Contemporary Art & Social Justice FHAO

CONTEMPORARY ART & SOCIAL JUSTICE EMPOWERING CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE ARTS CLASSROOM. ALISHA MERNICK [email protected]

FHAO AT GERTZ-RESSLER… •  9th Grade Holocaust & Human Behavior Case Study •  10th Grade Armenian Genocide Case Study •  12th Grade “Senior Seminar” w/ FHAO resources •  Whole School Reads •  Special Guest Speakers arranged by FHAO •  Standard use of FHAO Language across grade levels and

disciplines. •  The Crystal Green Upstander Award •  Anti-Bullying Campaigns •  YAP Youth Activism Club •  Critical Pedagogy all day, every day!

How can art reflect, as well as shape, the world? How can art reflect, as well as shape, the self?

FHAO THEMES IN THE ART ROOM

SOCIAL JUSTICE & IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY ART

Create an expressive composition that communicates your reaction to a contemporary news event.

IN THE NEWS

IN THE NEWS Past Topics:

Syrian Civil War

Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Treyvon Martin

NSA

ADVERTISING ADDICTION Create a satirical artwork about the values that you see reinforced by American Visual Culture.

Commemorate/memorialize an upstander through portraiture.

UPSTANDER PORTRAITS

How can art REFLECT as well as SHAPE the self? How does your contemporary context affect the creation of your IDENTITY?

USER PROFILE

David Choi 2013 �Who am I today?� Clay, Wood, Cardboard, Paint