Nasher 3:01 Club

Visit Four: CONCLUSION

2008-12-15T08:48:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who made this program such a success!

Thank you to Chase for providing the funding that made 3:01 Club possible, and to Girls Inc. for being an engaged and committed partner.

And a very special thank you to the girls, who brought this program to life. We are proud of you all and hope you will continue to explore art and innovate as you grow!

PHOTOS

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Looking at Willem de Kooning's Seated Woman

Walking through Richard Serra's My Curves Are Not Mad

Designing boxes that represent creativity and imagination

Installing the boxes for the family reception

Families came to see what the girls have been working on

3:01 Club mural

Thanks everyone!

Visit Three: NEW WAYS OF SEEING

2008-12-04T12:41:00.000-08:00

Some works of art are innovative because the artist uses everyday things and encourages us to see them in a new or different way. Artist Joan Miró arranged objects he found around his studio to create the sculpture Caress of a Bird, and artist James Turrell uses light to change the way we see the sky in Tending, (Blue).

TRY THIS AT HOME: Ordinary to Extraordinary

You can turn things you find around the house into inspiration for drawings.
First, look for things around the house that are smaller than a sheet of paper, such as scissors, bottles, or keys.
Next, set one or more of your objects on a sheet of paper and trace around it with a pencil.
Finally, draw on and around the outline to turn it into something new! Show your drawing to a friend or family member and see if they can guess what you traced.

PHOTOS

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About to enter James Turrell's Skyspace, Tending, (Blue)

Looking up at the sky in Tending, (Blue)

Creating a human timeline of artist Joan Miró's life

Creating found-object collages based on the work of Joan Miró

Making self portraits out of air-dry clay

Tending, (Blue) looked very different after dark!

Visit Two: PROBLEM SOLVING

2008-11-20T09:33:00.000-08:00

Once an artist has a great idea for an artwork, he or she must figure out how to bring that idea to life. This may mean making sketches and plans like architect Renzo Piano did when designing the Nasher building, or it may mean planning how to put the parts of an artwork together for display, like a team of people did when installing Jonathan Borofsky’s Walking to the Sky.

TRY THIS AT HOME: Eco-Art Challenge

Use your problem solving skills to create art using limited materials.
First, find a friend or family member to participate in your challenge.
Next, look around the house to find materials you wouldn’t usually use for art that you can reuse for your project. You could use cereal boxes, dental floss, old newspapers, anything! Just make sure you have permission to use them.
Finally, each person should use these materials to make an artwork. See who can use them most creatively!

PHOTOS

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Looking at Renzo Piano's sketches for the Nasher building.

Learning how Walking to the Sky got into the Garden.

Taking pictures for photo journals.

Designing blueprints for buildings where we can do something we like.

Using problem solving skills to make models of the buildings we designed.

Visit One: GREAT IDEAS

2008-11-13T07:26:00.000-08:00

Any one of us can have a great idea that could change the world. If our idea is something new that no one has done before, we call it an innovation.

An artist’s great idea might be a new way of looking at something, like Raymond Duchamp-Villon’s Large Horse, or a new kind of
artwork altogether, like Alexander Calder’s The Spider.

TRY THIS AT HOME: Collaborate to Innovate

You can collaborate (work together) with a friend or family member to create a unique work of art.
First, each of you should make a drawing, painting or sculpture without showing the other person what you are doing.
Next, show each other what you have made and think of ways that you can combine the ideas into one artwork.
Finally, work together to make a new artwork using both ideas!

PHOTOS

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Decorating the art notebooks

Looking at The Spider

An art equation for Head of a Woman

Art equation for Double Glass

Equation for Seated Woman and Child

Equation for Clamdigger

Equation for Hostess

Equation for Head with Blue Shadow

Making "Invention Dice"