As an art teacher, I want to bring my strengths into this project. My artworks typically center around communication and story telling, and I feel that this aligns well with a project designed to take what I am learning from this class and present it to the rest of the world. I want to ground this artwork in not just presenting social justice in my classroom, but also social-emotional learning. Many students who have acted poorly in my classroom are taken aback when I speak with them about the impact of their actions on others. I'm hoping that this painting will become a focal point in my classroom for the ways empathy empowers better relationships. Many of these conversations aren't tangible to my students, but something they can look at is. A painting can be a space where they can slow down long enough with just enough stimuli to engage deeper reflection.
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Abi I am so excited to see how you bring this vision to life. I remember sitting next to you last class discussing this concept and being amazed at your thought process and creativity. You also helped inspire my own teach out project and I am so appreciative of that! This will be a very impactful and powerful piece that can be used to help touch the lives of all those who enter your classroom!
ReplyDeleteI love this. Can't wait to talk about it with you, and maybe you can even design some curriculum around it to use next year.
ReplyDeleteI think this will connect to my curriculum in two ways, both formally an informally. Formally, I always teach students about using art for communication, and I can have them do a formal analysis of this artwork to dissect what it's meaning is. Informally, as situations arise and students struggle to see other perspectives, this painting can be a touchstone for conversations about empathy and caring about the experiences of others.
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