Things that I love, like Star Wars, Dr. Who, Harry Potter, Cat Memes, and Jurassic Park just don't get much attention with the K-5th grade set. I have in the past taught a meme project to 4th & 5th grade, and we used Dr. Who during our van Gogh unit in 5th, and I'm always quoting Star Wars...
None of this impacts my students with as much enthusiasm as it does me. No one laughs when I say "I have a bad feeling about this..." and no one understands my terrified face when their water cups start to tremble.
I started coming up with themed classes and events for teens that come to my art studio. I started Fandom Friday in the Fall and it has been very popular. I recently tried adding themes to more of my classes that teach outside of school with varying success.
I just wrapped up a three week class called The Fine Art of Harry Potter. I planned the mini-curriculum to include headmaster portraits, wand-making, and mini-figure construction.
We began with headmaster portraits. We looked at various portraits found on the Harry Potter wiki. I equated them to portraits painted by Rembrandt and during the Renaissance. We learned how paint with acrylics, mix colors, and generally use our imaginations.
Our second project was Wand Making!! This was fun. We used dowel rods and model magic. We looked at some of the famous wands of the wizarding world. We were inspired by those, but ultimately designed our own. Very fun! Teens love Model Magic.
View the Flickr album to see some pix.
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