Can't say that I have any particular publication on display although there
may be a chapter here or there devoted to the subject.
Display offer time for critique, sensing the effectiveness of art on display
and opportunities beyond the creation of art to the actual display of art.
Often students shy about their own art find great satisfaction in the display
of art.
Display came become a dynamic part of the art program in that it is the PR to
admin, peers, parents and guest. By itself it communicates the goals of the
program and the involvement of the children.
I use both individual student display and group projects...usually the
individual works do represent the works that best represent the goals or
objectives of the lesson/unit. The group displays provide an opoortunity for
all students to display...work collaboratively, and participate in the
display itself. For example the following projects were displayed as a group
artwork but had each student represented individually with a work of art,
participation in collaborative expression and the overall display (how would
they hang it up or place it in the gallery) process. These are three of the
better units.
Mayan Glyph Wall - styrofoam packaging from new computers, painted to
represent the faces of Mayn art and glyphs...assembled as a Mayan ruin.
The Pillars of Pattern - tubes (Big tubes from industry
carpeting...anywhere), each student paints a pattern, each table assembles
its tower and each class assembles a pillar.
Ribbon of line - simple line drawings showing direction - markers -
all spaces colored in - connect all the lines (as best as you can) - glue
down into a long ribbon of line - display suspended, twisted and knotted
along wall or in a gallery.
