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Development Of An Art-Literature Curriculum For First Grade And Fourth Grade, Allison C. Elder Mrs.
Development Of An Art-Literature Curriculum For First Grade And Fourth Grade, Allison C. Elder Mrs.
Art and Design Theses
This study investigated using literature as an alternative means to teach the art curriculum. Three widely used integrated curriculum models (Reading Improvement Through Art, Learning Through the Arts, and Champions of Change) were studied and analyzed in search of the best features for art-literature integration. A new curriculum is developed for two different grades using the Fulton County Elementary Art Education Curriculum standards as the foundation. This study used picture books as the catalyst to create an art-literature curriculum.
Sustaining A Visual/Verbal Sketchbook Journal To Promote Creativity And The Emergence Of The Visual Voice Of The Artist, Ayana M. Weekes
Sustaining A Visual/Verbal Sketchbook Journal To Promote Creativity And The Emergence Of The Visual Voice Of The Artist, Ayana M. Weekes
Art and Design Theses
This arts-based study will discuss using a sketchbook journal to enhance creativity and promote the cultivation of the artist’s visual voice. The paper attempts to define creativity, as well as the usefulness of the sketchbook as a creative tool. The results of this study will demonstrate how the effectiveness of the sketchbook journal in the development of the artist can also transcend to usefulness when considering the sketchbook as a curriculum tool in elementary art education.
Teaching Boys More Effectively In The Art Classroom: A Personal Investigation, Jessica Y. Nicula
Teaching Boys More Effectively In The Art Classroom: A Personal Investigation, Jessica Y. Nicula
Art and Design Theses
In this thesis, I reflect upon an art educator’s experience teaching boys and developing an art curriculum with a boy focused framework. Two comprehensive units on monsters are included along with research on teaching boys and choice based practices in the art classroom. I also reflect on the creative process of lesson planning with the needs of male learners in mind.
Hair Matters: African American Women And The Natural Hair Aesthetic, Brina Hargro
Hair Matters: African American Women And The Natural Hair Aesthetic, Brina Hargro
Art and Design Theses
This thesis addresses the negative cultural and social connotations of natural hair for African American women. This issue is examined throughout history from slavery to present day with a visual analysis of hair care advertisements. Presently, natural hair is gaining more positive implications; which can be affected by creating more positive images with natural hair. Using art as the vehicle for social change and using research to inform art has a positive impact on teaching and learning in the art classroom.
A Study In Using Sketching Techniques To Develop Cohesive Narrative Art, Michelle Cleesattel
A Study In Using Sketching Techniques To Develop Cohesive Narrative Art, Michelle Cleesattel
Art and Design Theses
This is an arts-based research study on the effects of applying extensive and diverse sketching techniques to the development of a cohesive body of work, which reflects the significant and meaningful events of the artist-researcher’s life. The research techniques employed and studied consist of looking at historical exemplars, sketching, reflecting, critiquing, and revising. The results of the research were then reflected upon and applied to the field of art education in an attempt to discover the benefits for both teaching and learning in kindergarten through 12th grade curriculums.
Tenacious Threads: Crazy Quilts As An Expressive Medium For Making Art, Melissa Johns
Tenacious Threads: Crazy Quilts As An Expressive Medium For Making Art, Melissa Johns
Art and Design Theses
In this arts-based study, I will discuss using craft techniques such as crazy quilting in the creative process of making art. The paper describes the history of crazy quilts, a brief summary of artists who use quilts as a medium, and a description of how teaching craft-making skills in the classroom can encourage students to use them for art-making.
A Deconstruction Of Horror, Fear And Terror: Using Horror Films As Didactic Tools In Art Education, Alyssa L. Wessinger
A Deconstruction Of Horror, Fear And Terror: Using Horror Films As Didactic Tools In Art Education, Alyssa L. Wessinger
Art and Design Theses
This arts-based study discusses using the horror film and monsters as a means of exploring the personification of fear in contemporary society. The paper incorporates the viewing and dissection of horror films into an artistic process to explore fears in order to further artistic expression. It additionally shows how this process can be used in an art classroom within the context of contemporary art to empower students and facilitate art criticism discussions.