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Evaluate how human consumption patterns

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Create art using a variety of tools, media, and processes, safely and appropriately.

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Apply skills and knowledge learned in various disciplines to visual arts.

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Exemplify characteristics of different artistic processes.

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Transformation (in contemporary art)

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Transformation; Consumerism; Sustainability; Community; Human Impact on Earth; Systems.

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Found Object; Usefulness; Consumer culture; Uncommon Materials; Waste; Artistic Investigation; Societal Norms, Waste; Object Life-Cycle, Activism; Eco Justice.

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1)Humans contribute increasing levels of waste year over year which could be mitigated by a shift in societal attitudes regarding usefulness of everyday objects.

2)Artists shape an investigation into transformation by observing context and the time and place in which it exists.

3)Artists investigate contemporary issues by shifting their perspective towards their community.

4)Artists explore how transformation can be both creative and destructive.

5)Consumer culture contributes heavily to the current state of global pollution.

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You can make a difference by reducing your plastic waste! This article by National Geographic touches on the current state of global pollution and offers several tips and tricks to help prevent extra waste.

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The Green Studio: Environmental Issues in Art

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The intersection of art and environmental responsibility is a compelling space. Artists, by nature, are innovators, visionaries, and pioneers. As the world becomes increasingly aware of the need for…

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Adam Milner- Contemporary artist exploring transformation and sustainability through art

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Adam Milner- Contemporary artist exploring transformation and sustainability through art

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From flower petals to eyelashes, plastic gemstones, a friend’s hair or Babybel cheese wax casing, artist Adam Milner mixes and matches a range of overlooked, but deeply resonant objects into artworks that explore our often fraught relationships with the things that fill our lives.

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What can the little things tell us about the big things? From flower petals to eyelashes, plastic gemstones, a friend's hair or Babybel cheese wax casing, artist Adam Milner mixes and matches a range of overlooked, but deeply resonant objects into artworks that explore our often fraught relationships with the things that fill our lives. Identifying as a collector and arranger of objects, Milner works primarily at home in Brooklyn, New York, intentionally intermingling the creative process with the items, spaces, and rituals of domestic private life. Self-consciously working against the grain of popular home decor shows like Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and Hoarders and their stigmatization of household objects, Milner says, "A lot of these philosophies are about getting rid of things, but I'm really interested in this idea of vibrant matter...that everything is active and when we're done with something, it still exists in the world."

As part of the artist's regular practice, Milner visits a neighborhood thrift shop and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, observing the varying levels of care and categorization each space brings to its objects. Artworks and functional items are sold side by side at the thrift shop, their cultural and economic distinctions flattened in a cozy sprawl. The museum attempts to create a more idealized theatre of display, carefully highlighting rare individual works, but disappearing the brackets and hardware that uphold them. For Milner, the jump from home to retail space to curated museum is an on-going lesson in the malleability of cultural values and hierarchies.

For the 2021 exhibition Public Sculptures, produced through the nomadic museum Black Cube, Milner draws upon these lessons and creates new contexts for audiences to access and understand art. The artist installs carefully calibrated sculptures-a conch shell with a metal filled interior and a tableaux of costumed deer figurines-in public spaces like a neighborhood bodega and friend's car. "Everything is porous and everything is always absorbing the thing next to it," says Milner. "If it's confusing where things begin and end, it's a lot harder to divide and segment. I'm always trying to resist the clean category."

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New York Close Up Series Producer: Nick Ravich. Director & Producer: Lorena Alvarado. Editor: Lorena Alvarado. Cinematography: Demi Waldron. Additional Camera: Sean Hanley. Sound: Mariya Chulichkova. Sound Design & Mix: Gisela Fullà-Silvestre. Color Correction: Addison Post. Design & Graphics: Chips. Music: Cloud and Raw Paws. Artwork Courtesy: Adam Milner. Thanks: Black Cube, Hannah James, Alexandra Kozlakowski, Restoration Worship Temple, Second-hand Shop, Rebecca Schear, Cortney Lane Stell, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Two Ways Supermarket.

New York Close Up is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts; and, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; Dawn and Chris Fleischner; and by individual contributors.

