ASU Artspace at Desert Oasis: April 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

NO ARTSPACE THIS THURSDAY APRIL 30TH. :(

NO ARTSPACE THIS THURSDAY :(

WE WILL MISS YOU !

THINGS TO DO ON FRIDAY:

* work on scripts

* make costumes/props

* send invitations

* finish signage for artspace artshow

* get really good at Grand Finale performance!!!!!

A Salute to Becky!

Here we are playing our game of choice - Ships and Sailor's

Friday, April 17, 2009

ArtSpace ArtShow

Who: ArtSpace

What: ArtShow

Where: Desert Oasis Cafeteria

When: May 15th at 4pm

Why: A Grand Finale!

Getting Ready for the ArtSpace ArtShow!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

We Miss You!!

Becky and I will not be coming in this week.... :(

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Posing for a Pic!

What fun bunch- Our group has an amazing sense of humor -- Becky and I our so thankful for a group filled with so much personality...

Name Poems, Mosaics, and Hand Masks ..o my...

Renee and Clayton Hard at Work!

CATCH UP DAY!!

Today was a day we decided to get all of our projects we have started so far and finish them up! We have to start getting ready for the ArtSpace ArtShow!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

TOMORROW!

Tomorrow we are going to refine our scripts and continue with character development...Also - be ready to work in your groups and come up with ideas for props and set design!!

Monday, April 6, 2009

The class has been busy at work writing and illustrating stories and translating new ideas into plays. We have been working with the group on expressing emotions and using body movement as a way to act out scenes. This past week the class split up into four groups and came up with different proposals for plays. So far we have the following working titles: Rock it Up!, Party Animals!, Aliens visit Town, and a Friday Night.

Come back soon for more posts and some pics!

About Our Instructors

Matt McGraw, President of Emusicinstrucition, is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Percussion Performance at Arizona State University. As a performer, McGraw has had the privilege of playing in many different types of music ensembles and is looking forward to playing with the ArtSpace students as Desert Oasis!

Pooneh Erami is from Irvine, California. She received her B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz in the History of Art and Visual Culture. In Santa Cruz she developed an interest in sculpture and space which brought her to architecture. She is now a teaching assista

About ArtSpace

ASU ArtSpace is a transdiciplinary arts and design afterschool serving the Phoenix area and establishing a new model of arts educational experience aiming to ensure that its students are self-confident, successful in school and proactive in making a positive impact in their community. ArtSpace was launched in Fall 2008 by a partnership between the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture and the Arizona Department of Education. The ASU ArtSpace program places graduate students from all Schools within the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at eligible schools to provide transdiciplinary programming focused upon their disciplines and thesis. The graduate students design their own transdisciplinary curriculum in teams of two based upon a global theme such as Time, Place, Communication or Storytelling under the guidance of Melissa McGurgan, the ArtSpace Program Coordinator.

ArtSpace classrooms are treated as creative spaces where students are exposed to a multitude of artforms, skills and collaborative processes and the graduate student instructors are able to test and develop experimental teaching methods, techniques and learning processes incorporating art, design and technology. The pilot semester of ASU ArtSpace took place in Fall 2008 and is now serving 12 schools during the 2009-2010 school year. The ASU ArtSpace program exemplifies the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s charge for universities to form partnerships with local school districts and create a new generation of teachers while establishing ASU as an accessible educational entity which embraces new thinking and approaches to art and design to hundreds of children, families, educators and communities throughout the Valley.