Sources related to the environment, garbage, and found objects

In our discussion of lesson plan ideas on Thursday we tossed around alot of great ideas related to consumption, recycling, and art from found objects. Below are links that you might enjoy exploring.

http://www.moifa.org/exhibitions/past/recycledreseen/rrindex.html



VIDEO: Chris Jordan At Greener Gadgets

VIDEO: Interview with Chris Jordan


 

Here is another link to the work of John Dahlsen

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kimberly-brooks/artist-john-dahlsen-makin_b_98631.html

Here is another article from San Francisco

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/09.96/garbage-96-9.html


Finally here is a link to the movie Garbage
http://www.garbagerevolution.com/
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GLBTQ artists

Did you know that Michelangelo was gay?
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1453148,00.html





















Other artists to consider
Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Marsden Hartley, David Hockney, Holly Hughes, Gran Fury, Frida Kahlo, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Rauschenberg, Guillermo Gomez Pena, Felix Gonzales Torres, and David Wojnarowicz,Rosa Bonheur, Romaine Brooks, and Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein)

Awareness Activities for the classroom

Here is a link to a website with activities to promote diversity and discuss discrimination.