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Wynton's Tune
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Elementary-Middle
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PA. Standards for the Arts and Humanities
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| 9.1.3 E |
Demonstrate the ability to define objects, express emotions, illustrate an action or relate an experience through creation of works in the arts.
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| 9.1.3 I |
Identify arts events that take place in schools and in communities.
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| 9.3.3 A |
Recognize critical processes used in the examination of works in the arts and humanities.
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| 9.4.3 D |
Recognize that choices made by artists regarding subject matter and themes communicate ideas through works in the arts and humanities.
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Objectives
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| Knowledge: |
Facts: The students will learn that Faith Ringgold is an African American artist who currently has an exhibition entitled, Faith Ringgold: A View from the Studio at Moore College of Art and Design. In this lesson the students will be both viewing and discussing the compositional elements of her serigraph, Wynton's Tune, 2004.
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| Skill: |
Psychomotor: The students learn how to create a drawing that tells a story inspired by their favorite musical artists/favorite piece of music directed from the subject matter of Wynton's Tune.
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| Attitude: |
Affective: The students will become more aware of the artist Faith Ringgold, in addition to understanding the inspiration and inpact that music can have on an artist.
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| Prepare Ahead: |
Gather Wynton's Tune visual and Faith Ringgold picture, projector to show the art, supplies, a CD player, a Jazz CD possibly Wynton Marsalis, small 1"x1" squares cut of various colored paper and/or fabric for boarder, will also be needed.
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| Prior Knowledge: |
Some students may have knowledge of Faith Ringgold, but a brief description of her will be given. Students have most likely not seen Wynton's Tune.
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Motivation
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Questions Leading Students to
Discovery: |
Hello class. We have a very exciting day coming up; we are taking a trip to an important art exhibition at Moore College of Art and Design. What is an art exhibtion? Guide students to answer that it is a big display of art from artists. This exhibit is going to show the art of a very important African American artist, Faith Ringgold. Show picture of Faith Ringgold. This is what she looks like. Has anyone ever heard of this artist before? Various answers given. She has been printmaking, quilting, painting and creating other varieties of art for over 40 years. Just so we are fully prepared to look at her work when we go, we are going to talk about one of her silkscreens that will be displayed at Moore. Show Wynton's Tune. This piece is entitled Wynton's Tune, it is a serigraph which was made just last year.
What do you see here? A band, musicians, instruments, an audience, flag, piano, drums, saxophone, trombone, bass, trumpet. What is going on in the foreground and background? The musicans are entertaining the audience with their tunes in the back of the pice- the background. The audience lies in the foreground, as they sing, dance and watch the the band perform. Do you think they are enjoying themselves? Yes. What colors do you see? Blues, red, yellow, green, white, black, brown. What do you notice about the band members in the background, what differences do you see? Guide students to see that there is one man in red and the rest are in blue. He is in front of the other band members and in the very center of the painting. Remember the title of this silkscreen is Wynton's Tune. Who do you think the man in red is? Wynton. Looking in the far right corner of the painting, who does the woman with the long braided hair remind you of? If they have trouble prompt: Remember the picture I showed you of Faith Ringgold? It looks like it is Faith Ringgold watching Wynton play music. What type of music do you think he is playing, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal? Prompt to discover Jazz music. Tell them they will hear Jazz music similar to what Wynton plays as they are creating their own art. Name your favorite song or musician. Spend a few minutes brainstorming. Now you are going to draw a picture about your favorite song or favorite musician.
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| Demonstration: |
The teacher will demonstrate by picking a favorite personal piece of music and or musician. Begin to draw what you picture in your imagination if you where there listening to the band play your favorite song, or if you were watching your favorite musician. Various questions the teacher can ask: What does it look like around you? Are you alone or are others there? Who is with you? What colors do you see? Where are they playing? In your house? In your backyard? At the beach? At the mountains? In the city? Are they on a big stage? Are you on stage too? Is it night or day? What instruments do you see that they are playing? What are you doing? Singing, dancing? What are people around you doing? What are you wearing? What is the band wearing? Maybe your favorite song is from Disney, what characters are with you, who is singing? Or perhaps it is from Nickelodeon, who from your favorite show is there, who is singing? I want to see the entire scene of what is happening all around you, make it your fantasy day with your favorite singer playing your favorite song. As the teacher demonstrates, they should answer some of these questions in their own drawing for children to see so they get motivated. My favorite song is "One Love" by Bob Marley. I would show me and my friends, my family and my cats on the beach singing with Bob while he plays a guitar, dancing into the night with beach torches around us. Materials used should be oil pastels, crayons, markers and pencils.
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| Visual Aids: |
Wynton's Tune, serigraph, 2004. Photograph of Faith Ringgold.
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| Reference to Art History: |
Faith Ringgold, Wynton's Tune, 2004.
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Teacher Exemplar
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| Activity: |
What will the students do? Over a three week period (this can vary based on frequency of class meetings) students will create a scene inspired by their favorite song or singer.
