Today, we got a visit from our Clay Center counterparts Lewis Ferguson (Director of Art and Science education), Denise Deegan (Collections Manager/ Assistant Curator) and Kayte Brannon (lead educator.) We really enjoyed the visit! They gave us an overview of the project and we shared with them some of the possible themes we've come up with so far.To come up with themes, we all went online to the Avampato Online Gallery and created our own, personal "galleries" using the "My Gallery" feature. We then e-mailed these to Mrs. Burch so she could see which paintings we chose. Then, she asked us to revisit our choices and try to find adjectives that described our collection as a whole. We will use these adjectives to come up with ideas for themes for our group exhibit.
Some of the theme ideas so far are:
People at Work
the Suburbs
Four Seasons
Shadows
Shapes
Charleston Art
American Dream... or not
People in Color
Warm Colors/Cool Colors
Melancholy
Tranquility
Ethnic Art
City/Country
A lot of people noticed that their galleries showed contrasts between two things, like "City/Country" or "Warm and Cool Colors." We like contrast!
