DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
New York City, November 2015
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Dr. Howard Frye's student field
trip to New York City
During the Fall 2015 semester, Dr. Howard Frye acquired a REAL grant in order to take Francis Marion University art education students on a field trip to New York City to see art museums and attend an educational lecture at the Museum of Modern Art on Pablo Picasso. Currently there is an exhibit at MOMA of Picasso's sculptures, which has been called a "once in a generation" event. The last exhibit of Picasso's sculptures of a similar magnitude was about 50 years ago. Students were assigned to research Picasso sculptures prior to the field trip and to create a sculpture or maquette inspired by Picasso's work. They documented the process of researching, reflecting, and developing ideas for the sculpture in their sketchbooks, and will present their work during the university's research day in March. This is the same process most artists use to develop ideas and it is the model used by the International Baccalaureate program. One of the students selected for the field trip, Kate Strickland, a sophomore art education major, went through the I.B. art program in high school. She's from Irmo and is a teaching fellow. Two other students, Chloe Shinn and Madison Martin, both freshman art education majors, were selected for the field trip. Prior to the field trip, the students helped promote, facilitate, and develop questionnaires for back-to-back educational workshops in framing art by Charles Ailstock of Artizom from Charleston, and photographing art by professional photographer, Milton Morris from Olanta. The workshops were held at the Art Trail Gallery on October 23rd, 2015. The workshops were funded by the REAL grant as well. The purpose of the project was two-fold. First, to expose the students to art education workshops by having them assist in developing one at a community-based venue and also providing them the opportunity to attend at least one workshop put on by a major art museum. The workshop they attended at MOMA was a discussion-based talk by an educator at the museum on Picasso's famous painting, La Demoiselle d'Avignon. The second purpose was to have them engage in artistic research that is reflective of the practices of professional artists. Professor Frye and the students were in New York from Friday, November 20th until Monday, November the 23rd. They visited The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. They also visited an art materials store, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, the World Trade Center Memorial Fountain, Central Park, and other sites. |
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