{"data":{"ID":1465,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1764086867,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Data as a Generator of Narrative in Visual Art","Handle":"data_as_a_generator_of_narrative_in_visual_art-2","ShortDescription":"How can we provide entry points into data analysis that support visual learners and enhance student curiosity and creativity? Both visual art and data tell stories, and students can use their skills of critical thinking and compassion to create visual narratives that also speak to their passion for activism and world-changing. The conversation will highlight an exciting and innovative seventh grade unit at the Rashi School. In this unit, students explored data about climate change from a variety of graphs and charts. This was connected to the 6th grade Science curriculum, and their Science teacher assisted in providing and vetting sources for the graphs. Students learned about the growing art form of data visualization, and created their own data art using a choice of fiber art, sculpture, and painting. They also wrote artist statements and presented their work in class.","Description":"This conversation will include in-depth discussion of issues and topics that would be generative for data art, as well as a breakdown of the creative process that these students used.\r\n\r\nStudents began by exploring and interpreting the graphs, choosing a topic of interest, and then planning and sketching. After a teacher review process, they began creating their artwork.\r\n\r\nStudents began by sketching and writing answers to the following questions: What is the topic of your graph? What conclusions can you make from your graph? What emotions does the information in your graph make you feel? How will the shape of your project reflect its message? How will your materials reflect the message of your project? How will the colors you use reflect your message?","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"During this conversation, participants will put themselves in the students' shoes, choosing from a list of current topics and exploring and discussing data related to those topics. We'll collaborate in small groups, then share out our ideas about how we'd structure the unit, given our own schools' curriculum and yearly themes. We'll also share out what we'd plan to do, if we were the students given this assignment. My hope is that everyone will leave feeling inspired and capable of creating their own work of data art!","Presenter":["Erica Smiley"],"PresenterAffiliation":["The Rashi School"],"PresenterEmail":["esmiley@rashi.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":191,"ScheduleLocationID":34,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":13}}