How do you respond to your life?
*You make a birthday or get well card for someone special.
*You draw a picture of your home, a dream you had or maybe your family.
*You might paint a picture of your feelings if you are mad, joyful or upset.
*You make a poster to help raise money for a charity.
There have been some events that have happened in the St. Louis area and around the world where artists have responded. Some of these events have made people angry and sad. Artists came out to make things better. Artists found a way to speak for the community. Artists found a way to respond and express how they were feeling. Artists found ways to try and bring people together.
WHAT DO ARTISTS CARE ABOUT AND THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY MAKE ART?
They care and think about making ART that communicates:
Keith Haring
*Artists make us ask ourselves if we are standing up for injustice, standing up for what we believe in, or standing up for others.
"There is always hope"
*Banksy's stenciled works are controversial. Some people think they are awesome and some people think they are vandalism. When people disagree in this way, we can say something is controversial. They often show up as a response to political events or injustices, usually something we might see or read about in the news.
They care and think about making ART that speaks for our community:
*Protest v. Riot. There is a difference.
*Artists came together and this helped to bring people of the St. Louis community together--this gave signs of hope to the world. Artists worked towards helping the city heal.
They care and think about making ART that helps us empathize:
*What does empathy mean? Thousands of life vests represent Syrian refugees.
They care and think about making ART that calls us to take action:
*Art can have a visual or written message that invites us to react.
They care and think about making ART that informs us:
*Art can teach us. "draw connections between consumption, waste, and the environment"
They care and think about making ART as a response:
Pablo Picasso
*Reacting to war, Picasso put his thoughts and feelings into his work.
JR
*"I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world...INSIDE OUT." The concept of the project is to give everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and a statement of what they stand for, with the world.
– JR, TED2011
--large format street "pastings"What do you respond to? What do you care about and think about when you make art? How will what you feel strongly about show up in your artwork?
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