ArtsConnectEd Honor

This is back from October, but check it out! Here's another link to the blog regarding the awards. I received an honorable mention for an art lesson that I created for the Walker and MIA. :)

"Congratulations also to honorable mention winner, Kim Raskin, from Edina High School, for her Art Collector Set “Photograms: A Cameraless Image.” Kim wins a catalog to the Walker exhibition From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America.
Check out these two outstanding Art Collector sets. You, too, could be an ArtsConnectEd iPad winner. Stay tuned for the next challenge coming up later this month."

Art 21 - Lesson/ Theme Ideas

Art 21 is so fantastic. This link is to its online Lesson Library. USE IT for lesson ideas. Things to photograph.

Public/Displaying Art

I previously posted about this photographer, but thought this would be a great inspiration for public art/ displaying your art to your viewer. Students hate matting, so why not have them come up with a solution on how to display it themselves. Could also include Banksy, Exit through the gift shop, etc.
This would be a great group project!!!! Yah!!! Use this video about Wing Young Huie's University Project as a guide. Work with the Edina Community to get them involved :) Think big and scale down ideas after that.
More of this artist, JR, and his project here.

You know when you have moments of creative inspiration and your mind keeps moving with excitement from one idea to another. I am having that moment with regards to planning my digital photography class. This book is bringing up ideas that I could bring into the classroom.
Ideas that are popping into my head right now:
*Jehad Nga - Use of Color: Portraits with dark backgrounds where parts of the subject show up, but mostly the colors they are wearing pop out.
*Alec Soth: conceptual Minnesota photographer
*Neil Stewart: Use of color - vintage-y
*Anton Corbijn: Color - B & W with overlay of color