Overview of Visual Arts tutorials

Making

Appreciating

TEP320 Visual Arts Tutorial 3

Focus: Media ArtContent:1. Textbook discussion2. Child centred & teacher directed art3. What is media art?4. Sculpture walk5. Metalanguage review6. Overview of Visual Arts tutorials

Textbook Discussion –Pair & ShareChapter 2: Media arts education (p. 47-92)

Activity 1

All children are digital natives. So they know more than I do about media art.

I agree. Besides, I don’t have ipads in my classroom & teaching my students literacy and numeracy is

more important than teaching media art.

Child Centred & Teacher Directed Art

• Have different purposes and learning outcomes.

• When should we use child centred / teacher directed art? Is there room for both?

Child Centred or Teacher Directed Art ?

Child Centred or Teacher Directed Art ?

What is Media Art?

Image made using http://www.wordle.net/

Media Art in a nutshell• “…communication technologies and digital

materials to tell stories and explore concepts for diverse purposes and audiences.” (ACARA, 2011, p. 12)

• Four areas: producer – message – medium – audience

• Forms can include: television, film, photography, print, radio, computer, other electronic forms…

• Making can include: cropping, distributing, formatting, positioning, recording, special effects… (and more)

(Russell-Bowie, 2012)

Exploring Media Art

Example 1: Storybird

Example 2: Animal Beatbox

Activity 2

BeforeAfterKevin McGrath

Photo ManipulationExample 3:

Here is an imaginary animal made from found objects.

How could this artwork be used as media art?

Here he is in his natural habitat (in the playground).

How could this be integrated with other KLAs?

Kevin McGrath

Kevin McGrath

Activity 3

Example 4:Choosing Angles

Kevin McGrath

Sculpture Walk 1. During the sculpture walk practise taking

photos (ipad, camera, phone). You might like to consider open/closed composition, lighting, effects, angles etc.

http://www.mq.edu.au/on_campus/museums_and_collections/macquarie_university_art_gallery/sculpture_park/

2. Select your favourite photo to display3. You can email your photo to yourself but

please delete your account from the ipad when finished (in system preferences)

Activity 4

Metalanguage revision (if time)Visit the website below. The link will be posted to iLearn in week 6.

Learn some of the metalanguage and try the different activities.

http://quizlet.com/_7rccs

Activity 5

Media Art

Overview of Visual Arts tutorials

Making

Appreciating

<Insert your own philosophy for teaching Visual Arts here>

Fin