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Learning Experiences Outside the ClassromTe Tuhi Centre for the Arts

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Jeremy Leatinu’uEducation Coordinator

Stories from the PacificTe Tuhi Pre visit lesson 4

Welcome to Stories from the Pacific

During this lesson we will learn about…

Designing our story - Symbols

Image: http://www.nationalgeographicstock.com/ngsimages/explore/explore.jsf?p=R09SRE9OIEdBSEFO

But before we start, let’s recap on what we learnt during our last lesson…

During our last lesson we learnt that Polynesian tapa…

Inspires artists to tell stories growing up.

Inspires artists to make art about their culture and community.

Inspires artists to make art about their ancestors and history.

Let’s start this lesson by ‘Designing our story – Symbols’.

As we know artists have been telling their story through pictures and symbols for a long time.

During this lesson we will draw our own personal symbols based on our personal story.

Image:Neich, Roger and Pendergrast, Mick. Pacific Tapa. Auckland NZ: David Bateman Ltd, 1997.http://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/resources/units/music_units/symbol_2_sound/images.php http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/culture-identity-heritage/primary-sources/gallery/kermadecs/tomorrow-we-leave-john-pule-2011 http://byronic.tumblr.com/post/19812051133/take-these-walls-with-you-when-you-leave-by-john http://cpitlibrary.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/last-chance-to-see-samoan-artworks/ http://urban-kupesi-tattoos.blogspot.co.nz/2011/02/artist-loa-toetuu-solo-exhibition.html

To start, lets think about what our symbols could represent…

Interests – write down a few words to describe your interests.

Home – write down where we live.

Family – write down members of our family

Culture – lets write down our culture.

Culture – which nationality do you belong to? And is there a national flag?

Image:http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/flags http://mdnautical.com/international2/15709-western-samoa-flag.html http://www.techshout.com/internet/2007/28/12-chinese-online-dating-websites-accused-for-promoting-prostitution/ http://www.flags-by-swi.com/internationalflagprices_tonga.html http://www.theflagshop.co.uk/south-african-flag-8ft-x-5ft-1252-p.asp http://www.nowpublic.com/world/india-flag-1 http://www.alliphonewallpapers.com/iphone-wallpaper/id/1084/http://national--flag.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/flag-of-england-pictures.html http://www.end2stress.com/tai_chi.html

New ZealandSamoaTongaChinaEngland

Create symbols inspired by shapes from your national flag. Try using black and white only and leave un-coloured. Draw your symbols in a box similar to symbols in tapa.

If you belong to more than one culture, you can create symbols for those too.

Here are a few examples. Try to spot where the shapes were taken from.

Flags can be used to represent a country and can remind us of culture.

Japan

Family – how many members in your family?

Image:http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Real-Doghttp://sweetclipart.com/black-and-white-cat-lineart-478http://plazilla.com 

Using black and white, un-coloured and in a box, draw symbols that represent your family and how important they are to you.

Family are people who know us best. This can include pets you have.

Here are a few examples to get you started…

Our familyOur pets

Image:http://www.youngrembrandts.com/student-showcase.aspxhttp://how.to-draw.co.uk/?s=moxie%20girls%20car%20coloring%20pageshttp://www.moller.co.nz/uploaded_images/Elliot-Tower-01.jpg

Home – where do you live? Is there something that makes your place unique?

Things that remind us of home might be our house, a local park or mountain, nearby beach or unique building or town clock.

Home is where we live, a place we know well and where our friends and family live.

Here are a few examples to get you started…

Your houseNearby beachAuckland Sky tower

Image:http://learningenglish-esl.blogspot.co.nz/2012_04_01_archive.htmlhttp://www.laurennassef.com/2009/03/http://glass-creations.co.uk/sports-engraving-designs-c166.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=9qNfeYvr4Gshttp://sweetclipart.com/musical-notes-line-art-482

Interests - do you have any hobbies? What do you like to do?

Our interests (hobbies) reflect our personality. They are things are interested in or may do in our spare time.

Here are a few examples to get you started…

Playing sportsPlaying video gamesWatching moviesListening to music or playing a musical instrument

With all our symbols we can tell our personal story like Polynesian tapa can.

Art activity

On an A4 paper divide your page into 4 squares depending on your class.

In each square draw one symbol. Each drawing needs to be big (the size of the square) and should be simple line drawings - no shading/no colouring in.

Now that we have our symbols, we need to put together a pencil design for our personal tapa cloth.

Remember…symbols are different to pictures…

A symbol is a simple drawing of one thing,

A picture is a drawing that can show lots of different things.

Now we have our tapa cloth design. We will need to bring these drawings to Te Tuhi when we visit.

Let’s recap on what we have learnt so far…As we have seen, symbols and what they represent can

tell a story that is personal and unique…

Symbols…

Can represent our family.

What have we learnt so far?

Can represent our culture.

Can represent our home.

Can represent our interests.

We hope you have enjoyed learning about the stories of Polynesian tapa…

During our gallery visit we will experience artworks that have their own stories. We will also make our own art telling our personal story so make sure we bring our drawings with us

when we visit Te Tuhi.

We look forward to having you all here

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