Week One: Introduction and discussion about Faith Ringgold and her serigraph, Wynton's Tune. Have students brainstorm ideas, composing for the following class, so they are ready to begin their picture at the start of the next class meeting.
Week Two: Brief review. Play jazz music, possibly Wynton Marsalis. Begin drawing their music-inspired cretation, many may possibly finish. Mount art on larger piece of black construction paper to make the boarder for next meeting.
Week Three: Have small squares 1"x1" of various colored paper and/or fabric swatches. Have students glue squares around the black boarder to create a mosaic like frame. Have students write 3-4 sentences about their finished piece to hang with their art.
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| Supplies: |
12x18 white paper, oil pastels, crayons, and pencils, glue, 14x20 black construction paper, various colored 1"x 1" squares.
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| Vocabulary: |
Faith Ringgold, Wynton Marsalis, Wynton's Tune, musical instruments (drums, trombone, saxophone, piano, trumpet, bass), Jazz music, musician, art show, background, foreground, compositional, silkscreen, serigraph, printmaking.
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Correlated Lessons
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The next lesson will move into Faith Ringgold's story quilts, introducing students to alternate mediums utilized by the artist as well displaying her dynamic storrytelling capabilties.
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Interdisciplinary Domains
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Students will write 3-4 sentences about their finished piece, which is to be mounted and hung next to or below it.
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Wynton Marsalis is the most accomplished and acclaimed jazz artist and composer of his generation, in addition to being a distinguished classical musician. Mr. Marsalis has helped propel jazz to the forefront of American culture through his brilliant performances, recordings, compositions, educational efforts, and his vision as Artistic Director of the world-renowned arts organization Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC).
Mr. Marsalis's prominent position in the performing arts was secured in April 1997, when he became the first jazz artist to be awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music for his work Blood on the Fields, commissioned by JALC.
Born near New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 18, 1961, Mr. Marsalis began his classical training on trumpet at age 12 and gained experience as a young musician in local marching bands, jazz and funk bands, and classical youth orchestras. He entered The Juilliard School in 1979 when he was 17 years old and soon became recognized as the most impressive trumpeter at the prestigious conservatory. That year he also joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the acclaimed band in which generations of emerging jazz artists honed their craft. Mr. Marsalis made his recording debut as a leader in 1982 and over the last two decades he has produced an incomparable catalogue of close to 40 outstanding jazz and classical recordings for Columbia Jazz and Sony Classical, which have won him nine Grammy Awards. In 1983 he became the first and only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammy Awards in one year and, remarkably, repeated this feat in 1984. In 1999, he released 8 new recordings in his unprecedented "Swinging into the 21st" series, which included a seven-CD boxed set of live performances from the Village Vanguard.
Mr. Marsalis is the Music Director of the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO), which spends over half the year on tour. Mr. Marsalis also devotes a significant amount of time to composing new works, many of which are commissioned from and premiered by JALC. Mr. Marsalis's rich body of work includes Them Twos, from the second collaboration between JALC and the New York City Ballet in 1999; Big Train, commissioned and premiered in 1998 by JALC; Sweet Release, a score for ballet written in 1996 for the LCJO and choreographed by Judith Jamison for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; At the Octoroon Balls, a 1995 piece performed by the Orion String Quartet with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Jazz: Six Syncopated Movements, from the 1993 JALC collaboration with the New York City Ballet; Jump Start, a score written for the noted dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp; Citi Movement/Griot New York, a three-movement composition scored for jazz septet created in collaboration with choreographer Garth Fagan; and In This House, On This Morning, an extended piece based on the form of a traditional gospel service, commissioned and premiered by JALC in 1992. Released on October 1, 2002 on Sony Classical, All Rise is an evening-length twelve-part composition that was commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic with the LCJO and the Morgan State University Choir in December 1999. His latest work, The Magic Hour, is his first album on Blue Note.
Mr. Marsalis is internationally respected as a teacher and spokesman for music education, having received honorary doctorates from more than a dozen universities and colleges. Through JALC education programs, he regularly conducts master classes, lectures, and concerts for students of all ages, including the popular JALC Jazz for Young PeopleSM concerts. He has also been featured in the TV production of Marsalis on Music for the Public Broadcasting System and the series Making the Music for National Public Radio, which won a Peabody Award in 1996. Mr. Marsalis has also written a companion book for the PBS series, as well as Sweet Swing Blues on the Road, a collaboration with JALC photographer Frank Stewart.
Mr. Marsalis was named one of "America's 25 Most Influential People" by Time magazine and one of "The 50 Most Influential Boomers" by Life magazine in recognition of his critical role in stimulating an increased awareness of jazz in the consciousness of an entire generation of jazz fans and artists. In March 2001, Mr. Marsalis was awarded the United Nations designation of "Messenger of Peace" by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and in June 2002, received the Congressional "Horizon Award."
Information retrieved from:
http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/jazz/arti/lcjo/marsalis.html
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