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National Art Experience National Art Experience 2015–2016 Participant Information In partnership with Tacoma, Washington #CampFireLovesGlass Glass Glass is the 2015–16 art medium and includes a wide variety of forms, such as hot-blown, mold-blown, flame-worked, sculpted, sandblasted, fused, slumped, enameled, painted, stained, mosaic, recycled, or a combination of these techniques. By participating in the National Art Experience, you will get the opportunity to learn how artists working with the medium of glass employ a variety of hot, warm, and cold techniques. You will get to experience working with some of the glass techniques. Using small glass tiles, you could decorate objects, such as vases and picture frames. You could create jewelry from glass beads or recycled glass or build mosaic tiles. You may be able to find a glass studio to try basic fusing or glassblowing experiences. There are an amazing number of different ways that glass can be used to create unique projects. Camp Fire is continuing to follow the established six-year cycle of art mediums for the National Art Experience—painting, fibers, printmaking, photography, clay, and open medium. The 2015– 16 program year is open medium, and Camp Fire is thrilled to partner with the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, to explore glass as an art medium. The purposes of the Camp Fire National Art Experience are to enable you to explore art as a career or hobby and encourage your creativity. To participate in the Camp Fire National Art Experience, you can choose from several activities. You may do these activities with your Camp Fire group, at your Camp Fire program site, with your family, or on your own. Be sure to learn about the rules and deadlines for your council’s art show or competition. Camp Fire National Art Experience Youth Requirements To participate in the National Art Experience project, you need to complete four of the 20 activities. We encourage you to enter a piece of artwork in the council’s experience: 1. Field Trip! Visit an art gallery, art show, museum, or art studio. View glass creations, and learn about the different ways that glass is used in art projects. 2. The Science of Glass! Glass is a particularly complex art medium. Artists working with glass must utilize lessons from chemistry and mathematics. Research how glass is made, and conduct experiments to understand its properties. See the videos on glass origins and properties, fabrication, and technology: http://www.netnebraska.org/basic-page/television/saving-your-treasures-glass Learn about the prismatic colors in glass by conducting experiments in this lesson plan: http://museumofglass.org/document.doc?id=698. Try a lesson plan for glassblowing simulation: http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/lesson-glass- blowing/. 3. Talk to the Pros! Have a conversation with a professional glass artist. View samples of the artist’s work. Find out what kinds of tools, techniques, equipment, and processes they use to make art out of glass. Ask how they get ideas or inspiration for their work. Ask about their first experiences in working with glass. What else can you ask them? If you don’t have a glass artist in your community, tune into Museum of Glass Hot Shop Live and “Ask the Emcee a Question.” http://museumofglass.org/glassmaking/live-from-the-hot-shop. Please email the Museum of Glass the day before so their Emcee knows you will be checking in: [email protected]. 4. Be a Culture Vulture! How long ago did humans use glass to make vessels and sculptures? Where have archeologists discovered glass artifacts? How long does glass last? Find out how people in ancient and historic cultures around the world used glass. Do their descendants still follow those traditions today? 5. Career Explorer! Do research—on the Internet, in books, or at the library—about at least three uses of glass. Learn how glass is used in different careers and/or how it is used by various companies. Share the research with other Camp Fire participants and your family. 6. Community Scavenger Hunt! Find glass displayed as art in your community. Take a picture and share it on https://www.facebook.com/museumofglass. Be sure to tell us what you like about the piece and to tag it #CampFireLovesGlass. If you don’t Facebook, use the hashtag in your favorite social media platform. 7. Hot, Warm, and Cold. Artists working with glass have many options. Research, compare, and contrast the ways artists work with glass—glassblowing /sculpting/casting/flame-working (hot), fusing/slumping/casting (warm), and sandblasting/cutting/grinding/polishing/engraving/gluing or reverse painting (cold). 8. How Is It Done? Find some online resources that explain the steps of making glass and try your skills with virtual glassblowing. Examples of resources include Indianapolis Children’s Museum: https://www.youtube.com/user/museumofglass; and Museum of Glass interactive games: http://museumofglass.org/document.doc?id=142. 