Cover Cultivate Magazine Grade 4-8 Issue 1 In This Issue: Art and Design Magazine for Kids, featuring Artists of ArtPrize What is contemporary art? intervieW With a curator Golden ratio hoW to see like an artist and more!
The arts play an integral role in making our world a more beautiful place, and PNC Bank is proud to help ArtPrize do just that! Since 2009, ArtPrize Education Days presented by PNC Bank has brought arts education to more than 100,000 students from across Michigan. This year, ArtPrize has also partnered with Cultivate to develop a wide variety of programming for everyone, including students like you! As you explore this magazine, we encourage you to be curious and think about how art makes your life more beautiful.
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Cover: Tyler Schrader [3D] “The Cosmic Portal” Wood, steel, LED @ City Built Brewing Company, Image Courtesy of the Artist Featured ArtPrize Artists: - Sitelab [Installation] “Transformer Station” @ Citywide, Image Courtesy of Artist - CultureVerse [Installation] “EIRO” @ Calder Plaza, Image Courtesy of Artist - Swilk [Installation] “Homestead” @ One Continuous String, Suspended Objects @ UICA and Gerald R. Ford Museum, Image Courtesy of Artist - Troy Ramos [3D] “Abandoned” Found objects, Spray paint, Sound installation, Wood @ Gillett Bridge, Image Courtesy of Artist - Son Visual [Installation] “Seeking a Pleasant Peninsula” Exterior Paint @ One Forty Monroe Center, Images Courtesy of Artist - Satellite Collective [Installation] “Sad Blimp Twinnings” @ Rosa Parks Circle and Ab-Nah-Awen Park, Images Courtesy of Artist Past work Photo Credits to Lora Roberston - Edwin Anderson & Mural, Photography by Erica Townsley, Portrait Photography by Ashley Wireenga, Images Courtesy of the Artist Artist Images: - Mark Rumsey [Installation] “Cloud Redux: Silver Lining” Paper @ Kendall College of Art and Design Atrium Gallery, Image Courtesy of the Artist - Olaniyi R. Akindiya [3D] “Till Death Do Us Part #2” Mixed Media Slides, Photo Tapestry Sculpture @ Monroe Community Church, Image Courtesy of the Artist - Jacquie Pittman [Time-Based] “this mental/body” Dance @ Midwest Movement Collective, Photography by Katie O’Loughlin, Image Courtesy of the Artist - Edwin Anderson & Mural, Photography by Erica Townsley, Image Courtesy of the -ArtistEdwin Portrait, Photography by Ashley Wireenga, Image Courtesy of the Artist - Michael Rajnicek [2D] “Reciprocal Care” Charcoal on Dura-lar, @ BH Gallery, Image Courtesy of the Artist Stock Images: “Two chairs in front of black and yellow wall“ © Mikhail Mishchenko / Adobe Stock Graphic Design/Spot Illustration: Brian Hedrick Coe ClaudiaLacyPimentel Editorial/Copywriting: Mallory Shotwell Claudia Pimentel
Who does this book belong to? Name of school In This Issue 2Cultivate 3 What is Contemporary Art? 5 Meet The Featured Artists of ArtPrize 6 Draw a Picture/Make an Artist Statment 7 Art and Storytelling 8 Composition 10 Meet an Artist of Artprize 11 Color Theory 12 Value and Shading 14 Be an Art Critic
Actively teaching the Art and Artists of ArtPrize, Cultivate has created three magazines (grades K-3, 4-8, 9-12) that are Common Core standardized that can be a teaching tool and resource for art teachers and students year-round. These magazines will be distributed to art classrooms and schools across West Michigan and available at ArtPrize!
What Art?Contemporaryis DID YOU KNOW?
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Contemporary art is the art of now! Art that is created within the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Examples of contemporary art may be any genre or medium - painting, sculpture, installation, video art or projection, or drawing. These artists give a visual voice, or representation, to the cultural or historical world that is changing around them, experiment with ideas and materials, or change environments. It is noted for its wide ranging diversity in both artist, style, medium, and evolution on the very definition of art itself. Their work, like any art movement, serves as an artifact of the time.
When we actively study contemporary artists, it serves many purposes. We are able to see representation of artists working today, go to their exhibitions as they are working, with the power of the internet and social we can message them, and we are able to learn from and observe their story. All of this means that now, as opposed to the decades or centuries before, we are able to support the artists who are living and working today!
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Check out Mark Rumsey’s installation piece here during ArtPrize at Kendall College of Art and Design’s Atrium Gallery!
