Katy Jung & Marc Fischer,

Welcome to your class website! The purpose of this site is to show CAPE the development of your arts integration partnership, as guided by your big idea and inquiry question. 

1. Header – include class name, 10-word class description, full names, and roles.

2. Class information – fill out the text box below.

3. Content – brief summaries of each semester's activities and findings.

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Class Information

Grade Levels: 9-12

Class Schedule (days/times): Tuesdays and Thursday, 3-5 PM.

Academic content: Unspecified, woven in as topics arise - ex) math in budgeting and publishing, writing skills, etc.

Art forms: Drawing, writing, story-telling, graphic design, publishing, and sculpture.

Big Idea: Individual explorations and collaborations

Inquiry Question: What are our personal passions and how can we use art to explore them in ways that might be hard to do in other areas of our lives?

DRAWING

Drawing is something all of the students like to do. Some of them have their own private sketchbooks where they do separate work that they don't always show us. When we ultimately made a 'zine together, we were able to use some of the drawings they created throughout the year to illustrate or supplement the conversation we published. Drawings often happened spontaneously, on the white board, in response to upcoming events like holidays, and even on the paper plates that after school food from the cafeteria is served on.

Drawing is one of the most accessible forms of art for our students, so they often come to the club with doodles from class or line drawings they created on their phone. Towards the end of the year, interest in watercolor was raised and we hope to continue this exploration next year.

ANIMATION EXPERIMENTS

For two or three weeks the students experimented with animation using transparency film and a light box, as well as claymation using oil-based clay. Some students were already using animation apps on their phones and wanted to try doing this another way. Ultimately this never stuck and the projects were quickly abandoned but this process did result in the students trying out clay, which they later returned to for one of their exhibition projects. 

Sculpture

Clay became a way to work through ideas quickly and ultimately include many students in our exhibition project. At first we used oil-based clay that doesn't dry but later switched to an air-drying clay that comes in many vibrant colors. The air-drying clay forced us to work quickly because within an hour the clay was no longer very malleable. Ultimately we produced over 75 little sculptures. We stored them on a window ledge in the classroom and this later gave us the idea to use the incredible window ledges at CAPE's office and gallery space. The subject matter of the sculptures ranged from animals to food to various comic characters.

This sect of the year's work ended up being the most successful as it allowed participants to contribute to the larger body of work, even if they were only able to attend the club once or twice. This tangible, somewhat stress-relieving activity was a great way for students to work with their hands with materials they were curious about.

CONVERSATION & ZINE

Our students love to talk - with each other, and with us. Many hours of our program are devoted to conversations about their lives and their interests. After months of false starts on art projects that didn't hold their attention for very long, we decided to record a conversation on our first meeting back after winter break. A group of us talked for about 45 minutes about the nature of creativity, life during Covid, and our lives. We transcribed this conversation, edited it to make sure everyone liked what they had to say, picked out drawings to include, Marc printed the booklet on a RISOGRAPH, and then we all collated, stapled, and folded over 150 copies in the classroom. 

This type of collaborative work opened up some students' viewpoints on what makes art and the process of creation. Yes, even a conversation can be art, and people care about what we have to say. Students helped proofread and curate the selected drawings in order to create the final product.