Student Projects & Adaptations: School 133 - Samara, Russia
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Natalia P. Grigorieva, Tatiana M. Yampolskaya, Zhanna N. Polyakova, English Teachers
Natalia V. Osnovin, Graphic Arts Teacher
During the school visit, students and Warhol staff created this image collaboratively by photographing clothing textures. The swatches of pattern, symbol and color create a subtle portrait of youth identity.
Summary:
This School Program is the result of a yearlong education program beginning in 2005 with discussions amongst the Warhol Museum, Alcoa Foundation, Alcoa Russia and local education representatives in both Samara and Belaya Kalitva. An outline of an education program was developed that focused on using the Museum's new online curriculum as a resource and working with a small number of local schools and teachers to enable deep engagement, as well as on providing these schools with needed technology resources. Subsequently, Warhol Museum staff traveled to Samara and Belaya Kalitva to conduct teacher workshops demonstrating the online curriculum and various technologies and artistic practices. They also visited the schools involved and held student master classes for select students.
Teachers and a group of students from each of the thirteen participating schools worked together to create projects inspired by Warhols art, life and practice. Each school received the gift of a computer, Internet access and other equipment.
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Many students explored collecting and how the number of objects creates a different visual meaning than just one. Examples of this study include: Ksenia Sherbakova’s family stamp collection, Julia Voronkova’s necklace collection and Andrej Yampolosky’s photographs of his mother’s collection of pins. |
After much planning and investigation into the art and life of Andy Warhol the students of School 133 specified approximate subjects for their projects. . . . from our joint discussions we stopped on the following project ideas which were based on Andy Warhol techniques: World of teenagers, The most memorable thing, Unusual is nearby. Students view on the process was gradually changed within the project implementation. They came to fully understand pop art and art processes initiated by Andy Warhol. Students actively discussed project subjects and some problematic issues and were very proud of their work.
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