In this class, we will explore the question, "How does play help us create?" We will think of new ideas for art-making through guessing games, improvisation techniques, surprising prompts, and by collaboratively inventing stories. Students have the choice of using modeling clay, drawing materials, and collage in response to a topic. 

I will show a slide that shows an artwork from art history as we play the game, “What is missing?” We will do games using story cubes (students don’t need to have a set, as mine is sufficient for the class) and description games that help students verbalize visual and spatial elements. Slides are the starting point for sketching, sculpting with modeling clay, and cutting and gluing pictures. We will use picture prompts, word prompts, and improvisation through collage. The purpose of the class is peer interaction and idea generation/creativity through play. If students are interested, there may be one video clip under 5-minutes that connects to our topic of creativity, followed by a short discussion. I will respond to some “how-to” requests and students can share what they are discovering as they use materials, but techniques and processes aren’t the focus of this class. Art Games and Stories is designed to generate laughter, sharing, and ideas - important parts of social-emotional learning.