9位鼓舞人心的艺术家，助您拓展美术教学的多元性
原文链接：https://thatartteacher.com/2019/01/21/9-inspiring-artists-to-make-your-teaching-more-diverse/
日期： 2019-01-21
作者： Sierra Machado
分类： 课堂管理、长课时教案
标签： 美术、美术教育、美术教师、艺术家、Cheeming Boey、小学美术、Elizabeth Catlett、Frida Kahlo、Georgia O’Keeffe、高中美术、Hiroshige、初中美术、Jim McDowell、中学美术、Shirin Neshat、That Art Teacher、thatartteacher
九位鼓舞人心的艺术家，助您拓展美术教学的多元性。这份榜单囊括了雕塑、摄影、插画与风景画等不同领域的艺术家。帮助学生在美术课中看到更广阔的视角。
艺术史与人类本身一样多元。数百年来，我们持续创作艺术，以联结语言、阶层、文化、色彩与性别——以及人类经验的方方面面。
我初登讲台时，深感责任重大，甚至有些不知所措。眼前上百张仰望着我的面孔（字面意义上），其外貌与经历都与我迥然不同。
我是典型的公立学校教师：白人、女性、中产阶级。在几位极为出色的美术教育教授影响下，我深切意识到：必须营造一个包容多元体验的课堂，并带领学生探索风格各异的艺术家与艺术形式。
这九位艺术家，是我多年来发现并最钟爱的，他们切实助力我开展更具广度的美术教育。名单之外还有太多太多令人惊叹的艺术家！我非常期待听到您心目中的首选！
Cheeming Boey，iamboey.com
Cheeming Boey： 这位出生于马来西亚的艺术家，以在泡沫纸杯上绘制钢笔插画而闻名。其创作涵盖泡沫咖啡杯与香蕉上的钢笔插画，亦延伸至图像小说风格的漫画书。他的博客“I am Boey”持续更新最新作品，学生尤其喜爱他作品中对流行文化的引用，以及那些非传统的“画布”。
Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett： 一位鼓舞人心的雕塑家与艺术家，聚焦于展现20世纪非裔美国人（尤其是女性）的生活体验。她是获释黑奴的孙女，其艺术倡导社会变革。她是我人物雕塑单元的绝对首选艺术家；学生也乐于将她的雕塑与阿尔贝托·贾科梅蒂（Alberto Giacometti）拉长而骨感的人物造型进行对比分析。
Lois Mailou Jones
Lois Mailou Jones： 一位艺术家兼教育家（她正是Elizabeth Catlett的老师！），在其众多绘画与纺织品创作中深入探索非洲部落艺术。与Catlett相似，她的许多作品亦直面自身因种族与性别所遭遇的偏见。若设计内容充实的单元，可自然关联非洲部落艺术与巴勃罗·毕加索（Pablo Picasso）更具抽象性的风格。
Hiroshige木版画
歌川广重（Utagawa Hiroshige）： 这位日本浮世绘版画家，以木版画生动呈现日本本土生活与旅途见闻。这段简短的YouTube传记视频配有精彩视觉素材，有助于学生直观感受其艺术风格（并掌握名字的正确发音！）。他的木版风景画曾深刻启发文森特·梵高（Vincent Van Gogh）与克劳德·莫奈（Claude Monet）等艺术家；学生也乐于了解他游历日本的经历如何催生这些版画杰作。
Shirin Neshat，《真主的女人》
Shirin Neshat： 一位以摄影与电影闻名的艺术家，长期探索伊朗本土女性地位与伊斯兰原教旨主义议题。她早期的摄影作品政治性极强，且多具自传性质。部分图像包含枪支元素，故不建议向低龄学生展示；但其重要讯息亦可通过画面冲击力较弱的照片清晰传达。她是一位极佳的艺术家人选，可在中学（甚至更早阶段）课堂中有效激发思辨讨论。
Frida Kahlo，《带荆棘项链的自画像》
Frida Kahlo： 当然要选她！弗里达必在我的榜单之上。作为有史以来最著名（也是我个人最爱！）的女性及墨西哥艺术家之一，她的自画像勇敢袒露其生命历程与内心情感状态，总能引发课堂中热烈而深刻的对话。一旦学生见过一幅弗里达·卡罗的画作，这位充满力量的女性便再难被遗忘。
Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe： 我过去一直低估乔治亚·欧姬芙（Georgia O’Keeffe）的价值。我仅将她视为“以巨幅花卉闻名的女士”，直到参观新墨西哥州圣达菲的乔治亚·欧姬芙博物馆，并观看了她在一段旧YouTube视频中亲述艺术理念，才真正领悟她在美国艺术史上的重要地位。当现代艺术圈仍近乎“男性俱乐部”之时，她已掀起波澜。抱歉，欧姬芙，我曾低估了你！
Emily Carr
Emily Carr： 一位加拿大风景画家，以鲜活笔触描绘不列颠哥伦比亚省西海岸及其原住民文化。她的风景画生机盎然，同时亦映射出她所经历的孤寂。她曾自述为“一个身处荒芜边缘的老妇人”。我特别喜欢将她的画作与文森特·梵高的作品并置展示——二者皆散发出一种光芒四射、超越现实的生命力，给学生留下强烈印象。
Jim McDowell，“黑人陶艺家”
Jim McDowell： 一位来自美国北卡罗来纳州阿什维尔市的艺术家，通过“面部陶罐”（Face Jug）陶艺探索自身文化遗产。这种民间艺术形式由美国内战后南方各州的非洲裔奴隶所创。我热切期盼他莅临我的课堂，指导我的陶艺学生！他在PBS《历史侦探》节目这一集里，充分展现了他对这一重要历史艺术形式所倾注的热情与能量。
哪些艺术家激励着您的课堂？
9 Inspiring Artists to Make Your Teaching More Diverse
Original: https://thatartteacher.com/2019/01/21/9-inspiring-artists-to-make-your-teaching-more-diverse/
Date: 2019-01-21
Author: Sierra Machado
Categories: classroom management, long form lesson plan
Tags: art, art education, art teacher, artist, cheeming boey, elementary art, elizabeth catlett, frida kahlo, georgia o'keeffe, high school art, hiroshige, intermediate school art, jim mcdowell, middle school art, shirin neshat, that art teacher, thatartteacher
Nine inspiring artist to make your teaching more diverse. My top list of artists ranging from sculpture, photography, illustration and landscape painting. Help your students see a broader perspective in your art classes.
