Issues In Art

I want my students to know art can make a difference:
Here are some links to help teach this:

1. Rebecca Roberts: Their Work Not Mine--NAEA Convention Session 2012
2. Project Unbreakable Home Site and Tumblr
3. Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Takes Her Public Art Project to Georgia--New York Times Article

Please add to the comments if you find/know of anything else.

NAEA San Diego Pre-Conference Workshop

   See the presenters' website: http://www.journalfodderjunkies.blogspot.com

Big theme ideas:

My notes and work from the day:

Mind Map:

Drawing from mind map. 

This is a symbology prompt drawing activity where you or students rank a circle, a square, a triangle, a cross, and a spiral as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Then you create a design showing your preference. 

This was free writing about one of the big ideas with a water soluable writing implement. Then re-emphasizing certain words as shown on their slides above.