Glocal Educators’ Resources

Writing by Jer on Tuesday, 13 of May , 2008 at 5:07 pm

The following educators’ resources are available for download. Please feel free to use these materials in classrooms, workshops, or presentations. As the project progresses, more materials will become available, and will be listed here.

1. Events in Time April, 2008 – Sylvia Grace Borda

Summary:
This document provides insight into the use of time and events in art.

Learning outcomes:

Demonstrate an understanding of the various ways in which time and events can be represented in art

Learn ways to respond to and interpret art

Learn about narrative and ways of storytelling through art

Gain familiarity with digital technologies and art production

Gain an understanding of the role of context, function, and audience in art production

Download:

http://www.glocal.ca/pdf/EventsInTime.pdf

2. LEARNING FROM THE PAST: PHOTO EXPERIMENTS IN PERSPECTIVE, FRAMING, and EXPOSURE September, 2008 – Sylvia Grace Borda

Summary:
This document explains experimental techniques in photography and their place in history.

Learning outcomes:

Demonstrate an understanding of Modernist photography between WWI and WWII and its
relationship to the Glocal project
Learn ways to respond to and interpret art
Understand the changing role of female photographers from the Victorian to Modernist era
Gain familiarity with digital technologies and art production

Download:

http://www.glocal.ca/pdf/LearningFromThePast.pdf

3.MULTIPLE EXPOSURE December, 2008

Summary:

This document explains experimental techniques in photography. It introduces how multiple exposures within a single frame have contributed to the advancement of photography as an art form. In so doing these new forms distance themselves from the veritable moment.

Learning outcomes:

Demonstrate an understanding of the various ways in which perspective, time, space
and motion can be represented in art
Learn ways to respond to and interpret art
Learn about the relationship between photography and science
Explore the relationship between photography and abstraction
Gain familiarity with digital technologies and art production
Gain an understanding of the role of context, function and audience in art production

Download:

http://www.glocal.ca/pdf/MultipleExposure.pdf

4.Tunnel Vision December, 2008

Summary:

This conceptual toolkit introduces low-tech ways to create engaging images.Borrowing from the technical limitations of early photography, the vignette image helps the beginning photographer focus their eye on subject matter and forms, suggesting different perspectives.

Download:

http://www.glocal.ca/pdf/Tunnel Vision.pdf

5.Imaging Words December, 2008

Summary:

This conceptual toolkit introduces initial exercises for exploring the Motion Sequence Application (MSA). It explores how motion studies can communicate through facial expressions.

Download:

http://www.glocal.ca/pdf/ImagingWords.pdf

6.Shadow Puppets December, 2008

Summary:

This conceptual toolkit introduces initial exercises for exploring the Motion Sequence Application (MSA). It explores how motion studies can communicate through playing with light and shadow.

Download:

http://www.glocal.ca/pdf/Shadow Puppets.pdf