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OVERSTIMULATION  

Everyone was overstimulated by art today! That is the biggest, most pronounced word in my head!!!!! How do you accommodate walking into these museums and being receptive to all of the crazywackoARTthings coming at you? You plan out- that is what you do. ALSO!!! At the same time!!! You don't plan anything at all.

It's truly bizarre, this whole Art Teachers on a field trip thing.

Settling on a single work of art for a small group to sit and observe for several minutes -- getting acquainted with a piece and drawing it extensively -- this is when participants get the opportunity to have personal time and organize the information that's is flooding in. DO NOT BE FOOLED. This is not easy from here-on-out, because students go everywhere and you do 3479859374856 head-counts and have mini-heart attacks every 3 minutes - right on schedule - and there's little to nothing that can be done about it.

M.A.D.N.E.S.S.

MADNESS

MAD.NESS.

Here are some pictures that I took of my personally favorite work.

This next set of pics are from an installation that we walked right through without even noticing.

It's entirely made of soap. It smelled beautiful.

Here's my question.

When you're on a bus full of eighth grade students coming back from an out-of-state field trip... When you first hear word of a disaster... What do you expect to happen? Think about it in advance, because it's suddenly all in YOUR hands

MUSEUM FIELD TRIP WITH 40 thirteen year olds

I'm trying to update the blog from my phone on the bus right now. It's not working out very well, but here it goes... The museum trip (Mass MoCA) was FANTASTIC. I took so many notes on unexpected teacher things that I learned. Chaperones! Not always the greatest things in the world... I was surprised by that because they almost seemed to be counterproductive. That was probably the first of many surprises that hit me like a brick wall all day. STAY TUNED for pics and notes that I'll upload when I get home tonight. But meantime, check out the work of Sol Lewitt

***Edit***

So, did you look up Sol Lewitt? If you didn't get the chance, let me help with this link. <--- That is guided discovery of him and his work via the [Mass MoCA] website. Therefore, I'll post some of my  f r e s h , NEW pics here. Right Now. Below. On this blog. Are you ready? GO.

Mass MoCA

Tomorrow, I go on the field trip with the middle school art students and my mentor teacher to [Mass MoCA]. It's sorta-kinda the combination of  e v e r y t h i n g  I have going on this semester.

The relationship of Art and Community ;

Museum Education ; Fieldwork ; Facilitated Dialogue

This is a video that I found on [this website] talking about what the museum is and why it exists.

Apparently, it's only been around for about 13 years. I have never been there, and I am SUPER pumped to go. Do some reading up on the museum, like I am.

Integrating ArtEd Lessons with Metalwork

As I develop my skills as an artist into less common mediums than the traditional art classroom uses, I become infatuated with my discoveries. I want to share this with the world!

Now, I'm faced with the challenge of how to  p r a c t i c a l l y  utilize new, strange materials in the art classroom.

These are some pictures that I found of slightly craft-ish projects that use tins or soda cans in combination with chasing/repousse techniques. How could this help you in future lessons?

... & here are some other projects that this could develop in to.