Students learn how to use art to express their feelings and create a unique found object self portrait. We will do a number of intuitive art exercises that include drawing and collage and explore abstract art as a way to express feelings. The final project is essentially loose parts play with a found objects collection. Each artist creates a self portrait with the found materials. The portraits are photographed and each student will get a printed or digital copy of their self portrait (but not the found object piece itself). The portraits can also be made into a book for the classroom and/or community. This residency is a 3, 4 or 5 session program.
Process:
-– We begin every session with a different grounding exercise, learning a number of self soothing tools throughout the residency.
– We talk about feelings and how important they are, how they feel in our bodies and how we can express them. We practice drawing our feelings.
– We take an inventory of values and explore what makes each person unique. We discuss judgment. We learn about the visual elements of joy and practice collage.
– We explore using found materials as art supplies. How do things have meaning? How can we express who we are with these materials?

This program offered by: Beth Wilson