Digital exhibition of New York Close Up films is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.

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Adam Milner was born in 1988 in Denver, Colorado, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. The artist received a BFA from the University of Colorado and an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. Working across sculpture and installation, Milner investigates and recontextualizes the objects of the home, the hoard, the museum, and the body, questioning the boundaries and hierarchies that rule these domains.

"I'm really interested in this idea of vibrant matter or this idea that everything is active-and how when we're done with something, it still exists in the world."

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Adam Milner mixes and matches a range of overlooked, but deeply resonant objects into artworks that explore our often fraught relationships with the things that fill our lives.

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Brian Jungen- Contemporary artist exploring transformation, sustainability and consumerism through art

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Brian Jungen draws from his family’s ranching and hunting background, as well as his Dane-zaa heritage, when disassembling and recombining consumer goods into whimsical sculptures. Jungen transforms plastic chairs into whale skeletons, garbage bins into a giant turtle carapace, and collectible Nike Air Jordan shoes into objects resembling both the ceremonial masks of British Columbian coastal tribes and abstract modernist sculptures.

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Executive Producer: Eve Moros Ortega. Host: Claire Danes. Director: Pamela Mason Wagner. Curator & Producer: Wesley Miller. Editor: Mary Ann Toman. Art21 Executive Director: Tina Kukielski. Director of Production: Nick Ravich. Associate Producer: Ian Forster. Structure Consultant: Véronique Bernard. Director of Photography: Greg Bartels. Additional Photography: Johan Legraie, John Marton, Rafael Salazar, Ian Serfontein, & Ava Wiland. Assistant Camera: Brian Cheung, Patrick Morrisey, Hélène Motteau, & Angel Navarro. Sound: Brent Calkin, Jeff Carter, Keith Henderson, James Irons, Theresa Radka, & Matthieu Roche.

Title/Motion Design: Afternoon Inc. Composer: Joel Pickard. Online Editor: Don Wyllie. Re-Recording Mix: Tony Pipitone. Sound Edit: Neil Cedar & Jay Fisher. Artwork Animation: Anita H.M. Yu. Assistant Editor: Maria Habib, Leana Siochi, Christina Stiles, & Bahron Thomas.

Host Introduction | Creative Consultant: Tucker Gates. Director of Photography: Pete Konczal. Second Camera: Jon Cooper. Key Grip: Chris Wiesehahn. Gaffer: Jesse Newton. First Assistant Camera: Sara Boardman & Shane Duckworth. Sound: James Tate. Set Dresser: Jess Coles. Hair: Peter Butler. Makeup: Matin. Production Assistant: Agatha Lewandowski & Melanie McLean. Editor: Ilya Chaiken.

Artworks Courtesy of: Stan Douglas; Brian Jungen; Liz Magor; Jeff Wall; Art Gallery of Ontario; Kathleen and Laing Brown; Canadian Stage; Marian Goodman Gallery; Susan Hobbs; Katsushika Hokusai; Catriona Jeffries; Casey Kaplan; NFB Digital Studio; Rennie Museum; Vancouver Art Gallery; & David Zwirner. Acquired Photography: ARTtube.nl; Glenn Baglo; Walter H. Calder; City of Vancouver Archives; Byron Charles Jennings; Jeroen van der Poel; Robbie Schweiger; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Vancouver Public Library; & Vancouver Sun.

Special Thanks: The Art21 Board of Trustees; Michael Aglion; Catherine Belloy; Brooklyn Academy of Music; Pat Casteel; Wendy Chang; Linda Chinfen; Kevin Doherty; Caroline Dumalin; Marten Elder; Christina Faist; Christopher Fedorak; Brigitte and Henning Freybe; Peter Gazendam; Go Fish Ocean Emporium; Mike Grill; Ari Hiroshige; Paul Jackson; Debbie Johnsen; Sherrie Johnson; Jenette Kahn; Kwinten Lavigne; Khan Lee; Lindsay Lorraine; Anne Low; Kelly Lycan; Sheila Lynch; Ella Dawn McGeough; Sarah McMenimen; Scott Moore; Katrina Niebergal; Walker Olesen; Nigel Prince; Bob Rennie; Diana Salier; Sandy Sawotka; Keith Shapiro; Dirk Snauwaert; Cedrik Toselli; Western Front; Wiels Contemporary Art Centre; Andrea-Jo Wilson; & Steve Wylie.

