Take A Walk on the Art Side

Course Credit: 1 Art Credit or 1 Government Credit

Seats Available: 25

Accepting Applications From: All Students; must have already taken a full government course for government credit

Team: Scott, Jon, Anna

Course Description: TAKE YOUR DREAMS INTO THE STREETS OF THIS MONUMENTAL CITY AND BRING BACK YOUR IDEAS AND MAKE IT VISIBLE THROUGH YOUR OWN TRUTH AND VOICE.

“DISCOVER YOUR TOOL AND FIND YOUR EXPRESSION THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND POETRY AND VIDEO.....

Museums will be visited to give kids an experience in various forms of arts and aesthetics from global cultures..We will focus on Art as a weapon for fighting against all racism, discrimination and false authority. We will examine how art has been used to antagonize governments and fight for truth . The museums visited will be; the Museum of the Moving Image, Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the New Museum, Museo de El Barrio and Bronx Museum.

We will watch films, dance , and theatre that is avant garde, and will excite and stimulate the senses, and hopefully will inspire us to make our own art pieces. Students will be given daily readings and written assignments that will help stimulate them when visiting museums.They will be given sketchbooks and cameras, so they can document their day to day experiences, that will culminate into a end of week art piece that will be exhibited in the school.