ART TEACHING
COURSES TAUGHT:
ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY 101
ART, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY 201
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
INTERIOR DESIGN & 3D MODELING
GRAFFITI & STREET ART
ART & DESIGN FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
MURAL, STENCIL & WHEATE PASTE WORKSHOPS
ELEMENTARY ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING ARTS
YOU CAN VIEW SOME SAMPLES OF PROJECTS BELOW:
interior design
& 3D modeling
students learned about the principles of design & the elements of art. Then, they played a game to learn how to use sketch up, a 3d modeling software.
afterwards, students were tasked with designing their own socially conscious restaurant. you can see samples of student work from this project below.
Heritage collage
STUDENTS LEARNED about collage techniques and artists, like ndjeka crosby, and applied the principles of design & elements of art to create a thematic collage based on interviews with family members, reflections on their personal heritage & memories.
scavenger hunts & art education games
throughout the years, i have created a wide range of scavenger hunts and art education games for students to experience art firsthand in engaging ways.
sketchbook project
STUDENTS are tasked with filling a sketchbook with their own independent ideas. i designed this project for students to independently direct their own learning, embrace challenge & express learning in multiple ways. at the end of the project, students learn video skills and create a culminating sketchbook video, which is then entered into a school wide competition.
click on the videos below to watch student projects.
WINGS MURAL PROJECT
STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT public art, large scale installations AND CONTRIBUTED TO A GROUP MURAL with their applied understanding of the elements of art.
WHEATE PASTE WALLS
STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE OF WHEATE PASTE AND CREATED COLLECTIVE WHEATE PASTE WALLS TO DISPLAY THEIR ARTWORK, BOTH AROUND THEMES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND FROM THEIR SKETCHBOOKS.
stem art
Wherever possible, I try to integrate interdisciplinary learning.
in this project, students learn how to create an electric circuit and make art that lights up!
ceramics
students learned about a variety of ceramic techniques and sculptors, which they then applied to custom designed projects - ranging from a pinch pot “Finjan” (small arabic coffee cup) to bobble heads to game designs to hanging ceramic sculptures.
HAVEN SURVIVOR MURAL PROJECT
“SURVIVOR mural project” HAMILTON, NY
funded by Haven, an on-campus sexual violence resource center at Colgate University.
students were invited to write letters to survivors of sexual & gender-based violence & co-create 6 supportive murals for display on campus.
students attended workshops on:
stencil-making & social change art techniques
basic aerosol skills
how to build a canvas
fundamental painting techniques
this project was co-facilitated with sahara zamudio, natasha torres & bennie guzman & HAVEN’s student ambassadors. immense gratitude for tracia banuelos, denise contreras, cristina serna & dawn lafrance.
colgate media lab
Course: arts for social change
adult & college STUDENTS WERE INTRODUCED TO FUNDAMENTAL PHOTOSHOP AND INDESIGN TOOLS. Then, they were prompted to create work on personally meaningful social justice topics they want to share.
their posters and stickers were printed for them to distribute and put up in hamilton, ny.
funded by colgate university’s art & art history department.
units:
adobe photoshop
adobe indesign
poster design: start to finish
sticker design: start to finish
Photo (left) is one of the student posters designed by salote tenisi.
shoebox libraries
third grade ELL STUDENTS created shoebox libraries to hold their own illustrated children’s mini books!
students wrote their own series of creative stories and illustrated them.
Book themes in the series:
family & culture
outside adventures
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