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Additional Art21 Staff: Maggie Albert; Lindsey Davis; Joe Fusaro; Jessica Hamlin; Jonathan Munar; Bruno Nouril; Pauline Noyes; Kerri Schlottman; & Diane Vivona.

Dedicated To: Susan Sollins, Art21 Founder.

Major underwriting for Season 8 of Art in the Twenty-First Century is provided by National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, Lambent Foundation, Agnes Gund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

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Adam Milner- Extended Play ART21 viewing resource

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Phyllida Barlow-Urban artist exploring  abstract and transformative themes through her approach to art making with uncommon materials

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Inspired by the urban environment, Barlow’s sculptures marry unconventional materials such as cardboard, plywood, plaster, and cement with vibrantly colored paint and fabrics. Her invented forms are created through layered processes of accumulation, removal, and juxtaposition—gestures that Barlow describes as “more functional than artistic.”

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Sculptor Phyllida Barlow discusses her idiosyncratic approach to making art, learning and teaching, and building a career as an artist. From her home studio in London, Barlow recalls her childhood, where she witnessed her mother's ad-hoc way of making clothing and toys for her children. Her mother treated the materials of everyday domestic life as resources with endless potential, an attitude that has affected Barlow's artmaking. Shown at an exhibition at Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany, Barlow's anti-monumental, yet enormous tilting and teetering sculptures are composed of nontraditional materials like cardboard, plywood, and colorful fabric.

As an art student in London in the 1960s, Barlow struggled with the techniques, processes, and forms that were expected of sculpture. "All sorts of things were taboo, like domesticity or certain crafts that were perhaps more associated with women," says the artist. "It was the big, heavy traditions of sculpture that were important to learn and I wasn't that good at them." However, this experience later informed Barlow's approach as a teacher, where she encouraged students to develop practices that unraveled their personalities, aspirations, and desires rather than following a particular tradition.

For Barlow, art and artists exist regardless of whether they are seen by an audience. "There are plenty of artists who don't have exhibitions, there's plenty of art that's never seen," states Barlow. "Many artists endure that for their entire lives and it's heroic." Intrigued by the unseen and the unknown, Barlow affirms her belief in "the creative act as a deeply private experience."

This film is among a collection that comprise Art21's participation in the multi-institutional Feminist Art Coalition initiative. Feminist Art Coalition (FAC) is a platform for art projects informed by feminisms, fostering collaborations between arts institutions that aim to make public their commitment to social justice and structural change.

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Series Producer: Ian Forster. Director: Ian Forster. Editor: Drigan Lee. Camera: Andrew Kemp and Anne Misselwitz. Sound: Sean Millar. Assistant Camera: Clemens Rosenow and Charlie Stoddart. Colorist: Jonah Greenstein. Sound Mix: Adam Boese. Music: Joel Pickard. Artwork Courtesy: Phyllida Barlow, Haus der Kunst, and Hauser & Wirth. Archival Images: Phyllida Barlow and Fabian Peake. Special Thanks: Elena Heitsch, Damian Lentini, and Lucy Wilkinson.

Extended Play is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts; and, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; Dawn and Chris Fleischner; the Art21 Contemporary Council; and by individual contributors.

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Phyllida Barlow was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in 1944. Inspired by the urban environment, Barlow's sculptures marry unconventional materials such as cardboard, plywood, plaster, and cement with vibrantly colored paint and fabrics. Her invented forms are created through layered processes of accumulation, removal, and juxtaposition-gestures that Barlow describes as "more functional than artistic." The resulting massive works challenge viewers' experiences of physical space, stretching the limits of mass, volume, and height as they tower, block, and interrupt space. Yet these works remain distinctly anti-monumental; the artist leaves exposed, unfinished seams, revealing the means of the works' making and playing with the tensions between hardness and softness, the imperious and the comic, and the painterly and the sculptural.

"Making work that does not have a destination has its loneliness and its sadness about it. Many artists endure that for their entire lives, and it's heroic."