The history of art is as diverse as humankind. We have been creating art across centuries to connect between language, class, culture, color and gender and all aspects of the human experience.
When I first started teaching I was very overwhelmed with the feeling of responsibility. I had over a hundred faces looking up to me (literally) that looked very different from mine and had very different experiences.
I am your stereotypical public school teacher: white, female, middle class. I felt a deep need (thanks to some really great art education professors) to facilitate a classroom with diverse experiences and exploration of a variety of artists and art styles.
These nine artists are my favorite artists I’ve discovered throughout the years that help facilitate a broader art education. There are so.many.amazing. artists not on this list, I’d love to hear your top picks!
Cheeming Boey, iamboey.com
Cheeming Boey:This Malaysian born artist is most famous for his pen illustrations on foam cups. His artwork spans pen illustrations on foam coffee cups and bananas to graphic novel style comic books. His blog I am Boey is updated with his newest work and students really respond to his pop-culture references and unconventional “canvases”.
Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett : An inspiring sculptor and artist that depicted the experience of African Americans, typically women, of the 20th century. She was the granddaughter of freed slaves and her art championed social change.She is my absolute go-to artist for my figure sculpture units and students love to compare/contrast her sculptures to Alberto Giacometti’s elongated and skeletal figures.
Lois Mailou Jones
Lois Mailou Jones:An artist and educator (she was Elizabeth Catlett’s teacher!) that explored African tribal art in many of her paintings and textiles. Like Catlett, much of her art explored the prejudice she experienced due to her race and gender. For a jam packed unit there are some great connections to African tribal art and Pablo Picasso’s more abstract style.
Hiroshige woodblock print
Utagawa Hiroshige: This Japanese print maker created woodblock prints that illustrated the life and travels of Japan. This short YouTube biography has some great visuals to help students see his style of art (and help pronounce his name!) His woodblock landscapes would inspire artists such as Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet and student’s love to hear about how his travels through Japan inspired his prints.
Shrin Neshat, The Women of Allah
Shirin Neshat: A photographer and film maker famous for exploring the role of women and Islamic fundamentalism in her home country of Iran. Her early photographs are intensely political and usually are autobiographical. Some images include guns and I wouldn’t show younger students, but her important message also comes through in her less graphic photographs. A great artist to spark debate in a secondary (or younger!) setting.
Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace
Frida Kahlo: DUH. Frida had to be on my list. One of the most famous (and one of my favorite!) female and Mexican artists of all time, her self-portraits paintings are brave glimpses into her life and emotional state and always leads to great conversations in the classroom. Once an art student has seen a Frida Kahlo painting they will never forget this powerful woman.
Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe: I always underappreciated Georgia O’Keeffe. I thought of her as the famous large flower lady, and it wasn’t until I visited the Georgia O’Keeffe Museumin Sante Fe and heard her speak about her art in this old YouTube clipthat her valuable role in American art really hit me. She was making waves in the modern art scene when it was still very much a boy’s club. Sorry I doubted you, Georgia!
Emily Carr
Emily Carr: A Canadian landscape painter that vividly painted the west coast of British Columbia and it’s First Nations culture. Her landscape paintings are full of life while also depicting the isolation she experienced. She was quoted as describing herself as “a little old woman on the edge of nowhere”. I love showing her paintings juxtaposed next to Vincent Van Gogh because they both share this radiating larger-than-life quality that make a strong impact on students.
Jim McDowell, the Black Potter
Jim McDowell: An Asheville North Carolina artist who explores his heritage through Face Jug pottery, a type of folk art made by African slaves post Civil War in the southern states. I would love for him to visit my classroom and work with my ceramics students! His energy and passion for this important historical art form is captured in this episode of PBS History Detectives.
Who are the artists that inspire your classroom?