Beryl Kwok // Lesson Idea

Artwork Title: Boat Name of Artist: Beryl Kwok Liwen School: Victoria Junior College Introduction: Lesson idea/Guiding Question How can elementary shapes work together to tell a story? (Graphic designers can use a very limited palette of shapes to create outstanding variations of a graphic motif.) Key Concerns: Elements of Art, Spatial composition, colour This lesson […]

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Harvest // Lesson Plan

Artwork Title: Harvest Name of Artist: Belize Chan, Nurjannah Ayub and Pang Chiaw Yong School: Innova Primary School, MacPherson Primary School, Damai Secondary School   Possible Guiding Questions for Discussing Art Possible lesson ideas for making art Exploration of Art Making Materials:   ·    What might harvesting mean to urban dwellers? (to you?) ·    What […]

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Anisah Salim // Lesson Idea

Artwork Title: Blue-Haired Lady Name of Artist: Anisah Salim  School: Coral Primary School This lesson is suitable for students in: Primary 4 and 5  Possible Guiding Questions for Discussing Art Possible Lesson Ideas for Making Art PQP in Art Appreciation (Praise-Question-Polish) Praise What so you like about the artwork? (e.g. materials, colours, texture) Question ·      […]

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Continue?

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 […]

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A…EDGE

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. […]

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Foreword

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 […]

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Curator’s Note

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, […]

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LESSON IDEAS FOR DECONSTRUCTION OF SELF (2015) BY ADZMEY BIN ASMOM

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. […]

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