Art and Design Alternate Instruction Resources
As you work to move classes online, here is some good advice:
- Emphasize continuity of instruction for immediate use: identify key learning needs, choose a strategy and a tool, and communicate to students virtually.
Develop more student interaction and consider ways to assess student learning. You are encouraged to build in interaction and assessment as necessary components of student learning.
Adapt your teaching goals to meet the needs of a more complex or extended online learning situation. When key learning goals are difficult to meet in an online venue (hands-on labs, student performance, class presentations) or as online tools or local constraints affect the depth or coverage you can maintain, you may need to adjust your goals for student learning to prioritize some, set others aside, and/or alter your focus to take advantage of opportunities available only in an online setting. — Jayme Host, Director of the School of Theater and Dance, ECU
- Please be thoughtful in your assignments and generous with your deadlines — Heather Muise, School of Art and Design faculty
Have a resource, link, or ideas to share? Send them to us! artdesign@ecu.edu
Check out this creating instructional videos and recording lectures web page. It has links, information, and tips for you to begin.
ECU resources for distance instruction:
- Links to ECU logins!
- ECU Instructional Continuity web site
- Instruction for recording a PowerPoint slide show with narration, and even picture-in-picture.
- Adobe resources for online instruction.
- LinkedIn Learning is an online educational platform offering video courses taught by experts in software, creative, and business skills. LinkedIn Learning can be accessed 24/7 from any device.
- Microsoft OneDrive and Teams are available to store and share documents. Make the move today for easy off-campus access and collaboration.
- The Virtual Computing Lab allows students to remotely access software from the Virtual Computing Lab to complete class assignments.
- For assistance transitioning faculty instructional activities and strategies from face-to-face to online, please schedule an appointment with our Universal Design for Learning consultant.
- WebEx for Instruction* 24/7 (866) 229-3239
Webex Help Center—Call, chat or submit a ticket. - Canvas 24/7 (252) 347-0015
canvas.ecu.ecu / Log in to start a chat.
Joyner Library Resources
- Schedule online library instruction
Are your students prepared to find high-quality sources for their class assignments? Joyner Library offers online library instruction tailored to meet the needs of your specific class or assignment. Your students will discover the best places to find sources for their research-based projects and will learn effective search strategies for One Search and the library databases. We can share recorded sessions or instruct via WebEx, whatever best fits your course. Schedule library instruction at: https://library.ecu.edu/services/schedule-instruction/ - Book a Librarian consultation service
Please also consider recommending Joyner Library’s “Book a Librarian” consultation service to your students. We can help your students find quality sources for their projects and can introduce them to relevant library databases. Students can schedule a “Book a Librarian” session for one-on-one assistance at the link below: http://joynerlibrary.youcanbook.me/ - Canvas Commons library resources
Joyner Library provides support for your students via shared Canvas content. Search the Canvas Commons for “Joyner” to see what is currently available. Note that “Joyner Library: General Library Resources” provides an general overview of library resources and search tools and includes select tutorials on their effective use. - Consult with us
Are you concerned about the impact of moving your research-based assignments online? Schedule a one-on-one consultation with us and a librarian can offer feedback and support to help your students succeed. http://joynerlibrary.youcanbook.me/
If you or your students ever need immediate assistance, contact us through one of the following options:
Chat: http://bit.ly/2ov4py3
Email: askref@ecu.edu
Phone: 252.328.6677
If you have any questions about Joyner’s research and instructional support for you and your students, please reach out directly to David Hisle at hisled@ecu.edu.
Using WebEx for virtual office hours
Each faculty member has their own “room” in WebEx, and you can just hang out in the room. You give students the link, which is: https://ecu.webex.com/meet/YOURPIRATEID
In order for you to monitor the “room” go to ecu.webex.com and login in the upper right with your pirate ID and passphrase. Then click the button that starts the meeting in your room.
Once you’re in that room, anyone can come and go into the room who has the link. So don’t have any personal conversations with students about their grades that others could hear if they were just logging in to talk to you.
To make this work, you will need to have downloaded and installed WebEx. Instructions are here.
To have a private meeting on WebEx, follow these directions.
Online Resources
- Check out the Social Distance Gallery on Instagram @socialdistancegallery Many of our students have already been featured!
- The Art of Education — Art Education and the Coronavirus
- Inside Higher Ed Article on preparing to teach temporarily online.
