I have always liked the idea of art being interdisciplinary, but I never really had known how to make it so. I knew there were the typical school crafts like making a Solar System model or model of an atom, but I wasn’t sure how to go beyond that. For both middle and high school I went to a STEM based school. Art class was provided in sixth and seventh grade, but not at all after that. Art was rarely used in the classroom either, so as a visual learner, I sometimes struggled to grasp the material.
This week in Art 326, we discusses how art can be interdisciplinary and help to actually learn other subjects. At the start, I was still struggling and my ideas were largely an art project based on another subject. But as we practice and discussed methods, I learned that it does not have to be an “art project”, but rather and tool for learning something else.
For this week’s art piece, I wanted to start something that could be on going, and that I could build on every week, while also learning a new skill. Each week I was to learn three more embroidery stitches that I feel relate to my learning. This week I did satin stitch (cream), split stitch (red), and blanket stitch (green). These stitches relate to what I learned about interdisciplinary art this week. The white represents the other subject, that is being depicted within the frame of art (red). But the part that demonstrated my learning is the green, because It makes connections between the two and makes them more involved with each other.
This learning influences how I want to be as an educator because it opens more doors for art. Art class does not have to just be about learning to draw or sculpt or render realistic objects. It can be about learning about the world at large, or other issues across subjects. I do not want to limit my students with their art, I want to push them to apply it to bigger issues.
This week in Art 326, we discusses how art can be interdisciplinary and help to actually learn other subjects. At the start, I was still struggling and my ideas were largely an art project based on another subject. But as we practice and discussed methods, I learned that it does not have to be an “art project”, but rather and tool for learning something else.
For this week’s art piece, I wanted to start something that could be on going, and that I could build on every week, while also learning a new skill. Each week I was to learn three more embroidery stitches that I feel relate to my learning. This week I did satin stitch (cream), split stitch (red), and blanket stitch (green). These stitches relate to what I learned about interdisciplinary art this week. The white represents the other subject, that is being depicted within the frame of art (red). But the part that demonstrated my learning is the green, because It makes connections between the two and makes them more involved with each other.
This learning influences how I want to be as an educator because it opens more doors for art. Art class does not have to just be about learning to draw or sculpt or render realistic objects. It can be about learning about the world at large, or other issues across subjects. I do not want to limit my students with their art, I want to push them to apply it to bigger issues.