Fall 2023
Teaching Artist: Arshayla Robinson
Classroom Teacher: Mia Bagnall
At School of the Future, themes of identity and personal narrative presented by featured artists Kat Richards and Raque Ford. Through a series of exploratory classes, students used drawing, painting, and writing to create imagery that represented themselves literally and symbolically. Class discussions centered around the use of elements like color and abstract shapes to depict aspects of their “authentic” selves. Students collected found imagery such as personal photos, and researched and printed digital imagery from social media and pop culture. These abstract explorations and collected imagery were then combined to create mixed media “identity collages.”