9. Cooking With Glass. Try these recipes to learn about the properties of glass: Gather honey on a chopstick, which is like gathering hot glass. Make translucent potato chips that look like glass shards: http://www.themarysue.com/translucent-potato-chips-shards-of-glass/. Make hard candy that resembles glass: http://www.food.com/recipe/beautiful-stained- glass-hard-candy-197124. Make fudge and learn about non-crystalline (amorphous) solid: http://www.cmog.org/article/chocolate-and-glass-tasty-comparison. Practice “blowing glass” using a sugar recipe. Gather the warm sugar work on the end of a straw and blow like a gaffer: http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/09/homemade- sugar-work-tutorial/ or https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081224154846AASqnsJ. 10. Become a Glass Designer Through Museum of Glass, Kids Design Glass Program and Exhibition. If you are 12 or under, submit an entry using the official entry form included in this year’s packet. Learn more about this program at http://museumofglass.org/public- programs/kids-design-glass-program or on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzJfmNhpfzQ. 11. Glass as a Currency. Research how glass trade beads have been used as currency in many cultures. Try making your own string of trade beads. Trade them with your Camp Fire friends. 12. Glass Gems. Try making jewelry from found glass and recycled glass objects, or search for beach glass. Beach glass (also called sea glass) is any old bottle or other type of glass that has been tossed out into the ocean at some point in its life. As pieces are tumbled by the waves and tides and eventually wash up on the beaches, these fragments become perfectly polished, gemstone-like pieces. Beach glass can be found all around the world. 13. Watch Live Glassblowing in Person or Online. If you don’t have a glass artist in your community, tune into Museum of Glass Hot Shop Live: http://museumofglass.org/glassmaking/live-from-the-hot-shop. There are also lots of videos of artists making glass on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/museumofglass. 14. Learn About Working With Warm Glass. Try making a fused glass tile in a clay kiln or at a workshop. Remember to always follow the instructions and safety guidelines! 15. What Can You See? Find examples of transparent, translucent, and opaque glass in your community. Why do you think the makers of these objects selected glass with these qualities? Learn how the transmission of light through glass creates these qualities. 16. Decorate Your Windows With Stained Glass. Stained glass windows have been used in buildings since medieval times as a major pictorial art form. Make a faux stained glass window or sun catcher using transparency paper, colored cellophane, or painted hard lasagna noodles to tell your own story. Make sure your design incorporates a framework to outline the imagery. 17. Decoration Inspiration! Find examples of the many ways artists embellish glass forms, such as using colored glass, painting, and adding texture or other materials (such as beads, tiles, or found objects). How do these add meaning to glass art? Which of these should be added while hot? While warm? While cold? 18. Mad for Mosaics! Mosaics, or glass tile pictures, can be as small as a vase or stepping stone or as large as a wall mural or monument. Participate in making a glass tile mural or mosaic sculpture. Find out how glass tiles are made to cover a wall or three-dimensional armature. Participate in the making of such a project by assisting in the design, cutting tile shapes, decorating the tiles, or installing the tiles. 19. Glass in Nature. Learn about the types of naturally occurring glass. How are they formed? Where are they used? 20. Glass Creations! Create an original vessel, sculpture, mosaic, tile, or other artwork using any type of glass. If you wish, add finishing touches to your piece with paint or other embellishment. A Note on Safety: When working with glass, please be careful, wear eye protection, and ALWAYS follow instructions and safety guidelines for any studio you visit or any product that you use. If you choose, you can earn the Camp Fire National Art Experience emblem, which is a diamond shape to symbolize creation. A hand symbol and a star symbol are on the emblem, which represent your personal creativity. You can earn this emblem each year in which you participate in the National Art Experience. You will need to complete four of the 15 activities listed above and enter a piece of artwork in the council’s competition in order to earn this emblem. In addition to the emblem, you can earn a purple national project bead for each of the activities listed that you complete.