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Video is an unfamiliar medium to me, but I am very excited to use video in my art classroom. Video is a medium that students really love working in. It is something they are familiar with, they consume a lot of, and use in their every day communication. However, it is not necessarily something that they think critically about or use in an artistic way. The art curriculum can tap into their existing interests and provide the opportunity for students to look at and use video through a new lens. I have found that when students are asked to look at video in this way they take to it very quickly and really enjoy it, including the technical aspects of it. I am observing a high school video production class and the students love it. They start the semester by getting to know the camera. They then recreate a scene from a TV Show and develop ideas for a final video project. Students have really quickly picked up the camera and are also very proud in their work that they produce.
Students can use video as a medium to make works of art, but they can also use it as a way to investigate and record their art making process. Students could create video sketchbooks. This sketchbook could include videos they take of things that interest them, videos of them explaining their ideas, videos made by other students or video artists that inspire them, videos of their process, videos of artistic experimentations, etc. These video sketchbooks could be uploaded to a google drive or blog, similar to what we do in New Media New Forms, to be shared with the class.
Students could also use video to investigate an issue that will later be used as a starting point for art making. Students could interview local artists or create videos of an artistic process like glass blowing or slip casting ceramics to share with the class. This kind of project would also be perfect for a cross classroom collaboration. Students in a social studies or history class could create documentary films about particular issues that are important to them. Students could interview experts and community members and research the issue. In the art classroom they could then brainstorm ideas for how to creatively tell the stories they've discovered. Perhaps the issue can be retold in an animation, looking at documentaries that use animation, like Dear Basketball and Loving Vincent.
These are some non-profits that provide video education for students in NYC: Educational Video Center, The Apollo, BRIC
Video is an unfamiliar medium to me, but I am very excited to use video in my art classroom. Video is a medium that students really love working in. It is something they are familiar with, they consume a lot of, and use in their every day communication. However, it is not necessarily something that they think critically about or use in an artistic way. The art curriculum can tap into their existing interests and provide the opportunity for students to look at and use video through a new lens. I have found that when students are asked to look at video in this way they take to it very quickly and really enjoy it, including the technical aspects of it. I am observing a high school video production class and the students love it. They start the semester by getting to know the camera. They then recreate a scene from a TV Show and develop ideas for a final video project. Students have really quickly picked up the camera and are also very proud in their work that they produce.
Students can use video as a medium to make works of art, but they can also use it as a way to investigate and record their art making process. Students could create video sketchbooks. This sketchbook could include videos they take of things that interest them, videos of them explaining their ideas, videos made by other students or video artists that inspire them, videos of their process, videos of artistic experimentations, etc. These video sketchbooks could be uploaded to a google drive or blog, similar to what we do in New Media New Forms, to be shared with the class.
Students could also use video to investigate an issue that will later be used as a starting point for art making. Students could interview local artists or create videos of an artistic process like glass blowing or slip casting ceramics to share with the class. This kind of project would also be perfect for a cross classroom collaboration. Students in a social studies or history class could create documentary films about particular issues that are important to them. Students could interview experts and community members and research the issue. In the art classroom they could then brainstorm ideas for how to creatively tell the stories they've discovered. Perhaps the issue can be retold in an animation, looking at documentaries that use animation, like Dear Basketball and Loving Vincent.
These are some non-profits that provide video education for students in NYC: Educational Video Center, The Apollo, BRIC
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