How the Artist Captures Climate Change
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Provided by: Connecticut Public Radio|Published on: May 20, 2024
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Synopsis
- This podcast features artists and curators of the "Sea Change | See Change" exhibit at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut.
- Students will hear about what inspired the artists to create their work and their hope for the exhibit and the environment.
- The artists mention their inspiration from and work in Sweden, French Polynesia, the Florida Keys, Baja, California, Lake Saint Clair in Michigan, the Netherlands, Maryland, Springfield, and Norway.
Subjects: Visual and Performing Arts
Authors: Connecticut Public Radio
Region: Europe, North America, USA - Northeast, USA - West, USA - South, USA - Midwest, United States, Oceania, Connecticut, California, Florida, Michigan, Maryland, Inland CT
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Students will benefit from hearing the example of a career path that was not straightforward.
- The podcast includes many messages of hope, which will comfort students who may have climate anxiety.
Additional Prerequisites
- There may be ads before and during the podcast.
- Teachers can activate prior knowledge by asking students about their experiences with the ocean or being inspired by pieces of art.
- Students should know the impacts of human activities in the oceans.
Differentiation
- Students can practice making art to inform or inspire others about climate change.
- Art students can analyze and interpret the six images included in the resource.
- Language arts students can read climate change poetry, such as Amanda Gorman's poem in the lesson “Pale Blue Dot, We Will Fail You Not”: A Poetry Lesson.
- Math students can interpret graphs and data included in other climate change art, such as Jill Pelto's "Habitat Degradation: Ocean Acidification."
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