 | WORKSHOPSShort catalogue workshop description |
| WORKSHOPSShort catalogue workshop description |
WIT Summer Camp 1996 Art, technology and the creative learning process...
Explore and delight in the kaleidoscope effects of light using linear polarizers, polarized animation materials, and clear plastics to create kinetic art. Learn how colors are made and shapes are formed and the principles and effects of light refraction and polarization. Ms. Castano offers workshops to groups interested in a creative artistic and scientific experience. Each participant will be guided in the construction of a pre-fabricated polarized light box sculpture or polarized animation window relief which will be their own to keep and display at the end of the workshop.
Participants will be introduced to polarized sculpture projects with a demonstration of the artist's kinetic art work. A three minute video, "Pull of Kinetics", from the New York Hall of Science exhibition and a four minute video of the artist's work will be shown. Examples will be shown on a light board with optional techniques demonstrated for experimentation before their project is started. There will be a discussion of the creative process using visual elements and how that stimulates interest and understanding of science and technology. Question and answer period and a teacher guided step by step construction of the pre-fabricated light box follows. Participants will complete the light box by the end of first session.
The following session will provide participants with the opportunity to discover how colors are made and shapes are formed. Discussion of principles relating to polarized light, background color and build up of forms will precede hands on experimentation with material. By playing around the participants will discover the unique properties of polarized light and birefringent plastics. Participants will select, with the help of the teacher, three methods from their experimentation that they will then incorporate into their final composition.
The final session will be devoted to one on one assistance with the design and technical integrity of the materials. When students have completed their work an individual critique will provide positive and constructive remarks about their creative accomplishments. Finally, the class will gather together to view and critique each others work. Participants will be asked to title and sign their work.
NOTE: This program can be modified to accommodate demonstrations, shorter or longer workshops, collaborations and performance art while maintaining the full experience of polarized light.
Participants will be introduced to polarized light projects with a demonstration of the artist's kinetic art work. A three minute video, "Pull of Kinetics", from the New York Hall of Science exhibition will be show. Examples will be shown on a light board with optional techniques demonstrated for experimentation before project is started. There will be a discussion of the creative process using visual elements and how that stimulates interest and understanding of science and technology. Question and answer period and a teacher guided step by step construction of the pre-fabricated matting and framing for art reliefs follows.
The following hour will provide students with the opportunity to discover how colors are made and shapes are formed. Discussion of principles relating to polarized light, refraction of light, background color and build up of forms will precede hands on experimentation with materials. By playing around the participants will discover the unique properties of polarized light and birefringent plastics. Participants will select, with the help of the teacher, three methods from their experimentation that they will then incorporate into their final composition.
The final hour will be devoted to one on one assistance with the design and technical integrity of the materials. When students have completed their work an individual critique will provide positive and constructive remarks about their creative accomplishments. Finally, the class will be asked to title and sign their work and view each others work as a whole.
NOTE: This program can be modified to accommodate demonstrations, shorter or longer workshops, collaborations and performance art while maintaining the full experience of polarized light.
For more information on workshops and availability please contact Jo-Ann Castano by e-mail: castano@artsgloucester.com. Artist's workshop proposal and promotional video tape are available upon serious requests of organizations and institutions wishing to incorporate this program in RFP applications. Educational Reform - Art stimulates creative thinking, imagination and provides fun hands on experience. It provides a sense of success and self esteem in the encouragement to pursue education in the arts, sciences and technology. Art education is a humanizing balance in a technological age.
I wish to acknowledge the support, encouragement and sponsorship of Polaroid Corporation, one of the best corporations in America.
My thanks to Frax, Inc.,San Jose, CA, one of the best Interactive Training Solutions Providers - Linking Technology to Training, for their editing and production of the video tape, "Bi-Light Dreams"- Polarized Kinetic Light Sculpture.
Visit American Polarizers Inc.'s new web site! Animated materials to dazzle
your imagination. http://www.apioptics.com
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