GRC’s Advanced 3D Art class has been working on a collaborative project with an art class at RDC.
The middle school students were given a two dimensional color theory project, which GRC students turned into a three-dimensional artwork.
“We have to find a way to bring it to life with our own little spin,” junior Zoe “Zed” White said.
Each student’s assignment is a little bit different, depending on what the different middle schoolers created.
“My middle schooler drew a girl with a cricket mask surrounded by fire and eyes,” White said.
“I am making a 3D layered diorama-type sculpture of a drawing based on the album cover of My Dear Melancholy by The Weeknd,” senior Jill Akers said.
Mrs. Brinker was inspired to do this project by her previous experience as an elementary school art teacher.
“We paired up the 5th graders with the kindergarteners and created a 3D hand sewn doll version of the 2D drawing,” she said. “It was a huge hit.”
This is a new challenge for the GRC art students who have not collaborated before with students outside of their class.
“For all of our other 3D projects we have had examples of the finished products and were guided on the process to achieve similar results,” Akers said. “For this project we have to create our own plan and our own outcome.”
Mrs. Brinker said the lessons go beyond art.
“I believe my students, through working with a younger artist, are learning to persevere, push themselves and work hard to achieve their goal,” she said. “Because at the end of this they know there is another artist counting on them.”
Akers said she has learned more than how to sculpt a face from a ball of clay. “I’ve learned to think outside of the box,” she said.
The challenge of this project is working with someone else’s concept. “It’s difficult to make it still look like the child’s art,” White said.
Students were able to choose any materials they wanted to use in order to complete the project.
“I’m making a mobile with a simple Raggedy Ann-style doll, yarn as the fire, and clay eyes,” White said.
“I am using air dry clay to create a lifelike face, acrylic paints, cardboard, and glue to piece it all together,” Akers said.
Mrs. Brinker wants the project to help bring students together throughout the schools, saying “I hope students have gained an appreciation of building community, learning to appreciate and work with others collaboratively.”
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