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Art teacher at KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy and AmeriCorp volunteer.
MAT University of The Arts: Art Education
BA Temple University: Film and Media Arts
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printing.
Printmaking in a math room isn’t my ideal set up. There is no sink, it’s messy, and kids are forced to be in the hallway. But when you have students like Rosa, Kadeem, Robyn, and Chantel who are willing to clean and stay after, art is a breeze.
Once lino blocks are completely carved, we begin the printing process. Using a J-Hook, brayer and block printing ink, students can begin.
J-hook
Brayer
Using a brayer, students even spread ink even on their carved lino block.
Students place paper is placed on top of their inked lino block. Using a new brayer, students roll over the paper and press hard for 1 minute.
The results look like this. They came out so nice!
mr. president.
Yes, one of my students signs his name “Mr. President Emory Banks”
vice and me.
At KIPP we have a system called “Do Nows,” a 5 minute exercise to get students brains going. I focus on current events in my “do nows” and the plights of the rest of the world. Since art students are examining wall structures (and we have covered all of the ones students have chosen), my go to website is VICE News. Vice has some heavy topics (only wishing I could be on their travel team) and my kids (students) really love that I present them with adult material to wake up their brains.
My students do ask me, “Why do you show us this in art?” I say great art is always inspired by tragedy. Picasso’s “Guernica,” Dali’s “The Face of War,” and Banksy’s “Frisk” are all examples of artists creating art during conflict. But since many students do not have a foundation for current events (I didn’t have one until college), I use the first 10 minutes of class to give them one.
Today we are focusing on the conflict in the Congo from Vice. You can watch the whole series. It’s pretty interesting.
new project.
I did a project about wall structures and their meaning at Chichester High School in 2010. Students examined wall structure and create linoleum block prints based on those structures. It’s a really good project for reflection which I really want students to take away from in art class. Maybe with personal research, KDCA students will be more reflective of the world around them.
My last project for Q2 was totem poles. My students did incrediabe work in under 2 weeks and were much more reflective on their artist statements. I am sad to see them go but excited for a new group of students.
I installed this display for my students art work. It not only shows off their greek art vases, but explains the time period that students concentrated on and their artist statements.
Art in Biology class:
I was lucky enough to collaborate with Ms. Smith, the Biology teacher, at KIPP DuBois. The goal of the project was for student to build 3-D molecules such as glucose, glycerol, etc. Students started making connection that all the blue atoms were oxygen, all the green atoms were hydrogen, etc.
Students were on task the whole time, following directions, learning about color theory, and having fun!
So awesome!
Ted Prize: Wishes big enough to change the world
