Project Description
Students will create a mixed media art piece that will usher teens through a creative process to locate a part of themselves that they would like seen clearly by others, as well as themselves. This may be something wonderful or something tough that deserves the spotlight.
Schools can then choose to have students take these mixed media heart expressions home or add on the option of an assembly gallery celebration for students, family and community. This add on gives students an opportunity to be truly seen as passers by acknowledge a common heart experience by placing a hand on their own heart. (Reach out to us at artsed@lanearts.org to learn more about this option.)
Final Product
Students will create a mixed media art piece that expresses a piece of their heart they would like to share with others and honor within themselves. Schools also have the option to host a gallery celebration assembly.
Learning Objectives
- Students will gain the important social emotional lesson that what their heart expresses and has endured is valuable.
- Students will learn the basics of creating mixed media art.
- Students will discover how to become reflective and self-reference to create meaningful art.
Suggested Grades
- This residency is best suited for middle school and high school students.
Pricing Breakdown
- 4 visits at 45 minutes each
- Prep hours: 3 hour per classroom
- Materials: $3.00 per student
- Travel from Eugene
Meet the Artist!
Why we teach art:
“To create good art and good lives, I believe we can start where we are with what we have. I look forward to helping teachers and students connect to their creative selves in an empowered way that delights them. For seven years prior to my emergence as a self-taught artist, creativity and compassion were the foundation from which I taught middle school language arts and US History. In 2007, I was honored with a student nominated Local Teacher of The Year award. From 2008-2023, I exhibited at length in the world class cities of Chicago, Eugene, and Sedona with my two full length, immersive art and writing experiences.
Before being donated to the clinic waiting room of HIV Alliance here in Eugene, my second collection which honors the resiliency of the human spirit, The Soul Success Medals for Humanity, was featured on the cover of Sedona’s Red Rock News. My first collection, Aorta Transformata: an artistic depiction of the heart through openness, love, death, rebirth and the ability to love again exhibited in Chicago from 2008-2011 where the then Mindful Metropolis, stated it “resonates on a universal plane”.
—Arianne (Air) Taylor
