Today I learned about the importance of allowing our students to be creative and forming works of art that have meaning to them. I learned this through the bunny creation instructions and how everything was very planned out precisely in the first lesson. It was interesting to see that we were all itching to change things on our bunnies as we were not happy with the eyes or we felt that the whiskers were too big. I really like how the lesson was transformed into a free and curious process, where we experimented with different materials and let our imaginations run wild.
I learned that art does not need to have complete structure and we must let our students explore in order to experiment and inquire about what they are making. Art is sort of like building your own story through materials that are around you. In terms of my piece of art, I stuck to the original idea of making a bunny mask for Easter. However, I added pipe cleaners, stickers, jewels, paper clay, googley eyes, and eyelashes to make my bunny more original and unique. I wanted my bunny to be cute and fun. I really liked to see how everyone took different perspectives to their bunnies and created unique masks. They all look wonderful together up on the wall and it is interesting to compare how different people used the same materials for different parts of their masks.
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