Tag Archives: experimentation

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Scenius, Inspiration, and Invention

by Todd Elkin | Oct 25, 2017

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Scenius, Inspiration, and Invention

by Todd Elkin | Oct 25, 2017

Educator-in-Residence Todd Elkin reflects on the ways in which his classroom embodies the concept of “scenius,” in which creative inventions emerge from social contexts, as the students working near each other riff off one another’s strategies and ideas.

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

The Art of the Prototype: Museums and Technology

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 18, 2017

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

The Art of the Prototype: Museums and Technology

by Nettrice Gaskins | Oct 18, 2017

The director of the Knight Foundation’s Technology Innovation program, Chris Barr, shares the details of a new collaborative initiative between its arts and technology teams.

Strategies & Resources

Investigation: Where Art Meets Science

by Tricia Fitzpatrick | May 16, 2017

Strategies & Resources

Investigation: Where Art Meets Science

by Tricia Fitzpatrick | May 16, 2017

In an investigation with her 9th grade applied science class, Tricia Fitzpatrick’s students learn what makes Mars red, and create rust artworks through experimentation.

Strategies & Resources

Bad Art

by Jack Watson | Nov 28, 2016

Strategies & Resources

Bad Art

by Jack Watson | Nov 28, 2016

Art21 Educator Jack Watson shares a creativity exercise that asks students to make “bad art” as a way to allow for experimentation and playful collaboration.