Discover more cultivategrandrapids.orgat 5 ArtPrize Education Days SiteLab “Transformer Station” CultureVerse “EIRO” Swilk “Homestead” Son Visual “Seeking a Pleasant Peninsula” Troy Ramos “Abandoned” Satellite Collective “Sad Blimp Twinnings” Edwin Anderson Meet The Featured Artists of ArtPrize!
6Cultivate Draw a picture about something that happened to you: My artwork looks like . I made it with . This work is about . I think the artwork looks . because I . (title) (describe what it is) (share what the story(adjective)is) (feeling about the work) Write an artist statement: (materials)
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Can you separate the art from the artist? Artists share storytelling, or visual narratives, of their lives and the lives and world around them. This may be intentional - as artists share an image of a historical or cultural event, or about a person in particular. It can also be unintentional - as artists, like all people, are inspired and influ enced by the changing landscape around them. Art, especially contemporary art, is a reflection of the world and people around us. We can learn more about the art or artist, to understand their reasons, or stories behind their work and process.
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Let’s look at the work of artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya. Olaniyi shares this about their work: “TILL DEATH DO US PART #2” is a collection of photography slides donated by 6,379 people from 138 countries. These are photo slides of their families’ occasions: cele brations, family photos, life histories, and marriages. It spans many years and many lives across the world.” Check out Olaniyi’s piece during ArtPrize at Monroe Community Church!
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Pattern is closely related to Rhythm - it is a repetition of any kind of element in a piece. Patterns can be made out of anything - colors, shapes, lines, or values!
Contrast usually refers to a strong difference between light and dark, but can also be differences in other elements like line, shape, and color. Strong differences can impact the mood of a piece and how we feel about it!
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Focus or Focal Point/s refers to the part of parts of a piece that our eye loves to zone in on! This part of a piece is also called emphasis; where does your eye like to rest, settle, or focus on in a piece?
Rhythm in a piece can feel like a musical beat, usually from repeating patterns, shapes, colors, etc. Do these elements stay the same? Or do they change, changing the rhythm?
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Balance is all about equilibrium in art; it makes a piece of art feel calm and well put together, or possibly jumbled and uneasy. Making a piece symmetrical or asymmetrical will impact our feelings on this: what could a balanced piece be saying? An unbalanced piece? Unity refers to whether a piece of art feels like all the parts belong to gether, instilling a sense of harmony. Does everything feel like it belongs together? Or does something stick out? How does that impact how we feel? Movement may seem like a strange thing to see in artworks that don’t move (2D and 3D art), but lines that lead our eye (called Leading Lines) in art can make a piece feel like it has a ton of movement! Does a piece feel more still and stable, or does it feel energetic and wild? Proportion is all about the shape and size of the parts of a piece. Have you ever drawn something, but something about it feels off? Often, that’s the proportion at play! The right use of proportion can make things feel and look realistic and lifelike - the opposite can make things feel strange and unreal.
Composition refers to how different parts of an artwork are combined and arranged. The composition of a piece impacts how we look at a piece or art: how our eye moves around it, how the colors catch our attention, how it makes us feel, and what draws us to it. Artists have complete freedom to make any composition they want, so it’s important to plan and consider all of the different elements:
9 ArtPrize Education Days How are elements of composition used in Jacquie Pittman’s piece seen here? Check out Jacquie’s piece during ArtPrize at the Midwest Movement Collective!
What do you love about art?
What advice would you give to someone who wants to be an artist?
My dream job is to have my own art and culture lounge that brings in many different artistic history, styles, and culture from all over the world. Allow it to have many dif ferent forms of art present whether it be performance arts, literature arts, fine arts, musical arts, and more.
Where do you find inspiration for new work?
Last, if you had a superpower, which one would you want?
My Super Power of choice would be “Teleportation.” I think this would be awesome because then I can instantaneous ly arrive anywhere I want to be without having to drive all the time! You’ll never be late for work, a meeting, or meeting up with friends to hang. It would be much easier to travel the world and experience new places. And if you were ever to be in danger you could always teleport right back home to be safe!
Meet an Artist of ArtPrize!
Edwin Anderson is an artist based in Grand Rapids, MI. Check out Edwin’s mural piece seen to the right at 359 Division Ave S, Grand Rapids, MI 49503!
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My constant hunger for knowledge and education. As I continue to learn and further my education throughout life. I tend to find new inspiration because of the new infor mation and so I want to tell those stories and information through my form of art.
