Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Friday, October 18, 2019
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Thursday, April 04, 2019
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Anyone Want a Crabfest Button?
My goal is to work on more designs for the rest of the year. I love graphic design!
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
HyperDocs: Currated Research for Students
A HyperDoc contains multimedia resources based around a topic curated by teachers to maximize students' learning and curiosity by providing multimodal learning opportunities (real-world examples, visuals, videos, text, and auditory resources.)
HyperDocs made by me a couple of years ago:
Here is the presentation on Interactive Digital Menus by Jenn Martin that I went to at the NAEA Conference this year. (So good!)
HyperDocs made by me a couple of years ago:
- Silhouettes throughout the history of art
- Surrealism
Here is the presentation on Interactive Digital Menus by Jenn Martin that I went to at the NAEA Conference this year. (So good!)
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
NAEA Convention Artwork: Boston 2019
These are all things I did in Boston last week: so many ideas!
Paper burlap (from Roylco) with acrylic paint and stitching
Soft sculpture made of canvas (print of Customs tower--Boston) (Blick lesson plan)
Symbolic Self-Portrait
Silhouette portrait of Toni Morrison by Robert McCurdy
This portrait was drawn with triangles
Found descriptions on a book page
Embroidery for Fahrenheit 451
Categories:
Acrylic,
Drawing,
Embroidery,
mixed media,
Print,
Sculpture,
Weaving
Monday, December 10, 2018
Storytelling and Bookmaking
We are partnering with the Morgan Library this year to create illuminated manuscripts with gold leaf and hand mixed paints. Here is my planning process. This is based on a story I have been brainstorming for years: I Hate Birds.
Three notecards with beginning, middle, and end of the narrative.
Narrative sketch *cutting out inessential words and ideas
Title Page
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Monday, September 24, 2018
Palimpsest Drawing
In our throw-away and digital society, the concept and necessity of using Palimpsests are outdated and antiquated ones.
In art, you can get an interesting visual look by writing over and over on a piece of paper and then creating a realistic or non-objective scene that represents the words. I had students choose an overarching theme and then a word and a quotation that goes with that idea. Students free-wrote about their theme, gessoed over the words, then wrote the word and quote, and finally created an image over all those previous layers.
Song lyrics: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
In art, you can get an interesting visual look by writing over and over on a piece of paper and then creating a realistic or non-objective scene that represents the words. I had students choose an overarching theme and then a word and a quotation that goes with that idea. Students free-wrote about their theme, gessoed over the words, then wrote the word and quote, and finally created an image over all those previous layers.
Song lyrics: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
Thursday, June 07, 2018
Friday, May 25, 2018
Art and Social Justice Issues
Who is America for?
Drawing in my sketchbook
Gridded photocopy
Enlargement with Text and Colored Pencils
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Friday, May 11, 2018
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