“The Arts Connect” Conference Continues: Part X – Ellyn Whitten Smith & Lynn Whitten Bustard
October 18, 2009Workshop – Times Five – by Anne Kofler
Lynn Bustard
Two times the fun, TIMES FIVE the size. A lively presentation was given by sisters Ellyn Whitten Smith and Lynn Whitten Bustard on the Pop Art Sculpture of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.
Super size examples of a paint bottle, a can of Play Dough, a Crayola Marker, a watch, an Etch-A-Sketch, a Katrina bracelet and more greeted us as we entered the workshop session.
Completing each others thoughts as sisters do, Lynn and Ellyn went on to explain their art plus math lesson. Students are asked to select an ordinary object from everyday life, measure it from every angle and multiply those measurements by five in preparation for a larger than life sculpture.
Careful notes are taken and sketches made before the hands on part begins. Recycled materials provide the base for sculptures, paper mache smooths the surface and paint provides the finishing touches.
Ellyn Smith
Useful handouts included background information on Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, an introductory materials list, a drawing and measurement example, vocabulary for the lesson, a student evaluation sheet and a 3 photograph page in color of TIMES FIVE from start to finish showing a super size box of Crayola crayons.
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Thank you to Lynn and Ellyn for sharing their work and efforts. It is a lot of time and effort (as we all know) that goes in to preparing workshop opportunities.
Presenting is interestingly symbiotic…..the relationship and exchanges between presenter and workshop participants can open up new planes for scholarship and discovery.
This is a note to encourage everyone out there to consider proposing a workshop for their state, local or national association – it will change your world!
Hey!
I just realized that Argy is featuring work of guest “bloggers”!
Thank you to Anne Kofler,Charles Hamm, Chris Miliken, Audrey Grumbling, Julie Sanborn, Linda Phillips, Karen Hartnagle, Kim Murphy, Michael R. Davis, Karen Montanaro for contributing their recorded descriptions and reflections of the cornucopia of workshop opportunities.
It truly is a virtual community!
Thanks for your encouragement Suzanne! I couldn’t agree more. It is also a great way to get to a conference (by presenting).
And I know there are plenty more to come in the future!