Big Ideas & Art Making
What ideas did you find particularly significant, powerful, or insightful, and why?
Sydney Walker writes an article about Big Ideas in the art world. Big ideas exist in professional artists work and even in the artwork of children in classroom settings. Big Ideas are explained in the name, they are large and broad issues and problems that exist in this world. They are issues that can be argued and discussed. Big Ideas give meaning to the artwork and for people to engage with the piece. Professionals and everyday artists usually form Big Ideas off of personal interest or on current topics and issues in society, politics, cultures, religions, etc. Themes and Big Ideas of an art piece can be the same or different. An artist may have a Big Idea and a collection of artworks that all have different or the same themes. The reading gives several professional artist examples to explain this such as George Segal and Robert Motherwall. Subject Matter is another term Walker explains. An artist's piece will have a Big idea which provides conceptual ground for art making and a subject matter which serves as context for examining the big idea. Artists have the freedom to explore and different different subjects and themes in their Big Ideas. Exploring different themes and subjects of a Big Idea allows the artists to investigate ideas in greater depth. I thought that Walker made extremely significant and powerful points when describing that all artists use their personal interests and social/political issues to create Big Ideas for artwork, but the art that they create under this Big Idea can have a variety of themes and subject matter. The beauty of art is that it can go in a million different directions after you create one small idea. Artists create rules and ask themselves questions to continue to explore their Big Ideas and learning as they create or teaching others about the Big Idea as they show their art. Artists need to do research and teachers in art classrooms need to encourage and expect this from young artists.
Notes from the reading:
Big Ideas- provides conceptual ground for artmaking
Theme vs. Big Idea
Subject Matter vs. Big Idea- subject matter serves as context for examining the big idea
How to bring Big Ideas into the classroom
Developing Questions
Transfer Big Ideas between subjects- investigate ideas in greater depth
Sydney Walker writes an article about Big Ideas in the art world. Big ideas exist in professional artists work and even in the artwork of children in classroom settings. Big Ideas are explained in the name, they are large and broad issues and problems that exist in this world. They are issues that can be argued and discussed. Big Ideas give meaning to the artwork and for people to engage with the piece. Professionals and everyday artists usually form Big Ideas off of personal interest or on current topics and issues in society, politics, cultures, religions, etc. Themes and Big Ideas of an art piece can be the same or different. An artist may have a Big Idea and a collection of artworks that all have different or the same themes. The reading gives several professional artist examples to explain this such as George Segal and Robert Motherwall. Subject Matter is another term Walker explains. An artist's piece will have a Big idea which provides conceptual ground for art making and a subject matter which serves as context for examining the big idea. Artists have the freedom to explore and different different subjects and themes in their Big Ideas. Exploring different themes and subjects of a Big Idea allows the artists to investigate ideas in greater depth. I thought that Walker made extremely significant and powerful points when describing that all artists use their personal interests and social/political issues to create Big Ideas for artwork, but the art that they create under this Big Idea can have a variety of themes and subject matter. The beauty of art is that it can go in a million different directions after you create one small idea. Artists create rules and ask themselves questions to continue to explore their Big Ideas and learning as they create or teaching others about the Big Idea as they show their art. Artists need to do research and teachers in art classrooms need to encourage and expect this from young artists.
Notes from the reading:
Big Ideas- provides conceptual ground for artmaking
Theme vs. Big Idea
Subject Matter vs. Big Idea- subject matter serves as context for examining the big idea
How to bring Big Ideas into the classroom
Developing Questions
Transfer Big Ideas between subjects- investigate ideas in greater depth
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