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Tue - Farm Day
Wed - Handwork & Philosophy, Science Club
Thu - Art History & Structured Word Inquiry
Fri - Forest School
In my Art History 2022-2023 blog post, I decided January would be Ruth Asawa. Here are some resources and my planning notes:
MMA - Ruth Asawa blog post
also
we are going to study SIUC professor Buckminster Fuller as well this month
Design at Southern Illinois University: R. Buckminster Fuller
Everything is Design (PDF)
- she formed a lifelong friendship with visionary architect R. Buckminster Fuller, who once described her as one of the greatest artists he knew
- he designed her wedding ring
- she saw him raise his first geodesic dome
- one of her monumental sculptures hung in Bucky and Anne's Carbondale IL home
Buckminster Fuller Geodesic Dome
The Restoration of Buckminster Fuller's Dome Home Kicks Off Saturday
Architect Magazine - Apr 18, 2014
possible field trip ideas:
Bucky's Dome Home
Carbondale IL
Climatron - Missouri Botanical Garden
St Louis MO
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/our-garden/gardens-conservatories/conservatories/climatron
Ruth Asawa: Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
ruthasawa.com
Ruth Asawa: Black Mountain College
ruthasawa.com
Ruth Asawa, the Subversively 'Domestic' Artist
The New York Times - Dec 22, 2013
The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark
The New York Times - Jul 20, 2020
Ruth Asawa’s Life Was Even More Remarkable Than You Thought
architecturaldigest.com
A fresh look at Ruth Asawa’s extraordinary life
washingtonpost.com
Ruth Asawa
Frog from Ghirardelli Square
1968
Bronze
lots of Nature walks would make sense when studying this artist... love her quote!
Here is the lesson from SF MOMA that Lotus recommends. The video goes with these step-by-step instructions.
However, I don't like this video AT ALL because it is nothing like Ruth Asawa's techinque. I think that our crochet single-line-drawing is much closer to her work, and the class enjoyed experimenting with it, so I'd like to expand upon that and let the children try to "loop" with wire. We have plenty of it left over from Alexander Calder!
I love the "knotless netting" images in the article below:
Ruth Asawa and the Mythical Basketmaker of Mexico
And, in fact, we will be learning how to tie nets in Norse Mythology this Spring (Loki), so this will lay an interesting foundation for that!
for my oldest student, who is studying U.S. History (which Waldorf does in 8th grade), we will return to the life of Ruth Asawa when we get to Japanese Internment in the Second World War
Being Ruth Asawa – a poem by Anne Whitehouse
Ruth Asawa
National Park Service
SHEG: Japanese American Incarceration
week of Jan 2:
Thursday -
Art History Kids - Magnificent Modern Art Course
week 1 video & assignment
Minimalist Self Portrait
week of Jan 9:
Thursday - Art History Kids - Magnificent Modern Art Course
week 2 video & assignment
Continuous Line Drawing
it would also be fun to do a continuous line drawing 3-D with a crochet hook and some undyed natural fiber yarn (or this may be a good use for the raffia someone donated and I've never used)... just keep going in and out of your own work until you feel like being done
week of Jan 16:
Art History Kids - Magnificent Modern Art Course
week 3 video & assignment
Harmonious Paper Sculpture
I'm currently obsessed with the work of Hervé Tullet (and have been buying a bunch of his books searching for titles written all in capital letters for my 7 year old to read) and he has actually created a book set that is perfect for the paper sculpture assignment for video 3!
The Game of Sculpture
6 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
The Giant Game of Sculpture
11.88 x 0.88 x 17.5 inches
week of Jan 30:
Tuesday - field trip cancelled due to ice storm
week of Feb 6:
Tuesday - explore geometric & spatial reasoning puzzles from the estate of Bill Perk (close friend and colleague of Buckminster Fuller)
Wednesday -
learn about principles of Zen Buddhism
(in a wonderful tie-in, we are also currently studying World Religions)
read Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe article
consider relationships between Asawa's work and Zen
Art History Kids - Magnificent Modern Art Course
week 4 assignment
Create a Ruth Asawa-Inspired Sculpture
use craft wire and illustrations in Ruth Asawa and the Mythical Basketmaker of Mexico to explore Asawa's looping technique
week of April 10:
NOTE: we will also plan to visit the Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden in May when we study Dale Chihuly
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Zac and I were recovering from COVID so this week was slower and quieter.
Riddle: Why shouldn’t you tell secrets in the garden?
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