What is art?

What is art?

What was art?In the 15th and 16th centuries art was painting, sculpture, and architecture.

What was art?In the 15th and 16th centuries art was painting, sculpture, and architecture.

What was art?In the 15th and 16th centuries art was painting, sculpture, and architecture.

What was art?In the 18th century music and poetry were added to the list of art forms. Such pieces were considered “fine arts”.

What was art?Excluded from the list of fine arts were decorative arts such as furniture making, weaving, pottery, and metal work.

What was art?19th & 20th century modernist approaches to art focused on the connection between art and the changing world.

What was art?Europe and America were struck by the “romance” of technology and some artists of this time period adopted technological mediums.

Murphie & Potts, 2003

What was art?Although all modern artists did not share the same attitudes towards technological advances all sought after “new modes of representation that might reflect the changed world around them”

Murphie & Potts, p43, 2003

What was art?20th century art was defined by Marcel Duchamp as anything the artist creates. This classifies the post-modern view of art.

Murphie & Potts, 2003

What is art?In the 21st century art is “the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences to be shared with others”

Britannica online, 2010

Am I an artist?Modern definition would say I am. Past definitions would deem me a “craftsperson”.

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• photography

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• photography• video

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• photography• video• carpentry

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• photography• video• carpentry• knitting

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• photography• video• carpentry• knitting• weaving

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• design

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• design• furniture repair/refurbishing

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• design• furniture repair/refurbishing• make-up art

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• design• furniture repair/refurbishing• make-up art• Interior design

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• lesson planning

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• lesson planning• bulletin boards

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• lesson planning• bulletin boards• Moodle sites

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• lesson planning• bulletin boards• Moodle sites• letters to parents

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• set design for drama productions

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• set design for drama productions• set design for student videos

Am I an artist?So…what is my art?

• set design for drama productions• set design for student videos• presentations for staff in-service days

What is my medium?

Technological tools such as:digital cameras

What is my medium?

Technological tools such as:editing software

What is my medium?

Technological tools such as:the Internet

What is my medium?

Technological tools such as:saws, planers, drills, and sanders

What is my medium?

Technological tools such as:LCD projectors and SMART boards

My art reflects my culture

My art reflects my family

My art reflects my surroundings

My art reflects my lived experience

My art reflects me