Art21 is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization; all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design (virtual tour hosted by MOMA NYC)

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"The objects in this exhibition highlight the entire life cycle of the materials they are made of. From extraction to reuse or disposal, designers are exploring new ways—sometimes drawn from old traditions—to enlist materials in their efforts to bring ecosystems into balance."

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Exhibition. Sep 2, 2023–Aug 25, 2024. Any act of good design must also be an act of empathy, respect, and responsibility toward all living organisms and ecosystems—as well as future generations. By translating scientific, technological, and social revolutions into objects and behaviors, design can be an agent of positive change and play a crucial part in restoring the fragile ties between humans and the rest of nature. Life Cycles: The Materials of Contemporary Design explores the regenerative power of design as it shifts its focus towards a more collaborative rapport with the natural world. The objects in this exhibition highlight the entire life cycle of the materials they are made of. From extraction to reuse or disposal, designers are exploring new ways—sometimes drawn from old traditions—to enlist materials in their efforts to bring ecosystems into balance. Cow manure collected from the streets of Indonesia is transformed into casings for loudspeakers and lamps. Bricks made from crop waste and fungi mycelium are used as a carbon-neutral building material. Bees fabricate honeycomb vases over human-made forms. These objects demonstrate that design can be elegant, innovative, and compelling, while at the same time offering new strategies for repairing our planet.

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Teaching with Contemporary Art: Objects Carry Meaning by ART21

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Teaching with Contemporary Art: Objects Carry Meaning by ART21

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This resource encourages teachers to pose three important questions regarding the objects we as people surround ourselves with. "Why do I own them? How did they get into my life? And what’s my responsibility?” These three questions challenge each person in a deeply reflective way to evaluate their own personal collection of tangible objects and the journey they have made into our possession through mass production and consumption."

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The route to a sustainable future by TED

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"Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries." A 17 minute look at the current state of our global sustainability practice and how it can be improved.

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Alex Steffen: The route to a sustainable future | TED Talk

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Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries.

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A breakdown of a "trash to Treasure" art lesson given by Kathleen Sneed Petka is an art teacher at Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia. This lesson encourages students to explore found and uncommon objects (trash) and challenges to turn it into something new via the artmaking process! Very similar to this lesson!

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High-school students repurpose found materials to create beautiful works of art, from painting to sculpture. Read it now in SchoolArts: the Nature issue.

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New Lesson Plans: Integrating Arts and Climate Change in the Classroom

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This article is hosted by Bow Seat Ocean Awareness program and breaks down several lesson in which climate change topics can be introduced into the classroom. These lessons are for both middle and high school levels and focus on an arts integration approach.

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Updated September 2022 When teaching about the climate crisis, the stakes could not be higher—not only do we want students to learn scientific content to understand causes and impacts, we are also asking students to take on a burden of past generations’ inaction and work towards solutions for a p

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Boost Student Creativity With Art Projects in Nature

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Interesting article with several examples of art projects in nature using materials found in nature. These are all very scalable and student focused, promoting art practice beyond the arts classroom.

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Not all projects need to be taken home for prominent placement on the fridge. Creating art in nature is about connecting with your environment, being inspired by nature, and leaving it right where it was found. These activities use tools and materials found in nature to show children that anything can be art if you're creative enough. Rocks, sticks, logs on the forest floor, even mud after a good rain can all be turned into art.

There's no age range on these activities, either. Adjust activities as needed to link back to existing school content and make projects a group effort where you see fit. The point is to leave the finished products behind. Photographs are fine, especially with sensitive kids who may have a tough time with that concept.

Sun Catchers

These beautiful sun catchers are a great activity for a sunny day. Students can use the finished products to catch the light before leaving them behind. Have students gather twigs, branches, and leaves to create the standing sun catchers in a variety of shapes. The image is rectangular, but circles, ovals, even triangles can use the same concept.

Decorated Logs

Any log or tree stump will do here. On your next community walk or field trip to a nature reserve, students can gather leaves to create patterns on fallen logs. Time this one in the fall for a variety of colors and leaf shapes. This could be a fun supplement to simple math and geometry lessons back in the classroom.

