Last Saturday's art class turned out successful. We lucked out with such great weather as we spent most of our day outside. This lesson was influenced by the art of Nils-Udo, Andy Goldsworthy and Robert Smithson. Joe started the class with a powerpoint and discussion about several works by these artists. Then we split our class evenly into 4 groups, where they worked together and used leaves as the primary material, along with string and some branches. We wanted our students to use the space outside the classroom provided, and change the way we see things in the nature, to change the purpose of the space. The groups created some interesting art. Each separate group found their own area to work in. We had art that revolved around a bench on the side of a walkway, a Psu historical sign, a tree, and Natalia's car. The student's documented their process of this lesson by taking pictures of the work. Each group had their own camera. The pictures turned out great. As a final piece to display in our show, we plan to get picture books made for each student showing the documentation of their work, since they made these projects outside in the nature, we figured this would be a great way to use these books as memories as well. We ended the class by going around to each group and explaining what they did and how their process was. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
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