<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT"%> Studio In A School - Linking Visual Arts & Literacy

Workshop: Printmaking

 

MOTIVATION:

 

What does being an artist mean? What might it have to do with the author's use of the word "flying"? What do we mean when we talk about using our imagination? How does Faith's imagination transform and add magic to her world? Does it make her world a better or more interesting place? How does her artistic imagination help her feel as if she "owns" the Goerge Washington Bridge? What role does art play in her sense of making right that which she sees as wrong or unjust? What mood is created by her color, composition and pattern? Does the author seem to take pleasure in what she sees? How does she communicate that? Does it give you pleasure too? Does the quilt form have a special place in various cultures? How is this quilt different from non-narrative quilts? How do you like the idea of using words and pictures in a quilt?