I love our last unit of the semester -- Art Careers. I enjoy sharing with students the vast variety of careers related to the visual arts. My Art 6 students studied the field of architecture. Working independently and in small groups they planned and drew blue prints of their dream house. I tried to incorporate Math skills by teaching them how to find the area and perimeter of their drawings.
I like to give my Art 7 and Art 8 students a choice of art careers to choose from for their independent and small group projects. The drawing on the left is a design by student who is working on a project about Industrial Design. He invented a personal handheld computer device that can fold into a cube or unfold flat. That's creativity at work.
