Work in the Art Studio offers students the opportunity to explore and take risks while expressing themselves creatively. By learning various modes of artistic expression, students are challenged to develop a distinct style, perspective, and means of interacting with an artistic community. |
By teaching thinking protocols in addition to the process of art making we believe students will learn how to transfer these ways of working and thinking to other areas of inquiry. In the studio we use the 8 studio habits of mind*, we believe that this framework will guide students in the formation of habits that will develop what it is to think creatively and problem solve.
Develop Craft - Learning to use and care for tools (e.g., viewfinders, brushes), materials (e.g., charcoal, paint). Learning artistic conventions (e.g., perspective, color mixing).
Engage & Persist
- Learning to embrace problems of relevance within the art world and/or of personal importance, to develop focus and other mental states conducive to working and persevering at art tasks.
Envision - Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.
Express - Learning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.
Observe - Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary "looking" requires, and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen.
Reflect - Question & Explain: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process. Evaluate: Learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others in relation to standards of the: field.
Stretch & Explore - Learning to reach beyond one's capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes and accidents.
Understand Art World - Domain: Learning about art history and current practice. Communities: Learning to interact as an artist with other artists (i.e., in classrooms, in local arts organizations, and across the art field) and within the broader society.
Develop Craft - Learning to use and care for tools (e.g., viewfinders, brushes), materials (e.g., charcoal, paint). Learning artistic conventions (e.g., perspective, color mixing).
Envision - Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.
Express - Learning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.
Observe - Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary "looking" requires, and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen.
Reflect - Question & Explain: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process. Evaluate: Learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others in relation to standards of the: field.
Stretch & Explore - Learning to reach beyond one's capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes and accidents.
Understand Art World - Domain: Learning about art history and current practice. Communities: Learning to interact as an artist with other artists (i.e., in classrooms, in local arts organizations, and across the art field) and within the broader society.
* Harvard Project Zero http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
