AGENDA Adopt-a-Drawing Read/Reread the following as you get acquainted w/ your child’s drawing (All readings in MPBOOKLET) 1. “What Every Educator Should Know” (Erikson & Young, pp. 37 – 39) 2. “Analyzing Children’s Art” (Kellogg, pp. 39-45) 3. “Creative & Mental Growth” (Brittain & Lowenfeld, pp. 45-51) Introduction to Visual Thinking Strategies ARTIST: William Wegman PPT & Introduction STUDIO: Artful Personifications in Mixed Media
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AGENDA
Adopt-a-Drawing Read/Reread the following as you get acquainted w/ your child’s drawing (All readings in MPBOOKLET)
1. “What Every Educator Should Know” (Erikson & Young, pp. 37 – 39) 2. “Analyzing Children’s Art” (Kellogg, pp. 39-45) 3. “Creative & Mental Growth” (Brittain & Lowenfeld, pp. 45-51)
Introduction to Visual Thinking StrategiesARTIST: William Wegman PPT & IntroductionSTUDIO: Artful Personifications in Mixed Media
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Unit#1: IDENTITY
William WegmanLTC 4240: Art for Children
Lesson Design by Amy Ruopp & Mary Franco
Video Introduction to
Artist William WegmanWilliam Wegman Talks Dog (3:41)
In the Company of Animals: Wiliam WegmanOn Dogs & Photography (4:36)
Although Wegman received BFA & MFA degrees in painting, he has become known as a conceptual artist & “dog photographer” who collaborates with Weimaraners.
Man Ray was his first canine subject. From 1970-1981, Wegman & his dog shared “a long and fruitful collaboration” (Wegman, 2013)
Five years after Man Ray’s death, Wegman got Faye Ray; several of her progeny became Wegman collaborators as well.
Wegman & Faye Ray
Wegman transforms IDENTITY through ANTHROPOMORPHISM
Anthropomorphism - “attribution of human characteristics to other animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts” (Wikipedia, 2013).
a.k.a. PERSONIFICATIONPersonification is used often
in art & storytelling. In fables of many cultures, it
is used as a non-threatening teaching strategy.
Wegman’s Weimaraner Photographs are
about IDENTITY
Through ANTHROPOMORPHISM, he imposes contrived IDENTITIES upon the Weimaraners using costumes, props, poses & settings.
In the process, they have become not merely models or subject matter, but collaborators in his art.
Through transforming the dogs’ IDENTITIES as art, they have transformed Wegman’s.
Wegman’s Weimaraner Photographs are
also about RELATIONSHIPS
Anthropomorphic RELATIONSHIPS between the Weimaraners and the humans they represent.
Empathetic RELATIONSHIPS between viewers & Wegman’s canine characters.
Wegman’s own loving
RELATIONSHIPS with
the dogs he calls his
“collaborators.”
William Wegman’s Weimaraner
photographs are about STORIES
Subtle, ambiguous stories that beg contemplation.
Much more obvious storiesthat delight & entertain.
Wegman Fairytale Characters(Can you tell who is who?)
How did Wegman communicate the characters’ IDENTITIES?
What can you tell about the IDENTITIES of these Wegman characters?
How did Wegman communicate the characters’ IDENTITIES?
STUDIO ACTIVITY:Mixed Media
Personifications
DESIGN PROBLEM: To create a 2D mixed-media artwork using PERSONIFICATION to communicate the IDENTITY of a main character
• Communicate IDENTITY through PERSONIFICATION
Situate the character in a NARRATIVE or STORY byyour use of context/environment within the art work.
STUDIO ACTIVITY:Mixed Media
Personifications1. Consider a fairy tale or story which you identify
with. Who is the protagonist? What are the qualities of that character?
2. Select a narrative & protagonist as the theme.3. Select an animal whose commonly recognized characteristics best match the IDENTITY of the protagonist.4. Combine animal & human imagery using 3 or more art techniques & materials to render the personification.5. Consider constume, expression, gesture, props, setting, etc. as IDENTITY clues for the viewer.