ASU ArtSpace @ Academy of Excellence

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Week -Two

In this week, students continued to gather continent information, including special animals, plants, landmarks, and weather. Each student chose a particular season to describe in his/her project. It was convenient that students could use the computer lab to search their resources. After writing down all kinds of information, students started picking up unique features on their continents and combined these resources to create rough idea for their projects.

In addition, we also took photo for Class Rules which offer students an opportunity to supervise themselves.

Ms. Day and Mrs. Miao

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Week One--Fall 09

Hello everybody,

This week was our first week to start a new semester of the after-school program"ArtSpace" at the Academy of Excellence. It was a lot fun! All students and teachers agreed and signed for the classroom rule contract! There were 12 students attended this program on the first day. We were glad to see a few students who participated this program last semester. In addition, it was so exciting to include one more student joining in on Thursday! We introduced our big project "continents--Seasons" to students, and divided students by continents to start their own projects. At the end of this semester, we'll see seven continents displaying in different seasons! Through this project, we hope students can "travel" the world by researching on specific information relevant to continents; we hope students can cooperate with others and share their knowledge; we hope students can utilize all kinds of art supplies to create a big surprise; we hope students can learn how to manage their time, solve issues, complete a project by using systematic process.

Ms. Day & Mrs. Miao

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Tour our Canalscape Neighborhood

Our Last Day

Culminating Event @ AOE
Unveiling of Canalscape Neighborhood
Students: Congrats on your Hard Work!!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Week Fifteen

Bridges, Trains and Trees...OMy! This week we added finishing touches to our model neighborhood. Bridges and bus stops were constructed. The light rail line was installed and the students made many, many trees to provide shade for our city. Next week, we look forward to sharing our hard work with the school, friends, family, and the community!

Friday, April 24, 2009

Week Fourteen

This week we talked about how our neighborhood should come together. Where should everyone's buildings go? The students decided which buildings should be nearby one another, which should be next to major roads, and those that should have views over the canal. We also worked on details our city needs like trees, bus stops, and bridges.

About the Instructors

Adam Davie is a sixth year, Master's of Architecture graduate student at Arizona State University. He grew up in Sandusky, Ohio and graduated from the Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. Adam has studied Architecture in Paris, Italy, and the Netherlands. He has previously taught Artspace as well as Architecture at ASU. His other interests include photography, music basketball, tennis, sketching, and hiking.

Ben Dumbauld is completing a M.A. in Ethnomusicology at Arizona State University, researching music-making in the Chinese community at Arizona. A native of Phoenix, he recieved a Bachelor's degree in Jazz Performance at ASU, and has performed with many of the leading orchestras, choirs, operas, and Musical Theater companies in Arizona. He is also a private music instructor and English tutor.

Artspace Theme

TIME

Few things are harder to understand than time; pleasantly then, time and space allow for educational and creative experiences to play off one another. Ironically, often youth, who have experienced the least amount of actual lived time, understand it best. This is certainly true today: a typical ten year olds vocabulary includes the phrases “real-time” and “virtual reality.” This theme draws from young people’s strengths to create learning environments for example, that familiarize them with classroom skills like linear time where history and science meet on maps and planets. It helps students see how the sounds and audible noises in our everyday lives relate and convey meaning. These lessons allow parents to see how and why a typical student today uses multiple media simultaneously.

About ArtSpace

ASU ArtSpace is a transdiciplinary arts and design afterschool serving the Phoenix area and establishing a new model of arts educational experience aiming to ensure that its students are self-confident, successful in school and proactive in making a positive impact in their community. ArtSpace was launched in Fall 2008 by a partnership between the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture and the Arizona Department of Education. The ASU ArtSpace program places graduate students from all Schools within the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at eligible schools to provide transdiciplinary programming focused upon their disciplines and thesis. The graduate students design their own transdisciplinary curriculum in teams of two based upon a global theme such as Time, Place, Communication or Storytelling under the guidance of Melissa McGurgan, the ArtSpace Program Coordinator.

ArtSpace classrooms are treated as creative spaces where students are exposed to a multitude of artforms, skills and collaborative processes and the graduate student instructors are able to test and develop experimental teaching methods, techniques and learning processes incorporating art, design and technology. The pilot semester of ASU ArtSpace took place in Fall 2008 and is now serving 12 schools during the 2009-2010 school year. The ASU ArtSpace program exemplifies the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s charge for universities to form partnerships with local school districts and create a new generation of teachers while establishing ASU as an accessible educational entity which embraces new thinking and approaches to art and design to hundreds of children, families, educators and communities throughout the Valley.