You can also use this opportunity to have students count tree rings. Have them take a photo of a tree stump or better yet, draw it! The "Tree Cookie" activity from PLT's Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide teaches students about the life of a tree - how old it is and what type of conditions it may have encountered (i.e., drought, wind, insects).

Stick Patterns

Play with patterns arranged with sticks and twigs on the forest floor. Young students may arrange sticks from shortest to tallest as they practice taking turns. Older children may alternate patterns or even create their own morse codes. As an extension activity, have students think about the different types of trees these sticks may have fallen from as they work.

Nature Squares

This activity can vary as the seasons change. Have students gather up piles of one type of natural material to create squares or other shapes filled with different colors and textures. Remind them that they shouldn't be plucking anything but collecting materials already discarded by nature. In the fall, they can play with multi-colored leaves or separate leaves by shade.

This is a perfect complement to "The Shape of Things" activity from PLT's Trees & Me: Activities for Exploring Nature with Young Children guide.

Photo Shoots With Leaves

Kick your students' imaginations into overdrive with this fun leaf activity. Have them imagine scenarios and shapes they can create with leaves solo, in pairs, or in groups. This is a fun activity to share with parents at the end of the day or post on the classroom website with the appropriate permissions.

Decorating With Dandelions

Dandelions are everywhere come spring. That makes them the perfect tool for "paintings" and projects as vibrant as the flower. If you're working with a larger classroom, have students work in groups to use dandelions in creative ways. Back in the classroom, extend the activity by talking about the changes that dandelions experience with the seasons.

Shadow Portraits

These shadow portraits only have to last as long as the students' poses. If you're anywhere near a beach, use seashells to add a touch of whimsy. Otherwise, any found objects work with this fun activity. Use this one as a recess alternative or spin on self-portraits in an art unit for kids of any age.

Animal Sculptures

These animal sculptures and 3D images can be as simple or intricate as you like depending on your students' ages and needs. Students who need a little guidance may like a more paint-by-numbers approach where they fill in natural materials into set models you provide. Older students may like a more free-form approach.

Leaf Flowers

Rather than leading students through another round of paper flowers, use fallen leaves, pebbles, and twigs to help students create temporary blooms out in nature. As an alternative gift for the next Mother's Day or spring craft project, take photos of their creations and help students create frames for the prints.

Sandprints

Sandprints using stones and shells found along the shore are a fun way to embrace visual storytelling. If you don't have beach access, any park or even muddy area would do. Just plan accordingly and warn parents if kids might get dirty! These could be a fun tie-in for younger students after a read-aloud of stories like Jonny Lambert's Bear and Bird: Find a Footprint .

Watch students turn simple rocks, stones, and pebbles into imaginative scenes and creatures with pebble art projects. Bring along sidewalk chalk that will wash away in the next rain to allow them to add detail to their characters. This is a fun extension activity for lessons around plot and character development.

Teachers with access to the beach should use that to their advantage with nature art that uses typical beach materials to create animals and objects found in that environment. Students can pre-plan their projects based on their thoughts of what they may find while beachcombing or let their creativity guide them in the moment.

Nature Quilt

A nature quilt can be a perfect whole-group activity to teach cooperative skills and patterns. You can also use this one as the culmination of a unit on themes or symbolism, where each square represents something students learned in that unit. To extend things further, have students describe what they created in each square once it's all done.

Mandalas can help us teach about geometry, patterns, even meditation practices for older kids. These mandalas support the idea of nature as the great equalizer. Even students with fine motor difficulties have the ability to participate in their creation when they're allowed to vary their mandalas in sizes, patterns, and shapes.

Tree Mud Monsters

We already know kids love playing in the mud. After the next rainy day, take the students out to the nearest forest preserve or park to create mud boys, girls, and monsters on tree trunks using mud and other natural materials. The activity below suggests store-bought air-dry clay as an alternative to natural mud, but we always recommend leaving nature the way you found it.

Fairy Houses

Help students house their resident fairies, gnomes, and forest sprites for the changing seasons with this whimsical activity. This one can even work with older students if you're exploring reading units about legends and myths. Bump up the standards on the finished products for an added challenge with your older students.

