DOCUMENT RESUME ED 466 967 SO 033 878 AUTHOR McCoubrey, Sharon, Ed. TITLE Collaboration in Art Education. INSTITUTION British Columbia Art Teachers' Association, Vancouver. PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 42p.; Photographs may not reproduce well. AVAILABLE FROM British Columbia Art Teachers' Association, 100-550 West Sixth Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 4P2, Canada. Tel: 250 -762- 5445; Fax: 250-470-6084. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT BCATA Journal for Art Teachers; v40 n2 Win 2000 EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Art Activities; *Art Education; *Art Teachers; Elementary Secondary Education; *Teacher Collaboration ABSTRACT Educators are familiar with working together to produce curriculum packages, to team teach a unit, to host a parent event, to put on a school-wide concert, or to plan a conference. Collaboration in art education as presented in this publication is a team effort that is slightly different and beyond ordinary collaboration. Collaborative art-making involves the inclusion of many contributions to the creation of the final image. This theme issue contains seven articles:(1) "Editor's View" (Sharon McCoubrey); (2) "The Collaborative Process of Art Making" (Taylor Gutermute a.k.a. Patty Taylor); (3) "Making Connections: The Integration of Art and Language Arts" (Virginia MacCarthy; Heather A. Pastro); (4) "The Spirit of Nature: The Grandview/?uuqinak'uuh Public Art Project" (Illene Pevec); (5) "Making Mosaic and Ceramic Murals: A Collaborative Challenge" (Lynda Faulks); (6) "A Teaching Jewel: Collaboration in Art" (Evelyn Vipond-Schmidt); and (7)"Resources Reviews" ("Beyond the School: Community and Institutional Partnerships in Art Education" and "Step Outside: Community-Based Art Education"). (BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Collaboration in Art Education. Sharon McCoubrey, Editor British Columbia Art Teachers' Association, Vancouver. 00 00 O U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Office of Educational Research and Improvement DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS 33.011 COIFT AVAIIIIABLE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERIC) le...This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 2 ° Points of view or opinions stated in this INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. BRITISH )1b .1\ li,lj0,y! Volume40 Number'? JOURNAL FOR ARTTEACHERS Winter 2000 EACHERS' ASSOCIATION . 411 41. I a Collaboration in Artducation The cover illustration is a collaboration art project, NIMBY, coordinated by Taylor Gutermute. All other visuals in the journal accompany specific articles and are identified or explained within. The Making of NIMBY Page 4 Lynda Faulks and the Commonwealth Games mural Page 25 BCATA Journal for Art Teachers is the official Journal of the British Columbia Art Teachers' Association. Editor:Sharon McCoubrey This Journal is published three times each year. It is submitted to ERIC: ART and the articles appear in RIE - Resources in Education, and are available on microfiche and hard copy through EDRA ERIC Document Reproduction Service. Manuscripts are welcome at all times and on any topic related to art education, Please send manuscripts prepared in APA style (American Psychological Association 1983). of Please send your submission as hard copy and on disk well protected for mail delivery. Preferred software is WordPerfect IBM. Sharon McCoubrey, Journal Editor B.C. Art Teachers' Association 8090 Highway 97Lake Country, B.C. V4V 1 P9 Tel:250-766-4406 (home) 250-762-5445, local 7306 (work) Fax: 250-470-6084 EMail: [email protected] BRITISH British Columbia Art Teachers' Association MA Volume 40, No 2, Winter 2000 Journal Editor: Sharon McCoubrey BCATA, Provincial Specialist Association of the BCTF 100-550 West Sixth Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4P2 EACHERS' ASSOCIATION Collaboration in Art Education Editor's View Sharon McCoubrey The Collaborative Process of Art Making 4 Taylor Gutermute aka Patty Taylor Making Connections: The Integration of Art and Language Arts..11 Virginia MacCarthy and Heather A. Pastro The Spirit of Nature: The Grandview/?uuqinak'uuh Public Art Project.17 Illene Pevec Making Mosaic and Ceramic Murals: A Collaborative Challenge....25 Lynda Faulks A Teaching Jewel: Collaboration in Art 33 Evelyn Vipond-Schmidt Resources Reviews: 38 Beyond the School: Community and Institutional Partnerships in Art Education Editors: Rita L. Irwin and Anna M. Kindler Step Outside: Community-Based Art Education Peter London The BCATA Journal for Art Teachers is an official publication of the British Columbia Art Teachers' Association. The opinions expressed in the journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or the association. Ed°Tfors ) Collaboration in Art Education with other subject areas has been dealt with in varying ways, the concern always being that art may be compromised in the integration. The We have within education collaborated for a potential for combining art and language long time and in many different ways. We are through quilts and of quilts being a good art all familiar with working together in order to form that can accommodate many collaborating produce curriculum packages, to team teach a artists, are made evident in this article. This unit, to host a parent event, to put on a school project also provides a good example of collab- wide concert, or to plan a conference. The col- oration between two instructors in a teacher laboration in art education as considered in education program. this Journal is a 'working together' that is slightly different and beyond that 'regular' col- The collaborations in Illene Pevec's garden and laboration. Art making has typically been a public art project took place on several differ- process conducted by the individual artist. ent levels: funding sources, coordinating a proj- Collaborative art making involves the inclusion ect at a public facility, and working with differ- of many contributions to the creation of the ent stakeholders such as artists, parents, stu- final image. The process of collectively creat- dents, administrators. As Pevec describes this ing art could involve considerations that would exciting project of bringing art and a garden to not exist in individual art making, factors a needy school, many significant themes are which would affect both the creating process discussedthe inequities within the same pub- and the appearance of the final image. lic school system, First Nations' needs and con- tributions, and the value of an inviting environ- The first profile of a collaboration is of just ment. The profile of this project serves as an that approach, a group of people working encouragement to those who might think that together to create a single artwork. Taylor such a project is beyond their realm of possibil- Gutermute shares with us her expertise in coor- ity. For example, when funding needs may dinating multiple contributions to create an art- seem to be excessive, it is in fact always possi- work. Following her interesting discussion ble to find a way to access available funds, about the notion of the artist creating art inde- especially when collaboration results in the pendently, as has been the most common funds being accessed from several different approach, Taylor prompts us to consider the sources. After hearing about Pevec's wonderful ways in which the contributions of many affect project, I thought about the tremendous oppor- the final image. Her many helpful suggestions, tunities there are to create such projects in guidelines, options and variations, learned schools all over the province. through her many experiences with coordinat- ing collaborative art making, will be beneficial A master of mural making, Lynda Faulks dis- to any art teacher venturing into this type of cusses the challenges involved in creating project. murals when a range of logistical issues must be dealt with and when the collaborating artists MacCarthy and Pastro offer us another look at are high school students. Once again, what projects that integrate several disciplines, in becomes obvious when reading about a major this case, Art and English. Integrating the arts project such as the Commonwealth Games mural that is profiled here, is that resourceful- 2 ness is essential for surpassing the logistical single artwork in which the image is continual- hurdles, whethet they be financial, or practical ly evolving as additions are presented and alter- problems related to transportation or installa- ations made.. Another level of collaboration tion. An important value shared by Faulks, a involves multiple components in the overall value that is essential to the success of her col- project, each component having specific needs, laborative art making projects, is her belief that regulations, or unique contributions. all students in her classes, not only those inter- ested in art, are able to successfully create art. It would seem obvious that collaborative art making is indeed an example of synergy, that A teacher education program is the setting for the whole is greater than the sum the parts. the collaborative projects shared by Evelyn Taylor described collaborate art making as Vipond-Schmidt and preservice teachers are the "artwork that could not be attained through the contributing