How are you connected to nature? Visual responses to climate issues (original) (raw)

This book was launched with the central theme of international pictures of practice. Our broad aim was to present readers with clear, first-hand accounts of what artist-educators do in various contexts, such as schools, communities, or other settings. During this visual art unit, framed by the context of the International Baccalaureate curriculum, students aged 14 - 15 from an international school in New York City addressed and created a visual response about the issue of climate change. Because it affects each region, students were touched by this problem as they come from different countries. The project I proposed in art as a subject in the MYP IB curriculum was introduced by asking the students to discuss how they are connected to Nature. Then, by mediating conversations using images from artists and the news, students addressed the impact of climate change in their homeland. The summative assessment consisted in creating artwork by applying the technical skills of double exposure portrait in photography, digital collage, and contemporary art principles to express their feelings, concerns, and points of view about the issue of climate change.

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