Nature Art Frames

Help students create frames of their favorite shape - or of shapes relevant to a classroom lesson - as something they can use on their next outdoor outing. Allow them to take the lead on images they choose to "frame" within those models. These are the only project on this list they can take with them, even if the images inside are left only to their memories.

These art projects in nature are all about tapping into your students' creative spirits. You know your classroom best. Adjust any activities based on students' learning styles and interest areas. Adapt activities to what your students are already learning as part of their everyday curriculum, or use these activities as brain breaks.

Did you know? Many PLT activities incorporate art!

Check out the "At-a-Glance" Index on pages 420-421 in the Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide. There's a handy "Subject" section that highlights which subjects are covered within each activity.

In the Trees & Me: Activities for Exploring Nature with Young Children guide, you'll find fun art experiences for little learners in the "Free Exploration" section of each activity.

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Explore activities that use tools and materials found in nature to show children that anything can be art if you're creative enough

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Laurence Winram Art @shapednature via Instagram and TikTok

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Scotland based land artist Laurence Winram creates nature based artworks using found natural material and honey as an adhesive. A great example of someone thinking of transformation in a very unique way, using materials already on hand in nature but manipulating the context to create something new.

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Museum of Life and Science unveils 30×30: Art, Nature & Science exhibit (Virtual Tour)

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Museum of Life and Science unveils 30×30: Art, Nature & Science exhibit (Virtual Tour)

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A juried art exhibit at the Museum of Life and Sciences focusing on 30x30 artworks exploring natural themes in their artwork. This show is meant to further sustainable attitudes within the community and within the arts.

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For Immediate Release - March 24, 2023 | 11 am

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DURHAM, NC -The Museum of Life and Science is excited to announce the opening of its latest exhibit, "30×30: Art, Nature & Science," a juried art show inspired by the 30×30 global initiative. This exhibit will open to the public on Saturday, March 25.

The Museum is committed to advancing an appreciation and comprehension of the natural world. The institution hopes that the 30×30 exhibit will engage and inspire the community in the global effort to conserve our planet's vital resources.

As a proud member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the Museum is committed to supporting the 30×30 initiative, which serves as the driving force behind this artistic showcase. With nature as their muse, 40 talented artists have created remarkable pieces for display throughout the exhibit.

This juried exhibit aims to inspire visitors with the urgent message of conservation and preserving life on Earth. The 30×30 objective, established by the United Nations and adopted by the AZA, invites the public to join zoos, aquariums, and science centers worldwide in this crucial effort.

The exhibit will be judged by representatives from the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Nasher Museum of Art, and the Museum of Life and Science, with three $1,000 prizes awarded: the Director's Prize, Artists' Prize, and Visitors' Prize.

Museum visitors are encouraged to participate by voting for their favorite work of art during their visit. The Museum will announce the winner of the Visitors' Prize later this spring.

The Museum is grateful to the Durham Art Guild, the Nasher Museum of Art, and the North Carolina Museum of Art for their contributions to this exhibit.
For more information on the "30×30: Art, Nature & Science" exhibit, visit lifeandscience.org/explore/30×30/ About the Museum of Life and Science
Located less than five miles from downtown Durham, the Museum of Life and Science is one of North Carolina's top family destinations. Our 84-acre campus includes a two-story science center, one of the largest butterfly conservatories on the East Coast, and beautifully landscaped outdoor exhibits. Our interactive experiences include Dinosaur Trail, Ellerbe Creek Railway, Hideaway Woods, Into the Mist, Earth Moves, and Aerospace, which features one of the largest collections of Apollo-era NASA artifacts in the state. The Museum is also an AZA-accredited zoo, home to rescued black bears, lemurs, endangered red wolves, and more than 60 species of live animals. Last year, the Museum celebrated its 75th anniversary and its ongoing commitment to the communities of Durham, the Triangle, and North Carolina. To learn more, visit lifeandscience.org.

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3)What can be learned about an object as it is transformed it into something new?

4)How can artists create new meaning through the artmaking process?

5)How might artists challenge societal attitudes regarding consumer culture through the artmaking process?

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