my approach, Lori avidly strived to be an artist despite what others would say. “‘I’m only telling you this because I love you,” he said, (Lori’s father) “ And I don’t want to see you hurt’”
Alma Thomas began her teaching career in 1924, in Washington D.C. schools. She taught over for 35 years teaching art in many D.C. schools. Not only did she teach art, she was very devoted to her students. Alma organized art clubs, lectures, and also student’s exhibition for them. Teaching allowed Alma to support herself while pursuing her own painting part time.
She decided to spend her entire day drawing and painting as opposed to finding a real job and providing for her children. “Mom devoted herself to her art. She spent all day working on oil paintings, watercolors, charcoal drawings, pen and ink sketches, clay and wire sculptures, silk screens, and wood blocks. She didn 't have any particular style; some of her paintings were what she called primitive, some were impressionistic and abstract, some were realistic. "I don 't want to be pigeonholed," she liked to say.”
When budgets need to be cut the first programs cut are art and music. Why is school cutting their art and music programs and why are they the first to go? Both essays, have similar and different philosophies of education “The Sanctuary of School” by Linda Barry and “College Prepares
Florida believes that the most successful cities have to attract a certain type of people, The Creative Class. In “The Rise Of The Creative Class: Revisited”, Florida “Define[s] the core of the Creative Class to include people in science and engineering, arts, music,
The only way Annie found she could concentrate in class is if she were drawing; she states, “During classes all morning, I drew.” Drawing helped relieve some of her tension and anxiety. Annie would draw all over her books, in any whitespace she could find and, in a way, it annoyed her that she did it so compulsively. Annie’s teachers even tolerated her passion for art; one teacher, Miss McBride let her paint in the back of the classroom. As school ended, she began to realize that there is another world outside of her classroom, a world she glimpsed in the poetry she began reading.
Lynda Barry in her work The Sanctuary of School, wrote about her life as a kid with a toxic family life where she relied on school to be a place she feels secure. She tried to escape from her toxic family by going to school; was the only way for her to relieve her mind. The school granted her freedom to draw and provided her a safe place to stay. Painting and drawing was the only activity that made her happy. By doing these activities were the only way to express herself.
Before today, I didn’t know much about Georgia O’Keeffe and I wasn’t familiar with any of her paintings. After reading through the section, I realized how much I admired this artist that I’d just learned about and how undervalued her art was, or maybe how little she’s spoken of nowadays, compared to other artists. Her landscape paintings all contain a very distinct look to them that make them seem very original. The fact that she makes a place like New Mexico seem like it’s got breathtaking scenery, when in reality it’s mostly rugged and dry looking, is astonishing to me.
She created a healthy classroom environment, and the students were all engaged and excited about learning. I have never seen students so excited to get in a circle to read out loud! This classroom was a breath of fresh air for me. During my second semester of college, I decided that I wanted to work with special need children.
Last Thursday, the students in Cascadia Acadamy went on a great field trip! Once everyone arrived at school, Ms. Brighouse, Ms Peterson, and Mr. Waiwaiole 's students all boarded Trimet busses and traveled downtown. We then walked for a few blocks in the crisp autumn air. After a while, we reached our destination: The Portland Art Museum. Many cold students waited outside the doors of the museum until the other groups arrived.
“Art is everywhere, except it has to pass through a creative mind (The Art Story).” This quote belongs to one of the most famous female sculptors in America, Louise Nevelson. Louise Nevelson was born on September 23, 1899 in Kiev, Russia (The Art Story). According to The Art Story Contributors, she, along with her family, moved to Maine in 1905 and by 1908, she had known she wanted to be an artist. Nevelson worked with Hans Hofmann, Diego Rivera, George Grosz, and also met with Frida Kahlo, all of which are well-known for their artistic abilities.
She has also always loved taking handicraft classes in different things for example: to plate birch bark, or tend fish skin, glass fusing, spinning yarn (etc). When I asked her what her hopes for the future was she said “I hope that greediness and corruption will disappear” and “also spend time with my grandchildren obviously” I also asked her what she wanted to work as, as a kid. And she told me “While growing up, I always wanted to become a veterinarian” “Why is that?” I asked “So that I could buy all the bulls in Spain to prevent bullfighting, because it’s torture”.
Her ideals were inspiring yet carefully though out, which made the presentation very enjoyable to listen