April 2011 Blog Posts (5)

 

SACRED SPACES

How is art an expression of the psychological, spiritual and cultural?

What are sacred spaces?

How and why are the sacred spaces of different cultures and beliefs important?

How do we draw interior spaces and angles?

How can we create different moods using different materials and techniques?

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Hi I know its short notice but if there are any students / educators interested in this please email me at jo@pia.ac.th Cost for week is 7000 THB. Tuition and materials. Can organise accomodation

Arrive May 7th - Saturday



Day 1 - Sunday, May 8th: 

In the view with a Lecture of Museum Anatomy with YouTube videos -  ALSO - Video of in-process plaster casting Lecture.  (Two Lectures,).



Day 2 - Monday, May…

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Luisa Guest an ararte member is an Australian art educator who received a grant to interview Chinese Contemporary artists and art educators  teaching in China. Her blog is well worth a read. It covers her five week journey throughout China documenting visits into artist studios, well known art districts and international schools from Beijing to Hong Kong.

Here's a frontline video just published on pbs.org on Ai Weiwei.   Informative, interesting, infuriating and inspiring. 

 

http://video.pbs.org/video/1862488102/

 

Artist and political activist Ai Weiwei has been detained by Beijing authorities since April 3.  Let's hope he's freed soon as international pressure is building for his release. 

 

 

We have just completed our IPC topic on Habitats. We have have been learning and sorting plants and animals into their habitats. In addition we have been learning about how humans adapt their homes to suit their habitat.



We learnt how to use Google Sketch up and designed our own homes. We used clay to create our house structures and learnt how to join clay together.…

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