TAPE ART

We are the pioneers of Tape Art making our first large-scale collaborative tape drawings in Providence, RI in the late 80's. Let's draw together.

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#K12ArtChat Thanks everyone for jumping in here. Good to read your answers. 3D pens. Nice.

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@jayneesweet 3D pens! That is a great novel and cool way to make. We will look for ways to try them out.

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#K12ArtChat Q6 - Any medium or process that is novel or cool to a student can bypass anxiety through the desire to try something new. Stop animation can be surprisingly good for quelling maker anxiety.

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#K12ArtChat Q6 - Open ended exploration, done right, can ease a lot of the anxiety of making. Encouraging iterations on ideas. Celebrating "mistakes" and building on them.

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#K12ArtChat Q5 - So so so many artists use their work to explore their mental health. A great example of text can be found in Shirin Neshat's work. Her story is compelling and her films and photos are very approachable for students.

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#K12ArtChat Q4 - Art can be a meaningful gift and can serve a purpose outside the classroom. Finding opportunities for students to make art for others, imbued with a sense meaning, can inspire and motivate them to dig in deeper.

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#K12ArtChat Q4-We love giving assignments for students to make drawings for others. One great example is bringing 5th graders into an elderly care facility where they had to knock on doors and ask what each resident wanted to see in their hallway.

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#K12ArtChat Q3 - It is great to draw next to students. I usually like to draw generic animals. When students ask what the animal is... sometimes I tell them it will be whatever animal it ends up looking like the most. It is great to fail in front of them with joy.

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#K12ArtChat Q2 - A lot of humor is text-based. One hard boundary we always give in our art assignments is "no words or letters". This forces visual solutions that are fundamentally funnier and challenge their art thinking skills. #penguinfuneral

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#K12ArtChat Q2 - Here is an GREAT drawing of a brainstorm that ended in "penguin funeral". And because those students loved the idea, they made a very thoughtful and well-rendered drawing. We love it!

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#K12ArtChat Q1 - Sometimes we like to out-conversation students who want to draw something not appropriate. Our goal is to find the reason behind the idea and try to find a path to express that through different imagery. There is always a way.

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#K12ArtChat Q1 - Students will often verbalize that they want to make something that is subversive and the first draft of their ideas may not fly. Conversation time! There are seeds of great ideas (even in the worst ideas) that are worth ferreting out.

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#K12ArtChat Howdy folks. Leah and Michael here. Psyched to chat with you all.

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@GrundlerArt @Artguy76 @SchoolArts Thanks! We are in the studio a lot these days, so you let us know when you want us on the mic and we are psyched to "call in," so to speak.

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@cvarsalona The advertisement dilema is real. We have had a few projects that even with lots of pre-press just didn't get the audience we were hoping. I think that is something the culturally has to be built over time. #k12artchat

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I know some teachers have reported trouble getting community members outside the school parents to get involved? How was your experience with the verve project?

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@shinebrite71 I remember a student tell me in the mid 2000's that all the work they did on the computer was temporary and she really embraced the idea that it was for the moment and could never escape the realm of that machine. Freedom in a real way.

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@cvarsalona Most of our work usually involves trying to make sure that communities are comfortable with letting art happen that is not pre-designed. At least the fact that it is temporary tends to help. Not sure how an unplanned painted mural would go over. #k12artchat

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Do you feel comfortable letting Ss just get started without a *plan*? We love the light chaos of not knowing where a project is going when the first lines hit the wall, but that can be a scary place to be. Especially for risk-averse community and admin.

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Thanks everyone for jumping in and sharing your answers and thanks to @creativitydept for having us in the mix. #K12ArtChat

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@jataylorart Confession! In 3rd grade I was the engine behind a mural about dinosaurs that was then installed in the cafeteria and was there for 25+ years. (In my late 20's I would go see it.) BUT! What if there had been a new mural every year instead? #K12ArtChat
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A5: Agreed. It gets people to ask the question WHY when they hear that an artwork will not live forever. But getting a community to "miss" art can be powerful. We like temporary projects that prime a community for a permanent piece later.