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Body Island Project 1st Years
Aim:
- To work together as a group to create a body island based on the shape of the body
Learning objectives:
- To work as an effective group
- To make group decisions through consultation and discussion
- To use a variety of art materials to create art
- To develop group imagination and creativity
- To use the parts of the body as a inspiration for creating art work
To offer opportunities for group work; discussion, negotiation, decision making, planning, creative action and evaluation.
To develop group and individual creative skills - Explore a social issue in a visual way
To introduce the body as a template for...
- learning body parts; learning the words for body parts
- anatomy; what is inside the body? what does each part do?
- story making; exploring the imagination with storymaking, shareing and telling
- fact and fiction; exploring what is a fact and what is fiction
- 3d work and 2d work; using collage, building up parts using man-made or natural materials
- large work and small work; working with size,
- identity and culture: what made us the same and different
- talking about emotions; where do you feel angry? sad?
- Games: using the shape to create a fun game based on numeracy and/or literacy
Ideas: read Gulliver travels as a prompt before making the body island or any ideas the group have
The Body is a wonderful resourse for inspiring artwork. Drawing around the shape of the whole body, hands, feet etc offers opportunities to draw but without the risk of failing to be a 'good drawer'.
Engaging with the shapes offers opportunities to develop ideas and apply different processes; collage, paint, and junk materials. Relatively few resources are required and the engagement or ownership can be high.
Personal development and therapeutic approaches can be in the areas of, for example; body image, identity, group cohesion, cultural belonging, and political views, to name a few.
Variations on the idea:
Step 1. Outline the body of one of the members of the group.
Step 2. The group decide the theme and use a variety of materials; magazines, new papers and junk materials.
END of Jan/Feb 2018 group of 1st year social care
Group work:
AIM:
To produce a piece of Art work by a group that uses the body as a template.The Body is a wonderful resourse for inspiring artwork. Drawing around the shape of the whole body, hands, feet etc offers opportunities to draw but without the risk of failing to be a 'good drawer'.
Engaging with the shapes offers opportunities to develop ideas and apply different processes; collage, paint, and junk materials. Relatively few resources are required and the engagement or ownership can be high.
Personal development and therapeutic approaches can be in the areas of, for example; body image, identity, group cohesion, cultural belonging, and political views, to name a few.
Variations on the idea:
- Chalk on a footpath
- Paint a mural
- Cardboard cutouts
- Using a projector and shadow to create shapes
Step 1. Outline the body of one of the members of the group.
Step 2. The group decide the theme and use a variety of materials; magazines, new papers and junk materials.
Jan/Feb 2018 1st year Social care groups exploring a 'Social issue'
