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Bill Barminski Cardboard Sculptures and Beyond the Streets Field Trip

In 2018, my 8th grade art class was fortunate enough to visit the Beyond the Streets art exhibit of graffiti and street artists. It was a real treat for them because it showed a medium that was normally seen in a negative light displayed in a more traditional setting. Having your art doesn't validate it… Continue reading Bill Barminski Cardboard Sculptures and Beyond the Streets Field Trip

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Installation Art

Colette Miller Collaborative Inspiration Another way to incorporate the street art-graffiti tour into your curriculum is to choose an artist that the students got to see their work up close and personal to use as inspiration. One such artist that we saw, and that you may have seen yourself and taken a picture with her… Continue reading Installation Art

Graffiti Art, high school, middle school, Street Art, Uncategorized

Street Art-Graffiti Tour

The 8th grade class is always excited about the first field trip of the year, our graffiti walking tour in Downtown LA. We would take the metro and walk through Little Tokyo on the way to the arts district where we would be taken around to different street art/ graffiti displays. We even stumbled upon… Continue reading Street Art-Graffiti Tour