Studio Art: Artist Research Project

Aakash Nihalani - STOP from Picasso Pictures on Vimeo.

Today we completed the majority of the artist presentations for this semester's Artist Research Project so tomorrow we will write a short reflective essay on what was learned and what stands out in the artwork we viewed.  The full list of artist is on the blog in an earlier post but you can choose which artists you want to discuss to answer the three reflective questions.

Included in this post are some of the films on the artists we watched in class but had to be cut short for time.  The video above shows Aakash Nihalani's full process in creating a street art piece and below is our friend Sean Leonard interviewing Dima Drjuchin about his art and illustrations including some of his epic album covers- Enjoy!

AP Art: Duck Tape Drawing

In AP Art we are currently working on Scholastic Art & Writing challenges such as the Duck Tape award so I thought I'd share my favorite tape artist Aakash Nihalani.  Take a look a some of his simple but amazing geometric tape street art work and his website.

Here are the 3 options to choose from, take a look at each and create a piece to enter along with your other work:

The Gedenk Award for Tolerance: Consider what we can all do to learn from humanity's mistakes

The Duck Tape Brand Award: Incorporate Duck Tape into your art work

Creativity and Citizenship: Examine opinions and ideas on the topic of Technology and Privacy