Art as Social Action by Gregory Sholette

Art as Social Action by Gregory Sholette

Author:Gregory Sholette
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781621535614
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: 2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00


Collin Taylor. Photo Ryan Lo.

Visual artists Rojelio Cabral, Aaron Mercado, and I assisted participants with technical and conceptual aspects. Rather than teaching collage, drawing, or painting skills, these artists led conversations about learning how to solve problems creatively, and how to express the process of critical thinking. This increased conceptual understanding set the course for their individual projects.

WRITING

The fourth module, led by Matthew Mizel, asked everyone to write a simple message to themselves and others about their future intentions. Participants included that job title or life role in their central personal messages. Mizel grounded the exercise by asking them to provide a basic dictionary definition of that job title or role. He then continued with a series of prompts that invited participants to envision themselves in various scenarios as that future self, talking and engaging with others. One project collaborator wrote: “Pray for me to be the father I can be,” and another, “Learning from my past has taught me how to be a teacher.”



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