I’ve always been an artist most of my life. Growing, learn ing, sharpening my craft & creativity and continuing higher education to further understand the art culture. As an artist you are also an entrepreneur, which means you are self employed, which also means you either have to find opportunities for work or create opportunities for work. An example of finding opportunities is that there was an artist call looking for artists to create artwork on boarded up walls. This was a paid opportunity and it helps create exposure for you as an artist. I created some work and shared my work online. I received a lot of positive feedback from many people in the community. which then, lead to new opportunities of work from potential clients reaching out to you to do more work with your services. Over time as I continued my path as an artist I created many oppor tunities of work for myself and those would sometimes lead to new jobs. There’s a lot I’d like to share but I will say as a tip for any artist who’s interested. It’s very important to know business or to have some fundamental under standing of business practice. It will help you in the long run when working as a freelancer or establishing your own business someday.
What is your dream project?
Storytelling, beautification, the value it brings, and the lives it can impact and create change. How did you become an artist?
My advice would be to always keep fueling your creative tank. Everyone has the capacity to be creative, it’s just that some people nurture their creativity a little bit more than others. Because of this, those individuals are usually known to be very creative and talented. So, find ways to always keep creating things. Remember we’re problem solvers and creative thinking is our talent and strength.
Primary, Secondary & Tertiary Primary colors, also called source colors, cannot be made up of any other color: Red, Blue, Yellow Secondary Colors are made from combining the primary colors: Red + Yellow = Orange, Yellow + Blue = Green, Blue + Red = Violet Tertiary Colors are the combination of Primary and Secondary colors, found in between their maker colors on the color wheel.
Color Families: Warm vs Cool In general colors can be split into Warm or Cool colors, Warm consisting of Yellows, Reds, and Oranges, and Cool colors consisting of Blues, Greens, and Purples. Warm colors tend to feel energetic, happy, and stimu lating; Cool colors conversely feel calm, relaxing, and soothing. Warm colors are said to advance to our eye, or come forward and highlight areas more, whereas cool colors tend to recede and fall back. Imagine how this can be used to focus the viewer’s eye to specific areas of a painting or work of art!
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Color Theory
Color Theory is color viewed through the lens of both science and art, used to construct combinations of color (called color palettes), that look good together, or have color harmony. Not only that, color theory can help artists connect with audiences by understanding how color combinations can invoke feeling and emotion into their work. Three variables by which a color is defined: Hue the color family (green, blue, red, etc) Saturation the intensity of the color, dull vs intense Value The lightness/whiteness or darkness/blackness of a color
Activity: Can you recreate the value scale using pencil or graphite? Shade very lightly on the first squares, increasing slowly and adding pressure as you reach the end.
A Value Scale can be used to examine Depth and 3-Dimensionality of an object. With value, artists can grant the illusion of depth. Depth is the distance between the foreground and background, and 3-Dimensionality is defined by having dimensions of width, length, and height; the opposite would be something that appears 2-D, or flat. When something has depth and 3-Dimensionality, it has realism - it looks like we can reach out and grab it! So how does an artist see this and how do they do it? Artists notice light all around them, and notice how light impacts the value of an object. We can ask, “where is the light source coming from?” Then we can ask, “Where the darkest area is on an object?” Then we find the lightest area - we can practice all this with our hands, too! Let’s make a value scale.
A value scale is a lesson that artists use to practice the lightness or darkness shift between values. Do you see how one box value gently goes up and down in lightness and darkness? That’s what we are gently working on! We want it to be very subtle shifts, or gradients, between the boxes. 12
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What Do You Know About Value and Shading?
Let’s take a look at Michael Rajnicek’s work below. Can you find the darkest value? Can you find the lightest value? Check out Michael’s work during ArtPrize at BH Gallery! Use value to color in these images and make it look as realistic as you can! 13 ArtPrize Education Days
14Cultivate Be an Critic!Art Have you ever wondered what questions to ask about art? Or how we can understand it better? No matter your age - whether we like art or not, or even think it’s art or not, it is the conversation about art that matters. You can start with do you like the art, and dig in from there. Why, or why not? What do you see or notice? So let’s talk! Why do you think the artist made this piece? I really like this because…art I do not like this because…art What can this teachpieceme?
Cultivate is an arts organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that offers a contemporary art gallery, studio-based arts education for ages 3 through adult, and artist resource center. Cultivate believes in art, but also in cultivating a community of learning, creativity, and growth through serving a local, regional, and national audience. Cultivate is excited to offer the following Education and Community work for Artprize 2022.
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