- MUSEUMS OFFER A “MOMENT OF ZEN” ON TWITTER
Various cultural institutions to offer their Twitter followers a #MuseumMomentofZen, hopefully breaking up the anxiety of days spent scrolling through newsfeeds that read like harbingers of the end times. After all, when it’s not being politicized, commodified, or appropriated, art can revert to its fundamental purpose: to help us make sense or find hope as we struggle through life on this bewildering and embattled planet. _Hyperallergic - National Listserv: Here is a listserv, shared by the Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. It has threads for Visual Arts, Theatre, and Music. artsonline@groups.io
- 5 TIPS FOR TEACHING STUDIO ART ONLINE (47 min):
With many schools transitioning to remote classrooms, RISD Adjunct Professor Clara Lieu provides 5 essential tips for teaching art online. Prof Lieu spent the last 5 years troubleshooting and testing how to teach art online, none of us should have to reinvent the wheel! Prof Lieu explains various options for online communication with students via group video calls, live streaming lectures, holding virtual office hours, and most important, how to provide academic and emotional support to our students during this trying time. - 5 WAYS TEACHERS CAN CRITIQUE ART ONLINE (36 min)
- A NUMBER OF GOOD STRATEGIES FOR PUTTING TOGETHER AN ONLINE COURSE (The title is bit tongue-in-cheek, but points are really good).
- Online Art and Design Studio Instruction in an Era of “Social Distancing” Facebook group
- The Consortium Facebook group
- How the Hell do I do This? Teaching Visual Art Online Facebook group
- Teaching in the Context of COVID 19 Crowdsourced Google Doc
Archives / Museums:
- Smithsonian Open Access (Image catalog with high-res downloads of many images)
- Met Museum Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Photography
- George Eastman House: Photographic Process Videos
- Museum of Contemporary Photography
- Museum of Modern Art: Photography
- Harry Ransom Center
- International Center for Photography
- Virtual Museum/Exhibition Tours
- Paris Musees online database of high resolution images
Periodicals – Contemporary Issues / Reviews
- Aperture Magazine / Blog
- Vision & Justice – Harvard University
- Vision & Justice, a two-day conference on the role of the arts in relation to citizenship, race and justice.
- Pdf Curriculum – Includes articles and Interviews – Free from Aperture Magazine & Harvard
- New York Times Lens Blog
- New Yorker PhotoBooth
Residencies / Portfolio Reviews
Artist-run Forums, Podcasts, Collectives
- Magic Hour Podcast
- Strange Fire Collective
- LenScratch
- Aint-Bad Magazine
- PHOTO-EMPHASIS
- The Center For Photographers of Color
- Modern Art Notes Podcast (artist interviews – not just photo)
20 WORKS OF ART THAT CELEBRATE THE JOYS OF BEING AT HOME
- Pierre Bonnard, Nude in the Bath (1925)
- March Avery, Bedtime Story (1989)
- Jean Honoré Fragonard, Young Girl Reading (circa 1769)
- Rosemarie Trockel, Living Means Not Good Enough (2002)
- Aliza Nisenbaum, La Talaverita, Sunday Morning NY Times (2016)
- John Singer Sargent, The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (1882)
- Shona McAndrew, Asia (2019)
- Marianne Stokes, Candlemas Day (circa 1901)
- Jan Steen, Woman at Her Toilet (1663)
- David Hockney, My Parents (1977)
- Jordan Casteel, Kimmah (2019)
- Arcmanoro Niles, Bad Kid, It Wasn’t Love (Like My Daddy’s the Devil), 2018
- Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878)
- Hilary Pecis, Harper’s Game (2019)
- Johannes Vermeer, Woman in Blue Reading a Letter (1663–64)
- Destiny Belgrave, After the Christening (2019)
- Auguste Renoir, Two Young Girls at the Piano (1892)
- Nikki Maloof, Separation Anxiety (2018)
- Nikki Maloof, Separation Anxiety (2018).
