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The Art of Collage, History and Applied Practice
ARI Learning by Carly Filewich Inclusive & Social!
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This 6 week class explores the history and the many ways to use collage as an art form. This class is half Art History, half Applied Practice.
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Collage is an older art form than most people realize! Japanese artists were gluing paper onto silk as early as the 1100's and in Victorian England, collage Valentines were all the rage. Join me, Yvonne, in exploring historical collage and current collage. We will try new techniques and discuss what constitutes a collage in today's art world. 👩🏻🎨`♡´✩°｡⋆⸜ Course Outline, please refer to the Syllabus. Class Experience: We will begin with any work from the previous week to be presented. I...
6 lessons//6 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Exploration of Japanese collagesHistorical exploration of Japanese and early European collages and we get to start out with Chigiri-e. We use the materials of construction paper, magazines and tiny torn pieces to create landscape art influence by Chigiri-e principles. Supplies: Washi paper or inexpensive construction paper in different colors as well as card stock/cardboard to glue on. Glue, water cup, brushes, watercolor paint (optional).Week 2Lesson 2Victorian CollageVictorian Collage says much about it's time, changing society and how Victorian women reflected that in their artwork. This weeks class is a bit Art History heavy and the assignment is to look at our place in our world and put ourselves in our collage. Supplies: Cardstock or cardboard to glue on (as base), glue (I use a gluestick), scissors/art knife, magazines, newspaper and a picture of yourself printed out on regular paper (color or b/w but no bigger than 3"x2") pencils, eraser.Week 3Lesson 3Modernist, Surrealist, Dadaist collagesLet's look at Modernist, Surrealist, Dadaist collages. We will explore their techniques. Supplies: Cardstock or cardboard to glue on (as base), glue (gluestick is fine), scissors/art knife, magazines, newspaper.Week 4Lesson 4Literary collageLiterary collage. Let's try our hand at word and poetry collage. Supplies: A discarded paperback book, magazines, newspaper, colored pencils/pens, cardstock/cardboard, scissors, gluestick.Week 5Lesson 53D collage3D collage, what does this even mean? Go for a walk and gather found objects. Supplies: wire, string, glue, (hammer and nails if you are using a wooden backing), found objects.Week 6Lesson 6Photo collagePhoto collage and exploring where collage shows up today in the art world. For this last week you will need a photo editor capable of cutting out parts of your photos (digital) to layer on a workspace such as Gimp (free opensource) or Photoshop. I can demonstrate Canva using my own photos. I know there are others, just let me know which one you will use so I can familiarize myself with it to provide support.
- *This course directly relates to B.C. Ministry of Education’s Curricular Core Competencies for Arts Education Grades 4-12 exploring/creating, reasoning/reflecting, communicating/documenting, and connecting/expanding.
- Students will learn about the history of the art technique known as Collage.
- They will explore the ways it shows up in fine and folk art and experiment with these techniques.
- Learners will also learn about the ways Collage has been used to make observations and comments on society.
Yvonne, B.Mus McGill University, is an interdisciplinary artist with a wide range of interests. After a minor concentration in Art History, I continue to be fascinated by the subject and exploration into how we have changed art over the centuries. This includes fashion! I like to upcycle old clothing, create collage and assemblage sculpture, create electronic music and I work a lot with recycled materials and papercrafts. As a homeschooling mom of an ND learner, I've developed project based learning opportunities that combine curricular expectations with specific interests. I am of Metis and European heritage and enjoy exploring history and current art trends in my culture as well. Learner Led project based learning is where we connect with learners and inspire them to continue in their learning journey.
0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Homework
Frequency: includedFeedback: includedDetails: Learners will work on their projects inside and outside of class.
You will need glue sticks, white glue, or modge podge; paints of some sort (hopefully non-toxic) and brushes; found objects from a walk; magazines, newspapers, flyers, construction paper; scissors; maaaybee a hammer, nail, or wire, string or something to work on the 3D collage; a computer that you can use the photo editing software on and permission from your adult to install the software if you don't already have it. Please ensure your adult helps you install Gimp from gimp.org if you need a program for the digital collage class.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
There may be wire and wire cutters needed as well as the use of scissors. Please make sure you have software such as the open source program Gimp or a photo editing program that allows for layers such as Photoshop.
*This course directly relates to B.C. Ministry of Education’s Curricular Core Competencies for Arts Education Grades 4-12 exploring/creating, reasoning/reflecting, communicating/documenting, and connecting/expanding.
Joined October, 2017
4.7
565reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education from University of Victoria
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from McGill University, Canada
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Group Class
$17
weekly or $100 for 6 classes1x per week, 6 weeks
50 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-16
2-8 learners per class
