A CLOSER LOOK

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1 A CLOSER LOOK

2 table of contents Lesson Overview Core Curriculum Tie-Ins About Lesson Plan Vocabulary Resources

3 lesson overview lesson plan Designed to extend and enhance the learning experience of our exhibits while linking to core curriculum subject matter. lesson objectives - To discuss artists that explore subtlety by using light as a medium. - To learn about the properties of light and color. - To experiment with reflected color and create a wall mounted modular scupture. core curriculium tie-ins Sixth through Eigth Grades: Science, Visual Arts and Mathematics. lesson overview On the A.R.T.S. tour, students will learn about artwork that follows the theme A Closer Look. Then, students will learn about the properties of light and reflected color. They will use this knowledge to create wall mounted sculptures that emit reflected color. length of class One to three class sessions. supplies - Prism. - Mirror. - Spot/Clamp Lights. - White Cardstock. - Acrylic Paint (Primary and Secondary Colors) and Brushes. - Scissors. - Push Pins. - White Artist Tape or Masking Tape. CHRIS WOOD DETAIL 1

4 core curriculum tie-ins 6th grade Science Standard 6 Students will understand properties and behavior of heat, light, and sound. Objective 2 Describe how light can be produced, reflected, refracted, and separated into visible light of various colors. b. Compare the reflection of light from various surfaces (e.g., loss of light, angle of reflection, reflected color). e. Predict and test the appearance of various materials when light of different colors is shone on the material. 6th grade Visual Art Standard 6.V.CR.1: Combine concepts collaboratively to generate an innovative idea for art-making. 6th grade Mathematics Standard 6.MP.4 Model with mathematics. Apply mathematics to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. Make assumptions and approximations, identifying important quantities to construct a mathematical model. Routinely interpret mathematical results in the context of the situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose. RICHARD SWEENEY PLEATED WORK 2

5 ABOUT A Closer Look Kimball Art Center is pleased to present the annual Wasatch Back Student Art Show featuring work by student artists in Summit and Wasatch County Schools, grades K-12. This year s exhibition will feature artwork that incorporates the theme A Closer Look. The works in the exhibit creatively reflect any literal, metaphorical, or symbolic idea about what happens when you experience something in depth, celebrate the details, or look closely at something and realize it isn t as it seems. CRAIG KAUFMFMAN UNTITLED LOUIS BARRAGAN CASA GILARDI KUMI YAMASHITA FRAGMENTS 3

6 lesson plan 1. Explore the theme A Closer Look. Ask students what kind of art requires or demands A Closer Look from the viewer? Suggest artwork with many details, artwork that surprises, or artwork that has a dual meaning. Explain the word subtle. If something is subtle, it is complex, nuanced, and varied. It may also be difficult to understand or may require additional time to see. The opposite of subtle is bold, direct, simple, straightforward and obvious. Discuss how subtleties in artwork could only be noticed with A Closer Look from the viewer. Probe students to think about the benefits of subtlety in an art. Collectively brainstorm about why an artist might choose to make work that is more nuanced rather than direct. 2. Share with students the work of James Turell, a well-known artist whose medium is light. This medium is subtle and complex. (See video in resources where Turell talks about using light). Another recognized artist that works with light is the architect Louis Barragan. With students, make a list on the white board of art materials that are subtle versus ones that are bold. 3. Tell students that they will be learning about the properties of light and reflected color. They will be using this knowledge to create a wall mounted sculpture that uses light and projects reflected color. 4. Show students light dispersed through a prism. Explain that visible light, also known as white light, consists of a collection colors. As light passes through a triangular prism, the white light is separated into its component colors - red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. Emphasize the connection between light and color. Color does not exist without light (in the dark everything appears black). Also, point out that as a ray of light hits an object, it bends or is reflected. The angle of this reflection (refraction or difusion) is important for understanding the perception of an objects color and reflected color. 5.Use a mirror and the diagram below to demontrate the law of reflection. SEE RESOURCES 4

7 lesson plan (cont.) 6. Show students the artwork of Chris Wood and Stephen Knapp, who directly use the physics of light and prisms to create artwork. 7. Share with students the importance of understanding that color (or light) 'bounces'. For example, a white house sitting on a bright green lawn will seem green. Light bounces off of the grass surface and gives the shaded area a green cast. Reflected color happens in shadows. Ask students to think of other examples of reflected light. Can reflected color be cast on non-white objects? Answer that colors can be cast but that it is just harder to observe. 8. To experiment with reflected color have each student evenly paint one side of a piece of white cardstock with acrylic paint (using a primary or secondary color). Then plug in a spotlight and shine it against a white wall. After the paint is dry, have a student hold the cardstock perpendicular to the wall with the spotlight shining on the white side of the paper. The paper will cast a shadow onto the wall. In this shadow students will see the cast of the color painted on the cardstock. Set up different stations along the wall for students to try this experiment. Ask students to change the variables of the experiment by tilting the paper at different angles and moving the spotlights. 9. Assign students to use this concept to create a wall sculpture out of painted paper, where the only color visible is reflected color (we should not able to see the actual painted surface). Remind them about the theme of "A Closer Look" and subtlety. Offer the option of creating a modular sculpture. Demonstrate bending and cutting one sheet of cardstock to reflect a color and then repeat that same element to build a wall sculpture. Show students the work of Richard Sweeney and Matt Shlian who create sculpture by cutting and folding paper. 10. Students can attach modules to the wall with pushpins or artist tape. Encourage play with the light and paper. Set a time limit and then take a "A Closer Look" at each piece. CHRIS WOOD AHLIA 5

8 vocabulary Cast To cast is to cause light or shadow to appear on a surface. Dispersed The separation of visible light into its different colors is known as dispersion. Light Light is the form of energy that makes it possible to see things: the brightness produced by the sun, by fire, by a lamp, etc. Medium A medium refers to the materials that are used to create a work of art. The plural of medium is media. Some of the most common media are oil paints (paints that use oil to hold pigments together), tempera (pigments held together with egg yolk), marble (soft, white stone), and bronze (a metal used to cast sculptures). Prism A prism is a glass or other transparent object in prism form, especially one that is triangular with refracting surfaces at an acute angle with each other and that separates white light into a spectrum of colors. Reflected to reflect is to to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface. Subtle Subtle is not obvious, and therefore difficult to notice. It can also mean delicate and complicated in an attractive way. Modular Sculpture Modular art is art created by joining together standardized units (modules) to form larger, more complex compositions. JAMES TURELL BREATHING LIGHT 6

9 resources Reflected Color in Art: State_University_South_Campus_Central_Chiller Reflection and Refraction: Modular art: MATTT SHLIAN PAPER CUTS 7