Lesson 2 Art as Empowerment Arts and Media Lesson 2 Art as Empowerment What do you see? Answers on your whiteboards

Starter Find a partner Get a whiteboard each One of you will be the artist the other will be the interpreter The artist will sit facing the screen The interpreter will have their back to the screen and will face the artist The artist has 90seconds to draw something to explain what is displayed on the screen they must not use words. The artist is trying to communicate. The interpreter must write down on their whiteboard what they think the artist is trying to say The artist must not speak to the interpreter The artist and interpreter must change roles each time

I love my job

2. I am very happy

3. I am being bullied

4. I am falling in love

What can we learn from this task? Think about it and discuss it with your partner. Use these questions as a starting point What was easy/ difficult about the task? What did it make you think about? Where is there value in an activity like this? Why and for who?

Learning objectives To develop an understanding of the role and purpose of art in society and in education Learning outcomes To be able to establish some of the functions of art To understand the wider value of art within society

What function does art serve?

What function does art serve?

What function does art serve? A CHALLENGE TO SOCIAL NORMS THE POWER OF SELF-EXPRESSION A CONTRASTING BALANCE TO SCIENCE ART? THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEBATE AND OPINION HISTORICAL RECORD THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDENTITY & SELF AWARENESS A CREATIVE OUTPUT AESTHETIC APPRECIATION

What function does art serve? "The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."  -Pablo Picasso It is the aesthetic that balances our intellect. The beauty, the provocateur, the teacher, the stress reducer, the attention increaser, art is the higher purpose of our endeavor.  There are those that are wise (philosophers), those that are spirited (soldiers), and those that are creative. It is among these creative sorts that the lowest of craft and the highest of attained beauty spring from.

Art or expression? Art therapy