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Le Lit (In Bed), 1882
Bookmaking
- https://www.amazon.com/Ashley-Productions-ASH10700-Hardcover-Length/dp/B01J19YXVM/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=make+a+book&qid=1584121468&sr=8-5
- https://www.amazon.com/Blank-Flip-Book-Paper-Holes/dp/B082F38F7F/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=flip+book&qid=1584121569&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMjhRTzA3NzBUWEgwJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjA3MzkwM1ZKQTZYOTNJWVhTSSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjA4MjI1UEs1WURCU0tPWFVEJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
- https://www.amazon.com/Field-Artist-Accordion-Watercolor-Hardbound/dp/B07D3GL7X2/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=accordian+book&qid=1584121632&sr=8-5
Drawing
- Thumbnails, Pear Drawing, Drawing I, R. Todoraova
- Cross-Contour, Pear Drawing, Drawing I, R. Todorova,
- Hatching and Cross-Hatching, Pear Drawing, Drawing I, R. Todorova,
- Pear Drawing Timelapse with notes, Dawing I, R. Todorova
- Value Graphite, Drawing I, R. Todorova,
(part 1) https://youtu.be/T52kV2yB16w
(part 2) https://youtu.be/uoW19Z35wlA
(part 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIznsS2an4I - Conte, Drawing I, R. Todorova,
(part 1) https://youtu.be/xV8HEa8IRGg
(part 2) https://youtu.be/eq_VKeguyTg
(part 3) https://youtu.be/kXPbptcu_IQ
(part 4) https://youtu.be/hYxFbkneil4 - Subtractive ¾ Portrait (proportions), Drawing I, R. Todorova,
Film and Video Production
- Shifting Film and Media Online Facebook Group
- BEA Media Education Tweets
- Crowdsourced document of resources, tools, and ideas
- Teaching Media Facebook group
- Broadcast Education Association Facebook group
- EDIT Media (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Teaching Media) Facebook group
- University Film and Video Association Forum
Foundations / Bookmaking (University of Texas)
- Utility Knife Demo
- CORE X-acto Demo
- Binding Demo Part I
- Binding Demo Part II
- CORE Single-Page Zine Demo
- CORE Accordion Demo
Photography
Assignment ideas
- Cyanotypes Sun print kits can be ordered. Study Anna Atkins. Have them take pictures, make scans, Submit as jpegs, pdfs or video. (see assignment 7 handmade books).
- Visting Artists via Zoom/Skype Ask your colleagues, peers, friends, exchange with people here. Impromptu visiting artist series. Thanks specifically to John Fryer for this suggestion.
- Presentations Have your students watch or listen to Podcasts, books, films about photography. They can make a powerpoint or just a simple slide show using Preview—record it or just make a PDF. This can be synchronous or asynchronous.
- Work on Artists Statements. This is a great text that talks philosophically about writing about ones work. “An Artist’s Text Book” by Jan Svenungsson, It has just recently been made available for free download. Its an excellent, engaging, conceptually based musings on writing about ones art https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/299098?locale-attribute=en
- Interview Artists Students find artists and interview them. Could help students network through this venue. Can do a PDF or a powerpoint.
- Create work about the pandemic using whatever cameras materials they have. (appropriation/theory/journalism) About their experience or about the coverage. If they have to let them use their phones. Use this moment to teach about making art about intense, unknowable, sudden experiences. Have them reflect on the imagery about the pandemic—how are the images being used to convey the crisis.
- Handmade books Have students create handmade books—or book dummies if you prefer, if they can they can use home printers or computers, or just images they may already have attached to pieces of paper. Use this to get them to make things by hand. They can make a video of their creation and present it to you/the class.
- Really delve into Black and White Digital use as a foil as a way to make them more aware when they go back to the darkroom. Have students convert to black and white and really try to teach them about tones and why so many black and white digital prints look so bad. (Of course this is limited on the screen but still maybe a possible option for darkroom teachers).
- Appropriation Have students study Richard Prince, Penelope Umbricio, Sherri Levine, John Heartzfelt, Sultan and Mandel, Elijah Gowin… Have them create from images they find. Or have them make collages.
- Have Students propose their own path for the rest of the term. (The Hampshire solution).
Documentaries/Movies/Artist Interviews
- FlakPhoto Channel (artist interviews and documentaries)
- MOMA’s Seeing Through Photography online course
- A Man With A Movie Camera, Vertov
- La Jetée
Readings/Essays
- On Photography, Sontag (audio version)
- Photo Essays 2019 (from HAYNY)
- Reframing Photography – fantastic online lectures, tutorials, etc. you have to sign up: http://reframingphotography.com
Processes students could potentially do at home:
- Anthotype
- Chlorophyll prints
- Cyanotype (purchase coated paper or chemistry is inexpensive all on Amazon w/quick shipping).
- Pinhole (make their own cameras process when we get back or make a pinhole for their digital camera/iPhone).
Resources for Materials
Demos
Major Photography Galleries
- Fraenkel Gallery, SF
- Pier 24 SF
- Yossi Milo NYC
- Edwynn Houk NYC
- Yancey Richardson NYC
- Pace MacGill NYC
- Howard Greenberg NYC