This gallery education program invites youth and adults to the Firehouse Center for an interactive arts experience. Visits last approximately 1–1.5 hours and begin in the gallery with open-ended questioning, discussion and hands-on activities. Visits conclude in the studio classroom where students will create their own original artwork to take home. If you would like to schedule a visit but are unable to attend the recommended time allotted please contact us to learn about alternative options.
Human = Landscape
September–October, 2009
Students will explore the ways in which the landscape of our world will change
in a carbon-constrained future. This exhibit blurs the distinction between
artist, architect, engineer and scientist, acting as a laboratory for re-imagining
our future landscape while inviting students to experience the spectacle and
potential of alternative energy.
Students will SEE:
• Work from over 20 artists.
• A variety of artistic mediums and materials including drawings, paintings,
sculptures, and films.
• Current and futuristic solutions for sustainable energy.
• Imaginary futuristic landscapes.
• Creative re-use and re-interpretations of found materials, junk and
garbage.
Students will THINK:
• About how an energy-sustainable rural landscape of the future will
look?
• About what defines a landscape as “beautiful” or “ugly”?
• About how have notions of natural beauty changed over time?
• About what inspires artists.
• About the different ways artists use imagery to make statements about
the world we live in.
Student will DO:
• Visit the Micro House in City Hall Park.
• Create their own unique artwork in the studio classroom that incorporate
concepts found in the exhibition.
Curriculum Connections: Visual Arts, History, Reasoning and Problem
Solving
Supports Vermont Framework of Standards: Abstract and Creative Thinking/Questioning
and Problem Solving: 2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12; Civic/Social Responsibility:
4.5, 4.6; Arts, Language and Literature: 5.2, 5.4 5.7, 5.24, 5.29, 5.32 History:
6.1, 6.4, 6.5, 6.8, 6.12
To schedule a visit with your group or for more information about future See. Think. Do! Programs, please contact Katie A. Nelson at (802) 865-7551 or knelson@ci.Burlington.vt.us.
Contributions are welcome and will help to cover the cost of arts materials and teaching artists. Suggested contributions range from $50–$75 for groups of 10 or less and $100–$125 for groups of 10 or more.