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Collecting

Introduction: Artistic Practice as a Framework for Learning
Developed by the Andy Warhol Museum and field tested by area teachers

Collecting, documenting, experimenting, collaborating, reproducing - all are central to Warhol's work and are fundamental to how we learn. These practices provide frameworks for skill building and a lens through which to explore society and culture. Because frameworks are, by their very nature, structural and not content-specific, they allow the learner to personalize his or her experiences. Using art practices as a framework give students choice and control, and allows them to draw on their own knowledge while providing a new sense of motivation. Practice anchors the "how" so young people feel free to concentrate on the "what" of their world and to explain their creative voice.

Collecting is the first fully developed and field-tested unit to be presented online. This unit comprises extensive resources on Warhol, other artists and professionals, special features such as student podcasts and examples of school projects & adaptations using "collecting" as a framework for student learning. Other units will be added in the future focusing on different artistic practices.

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