Science and Social Sciences in Art
From the mixing of paints to seeking inspiration from the world around us, the sciences and social sciences are inherent in almost any work of art. View the images below and read the descriptions of how the sciences and social sciences are promoted and utilized in the art room.
Students are often asked to create an artwork based on an event throughout history. For this assignment, students were asked to create a video that showed a transformation. Many students showed life cycles such as a caterpillar turning into a butterfly or a seed turning into a plant. This student chose to show information about the transformation (or lack there of) of women's rights.
This student is working on his Michigan ecosystems project. Students selected an animal that lives in Michigan and researched the ecosystem that it lives in. The students then created a large poster that showed the animal in its natural habitat along with several other plants and animals that naturally occur in the same ecosystem. After completing their painting, students created a key noting the ecosystem their animals live in and labeling each plant and animal species in their work.
After an inspirational presentation about the rainforest, students decided they wanted to do something to raise awareness about the rainforest. Students worked in groups of four or five to research problems in the rainforest and create a project to share their new knowledge with others. Then, they created a presentation to inform others about how they can help save the rainforest.
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Students are often asked to draw inspiration from a wide variety of sources. This student created a print called "Navajo Bird" after studying the Navajo history and culture.
Through a presentation by the Beehive Collective, an artist collective based out of Machais, Maine, students learned about their work and how it is used to tell the story of social and/or environmental injustices in society today. Students then used this knowledge to research a social/environmental issue and create their own artwork about the issue.
Fifth grade students learned about an African tradition of remembering loved ones by creating an adinkra cloth. Students then created their own symbols that represented someone they loved, printed their symbols on square cloths and worked together to sew their squares into one large cloth.
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Every year, the art students create a project called, "The Compassion Campaign." For this project, students work collaboratively to promote and support a cause of their choice. Students begin by researching their cause, finding useful facts and statistics. Then, students create a project supporting and promoting the cause they have chosen. Through this project, students have raised money and written grants to bring in speakers such as Marcia McEvoy, created videos with the help of a local woman's shelter to support women in need and raised funds and awareness for a wide range of causes.
These second grade students learned about light, shadows, reflection and the aurora borealis while creating these snowy landscapes.
After learning about how seeds grow into plants and observing roots on plants, the kindergarten students created their own drawings of plants. They especially made sure to draw the roots going into the dirt!
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