Artwork Title: Compass Rose Name of Artist: Angela Toh, Angelo Leung, Cheong Choo Mui, Clara Tai, Clare Wee, Dorathy Lye, Gregory Silver, Katherine Silver, Pamela Chan, Sherlene Ng School: Singapore International School, Hong Kong This lesson is suitable for students in: Secondary 3 Express Possible Guiding Questions for Discussing Art Possible Lesson Ideas for […]
Read more "Compass Rose // Lesson Idea"Artwork Title: Variance Name of Artist: Ang Siew Ching School: Northbrooks Secondary School Introduction: How can students learn to construct a mood/story about a chosen environment? I imagine that this lesson could be adapted for secondary three students, and further differentiated depending on their prior knowledge and experiences. This lesson unit will […]
Read more "Ang Siew Ching // Lesson Idea"Artwork Title: Field Name of Artist: Aini Azidah School: Pioneer Junior College This lesson is suitable for students in: Secondary 3, JC1 Introduction: Nature / Form / Shapes / Similarities / Organic How can students learn to observe forms found in our natural surroundings and apply substitution (from the creative thinking strategy, S.C.A.M.P.E.R.) Objective/ Instructions […]
Read more "Aini Azidah // Lesson Idea"Lesson Idea Form / Composition / Built Environment / Mood How can students learn to construct a mood/story about a chosen environment? I imagine that this lesson could be adapted for secondary three students, and further differentiated depending on their prior knowledge and experiences. This lesson unit will likely stretch over a term, and include teacher […]
Read more "Variance // Ang Siew Cheng // Lesson Plan"Lesson Idea Nature / Form / Shapes / Similarities / Organic How can students learn to observe forms found in our natural surroundings and apply substitution (from the creative thinking strategy, S.C.A.M.P.E.R.)? This lesson can be adapted for secondary three students and JC 1 students. Instruction Students will: Visit a garden, park or nature reserve […]
Read more "Field // Aini Azidah // Lesson Plan"Xie Shangyi // Nanyang Girls’ High School // Digital Manipulation // 3 Ipads Will there be a day when education become as addictive as games? This artwork adopts an 8-bit aesthetics of classic arcade games. The nostalgic ‘Space Invader’ game parallels the structured learning environment of a classroom, while the ‘Snake’ game resembles the constant […]
Read more "Continue?"a | edge¹ is an annual art teachers’ exhibition organised by the Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the aRts (STAR). Since 2012, a punctuation mark is chosen as a graphical and symbolic stimulus for art creation. The theme for the exhibition, which changes annually, serves as a catalyst for generating conversations between teacher-artists in the fraternity. […]
Read more "A…EDGE"Practice is an ongoing process. The continuous cycle of one’s artistic practice conceptualising, re-structuring, breaking apart and making whole again mirrors our daily routines of consistent disciplined practice. STAR is pleased to present a | edge, the annual art teachers’ exhibition organised by the Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the aRts in its fourth year running. The Academy encourages Practice […]
Read more "Foreword"A…EDGE 2015 Reflecting…celebrating…looking forward by Christina Arum Sok “The arts humanize the curriculum while affirming the interconnectedness of all forms of knowing. They are a powerful means to improve general education.” Charles Fowler¹ The importance of arts education cannot be more emphasized; perhaps this comes across as preaching to the choir amongst this audience, […]
Read more "Curator’s Note"Exhibition Committee Mrs Rebecca Chew Academy Principal, STAR; exhibition committee advisor Ms Christina Arum Sok Independent Curator; curator for a…edge 2015 Mr Lee Pheng Guan Programme Manager (Art), STAR; exhibition chair Mr Lim Kok Boon Programme Director (Art), STAR Mdm Victoria Loy Master Teacher (Art), STAR Ms Tang Hui Jing Programme Manager (Art), STAR Mdm […]
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2015, Mixed Media, 20cm x 20cm x 30cm
Read more "Deconstruction of Self (2015)"This lesson is suitable for students in : Secondary 2 Artwork title: Deconstruction of self Possible Questions Possible Elegant Task Name of artist: Adzmey Asmom School : Junyuan Secondary School Possible Questions 1. What makes a sculpture? Would you consider this artwork a sculpture? Why? 2. What kind of materials do sculptors usually use? 3. […]
Read more "LESSON IDEAS FOR DECONSTRUCTION OF SELF (2015) BY ADZMEY BIN ASMOM"
2015, Mixed media on paper, 120cm x 90cm
Read more "Figures of speech (2015)"This lesson is suitable for students in : Secondary 2, 3 & JC1 Artwork title: Figure of Speech Name of artists: Joanna Ng, Shuhui, Chia Wei Hou, Ang Tze Qi Artwork Lesson Idea description What is drawing? Drawing is essentially a story told through mark making. If a drawing says a thousand words, can we not use […]
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2015, Stop Motion Animation, Dimensions variable By ANGELINA CHIA, Tampines North Primary School JASJIT KAUR, St Hilda’s Primary School We were piqued by curiosity of how non-living materials could be manipulated to a living state. The close-up framing of the materials amplifies the textures, details and forms of these materials, evoking a […]
Read more "Dead But Alive (2015)"This lesson is suitable for students in : Primary 5 and 6 Artwork title: Dead but Alive Name of artist: Jasjit Kaur / Angelina Chia Lesson Idea description Are inanimate objects truly dead and lifeless? Are we really looking close enough to see the possibility of life in things around us? Through experimentation […]
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