This week we visited the Carolyn Lizard’s exhibition on the top floor. Approximately 15 minutes completely submerged in Carolyn’s experience she provided. It started a great conversation on accessibility as well as practical action as an artist. We referred back to her artist talk and seeing the work in person after hearing about it was truly fascinating for the students.
When we got back to the art lap Hibaaq supplied a lovely art exercise where we all pulled a card and had to sculpt the object. We then had to guess each others pieces with our eyed closed. This emphasized how the experience changed and adapted with the different senses. This teaching method pulled the gallery show in to their research project/zine on accessibility.
After the art talk we delved into their research project. Lauren was kind enough to reformat and break down the zine to pages and assignments for the students and what has yet to be assigned. Lauren then asked each student to say a goal they will be working on for the rest of class. This gives them a bit of ownership and focus. I’m super excited to see the progress after spring break!!