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Exploring Eco-‐Art as Eco-‐Activism
Dr. Hilary Inwood, Faculty, OISE
Jessie SawyersMT Teacher Candidate, OISE
Kristen SchafferMT Teacher Candidate, OISE
Overview
• Introductions• Why Eco-‐literacy & Environmental Education?
• Eco-‐art Education• Environmental Artists• Eco-‐ artworks at OISE• Learning Stations• Lessons about Eco-‐art learning
EE in the Ontario CurriculumActing Today, Shaping TomorrowOntario Ministry of Education EE Policy, 2009
• integrates EE expectations and opportunities into every grade andevery subject
EE & Visual Arts Ed
Eco-‐Art Ed ~ Environmental Art Ed� integration of art education with environmental education as a means of developing awareness of and engagement with environmental concepts, issues and learning
� embedding creativity into EE� improving sustainability of art materials
Environmental Art
• Nature-‐based art-‐making
• Documenting human Impact
• Raising awareness of eco-‐justice issues
• Creating innovative sustainability solutions
Nature-based Art-making
Tom HareSycamore Seeds, Oslo Botanical Gardens
Andrew van der MereAfrican beach calligraphy
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Documenting Human Impact
Edward Burtynsky, Alberta Oil Sands #1, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 2007
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Awareness of Eco-justice Issues
Peter EssickBoy with Computer Wires
Accra, Ghana
Peter MenzelFamily from Darfur, Sudan in Chad, 2005 (from the Hungry Planet series)http://www.menzelphoto.com
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Jill Anholt, Light Showers, 2011 Toronto, Canada
Creating sustainability solutions
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Turn it OffEnergy Conservation Stickers
OISE’s Laboratory School, Parkdale PS, Willow Park PS, East York CI
Teach for the Earth, Teach for the Future
FLAP PrintsFatal Light Awareness Program at OISE
FLAP InstallationFatal Light Awareness Program at OISE
Turning Over a New Leaf, OISE
Bee the Change, OISE
Learning Station 1: ‘Reduce’
Nature-‐based Selfies• reduce your impact by using natural materials to create a self-‐portrait
• photograph it with the IPAD
Curriculum Connections?
Learning Station 2: ‘Reuse’
Insects & Butterflies• reuse pop cans to create insects & butterflies
• cut, incise, bend the aluminum to form the insect
Curriculum Connections?
Matt Chapman, Downsview SS, TDSB
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Learning Station 3: ‘Recycle’
The Birds & The Bees• create images of birds and bees on 100% recycled adhesive material
• try wet and/or dry media -‐watercolour, markers, sharpies
Learning Station 4: ‘Rethink’
Place-‐based Collage• re-‐create your favouriteplace in Toronto using discarded artworks
• incorporate text and images
Curriculum Connections?
TDSB -‐ Children’s EcoArt
Lessons Learned about Eco-‐art Education
� integrate arts-‐based learning with environmental learning� experiential, integrated, inquiry-‐based,
activist pedagogy
� start local -‐ make it place-‐based
� implement a knowledge building approach in an emergent curriculum
� consider sustainability of materials
� plant seeds for continued learning
Eco-‐Art Programs
Stream of Dreamshttp://www.streamofdreams.org/ River of Words
http://www.riverofwords.org/
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Eco-‐Art Programs
Beehive Design Collectivehttp://beehivecollective.org/en/
National Geographic’s Paint for the Planethttp://kids.nationalgeographic.com
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