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Alternative Self Portrait

Alternative �Self-Portrait

Lesson 2

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Close Looking

Look closely at Woman Freedom Now by �Faith Ringgold.

What do you notice about how the artist arranged �the text?

How do you think the arrangement impacts the meaning of the design?

How does the arrangement of letters change the meaning of a word?

Faith Ringgold, Woman Freedom Now, 1971, Museum of

Modern Art,

New York

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Sketchbook

How can you apply what you learned in �the Arranging Shapes lesson to working with text?

Create a list of words that express how you are feeling today. Try to write at least 10 words in your sketchbook.

“Draw” a few of your words by changing their shape, size and position.

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Writing

How does the shape, size and position of the words impact the meaning?

Which word drawing do you think best expresses the meaning of the word?

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Remote Arts Learning Partnership

Module One �

Studio in a School NYC Team

Julie Applebaum, Senior Director

Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project DIrector

Writing Team Project Team

Anne-Marie McIntyre Josef Zutelgte Belinda Blum Nicola Giardina Paul Urevitch

Jamie Powell Andrea Burgay Katherine Huala

Graphic Design

Don Giordano

NYC Department of Education OASP Team

Karen Rosner, Director of Visual Arts

Amber Lodman, Arts Program Manager Kaitlin Trammell, Remote Arts Learning Partnership Project Coordinator

NYC Department of Education Visual Arts Teacher Team

Maria Bonilla Susan Bricker Amie Robinson Lara Tyson

These educational materials were created through a partnership with Studio in a School NYC and The New York City Department of Education Office of Arts and Special Projects (OASP) and made possible by the generosity of The New York Community Trust.