National Art Experience National Art Experience 2015–2016 Adult Coordinator Information In partnership with Tacoma, Washington #CampFireLovesGlass Adult Coordinator Packet Introduction This packet of information will provide you with all the information you will need to successfully implement the 2015–2016 Camp Fire National Art Experience with your youth participants. 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. Youth participating in the National Art Experience will get the opportunity to learn how artists working with the medium of glass employ a variety of hot, warm, and cold techniques. The youth will get to experience working with some of the glass techniques. Using small glass tiles, youth could decorate objects, such as vases and picture frames. They could create jewelry from glass beads or recycled glass or build mosaic tiles. In some of their communities, youth 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, glass, and open medium. The purposes of the Camp Fire National Art Experience are to enable youth to explore art as a career or hobby and encourage their creativity. Participants in any Camp Fire program—out-of- school-time, environmental and camp, or teen service and leadership—can participate in the National Art Experience. Participants can choose from several activities. These activities can be completed individually or as a group. The National Art Experience is conducted through local Camp Fire councils. Each council may determine specific deadlines and local resources. Councils may encourage individual program sites to conduct local art shows or competitions, which may or may not also participate in a larger council experience. Glass art displays can be learning tools for youth and their families. The National Art Experience is an opportunity to visit workshops, museums, art schools, galleries, artist studios, and craft and hobby shops in your area. In addition, the youth can be encouraged to explore information about glass at the library or on the Internet. Camp Fire sincerely thanks Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, for their significant contribution to the 2015–16 National Art Experience materials. Museum of Glass is a 75,000-square-foot art museum in Tacoma, Washington, dedicated to the medium of glass. The mission of the Museum of Glass is to provide a dynamic learning environment in order to appreciate the medium of glass through creative experiences, collections, and exhibitions. Since its founding in 2002, the Museum of Glass has been committed to creating a space for the celebration of the studio glass movement through nurturing artists, implementing education, and encouraging creativity. Camp Fire National Art Experience Objectives The objectives of this experience are to help young people: Increase personal creativity. Increase competency in, and learn the appropriate application of, the art medium. 2 Gain greater self-awareness (for example, a sense of identity and self-esteem). Become more aware of and reflect on their sparks. Make choices and plan sequentially. Experience a range of art forms. Develop skills and find outlets for personal expression. Consider related careers and lifetime interests. Develop a sense of competence and self-worth. Camp Fire National Art Experience Guidelines 1. The National Art Experience is open to all current Camp Fire youth participants. 2. Entries will be judged on originality, excellence, and creativity. 3. Entries will be judged by the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington. 4. The art may be produced in any setting, including home, school, afterschool program, art or craft class, teen event, outdoor program, or club meeting. 5. Entries may be entered in other competitions. 6. Each Kids Design Glass entry must be completed no later than February 1, 2016, or the local council’s deadline (whichever occurs first). 7. Each Kids Design Glass entry submitted to the National Art Experience, cohosted by Camp Fire National Headquarters and Museum of Glass, must include a completed Entry Form. Entries must be received by February 8, 2016. Each Camp Fire council may determine additional rules and specifications. Camp Fire National Art Experience Youth Requirements To complete the National Art Experience project, youth need to complete four of the 20 activities. We encourage every participant 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. Make sure you email the 3 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. Resources include the Indianapolis Children’s Museum: https://www.youtube.com/user/museumofglass or 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 chop stick, 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 4 http://museumofglass.org/glassmaking/live-from-the-hot-shop There are also lots of videos of artists making glass on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/museumofglass.