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The innovators project

The innovators project. Be a part of . . . Step 1: Choose an innovator as inspiration for your artwork. Choose from one of the following influential people: Lewis Hine (Photographer) Sacagawea (Explorer) Neil Armstrong (astronaut) Stephen Hawking (theoretical physicist)

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The innovators project

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  1. The innovators project Be a part of . . .

  2. Step 1: Choose an innovator as inspiration for your artwork. Choose from one of the following influential people: • Lewis Hine (Photographer) • Sacagawea (Explorer) • Neil Armstrong (astronaut) • Stephen Hawking (theoretical physicist) • Jim Henson (puppeteer) • Bob Fosse (choreographer) • Claude Monet (artist) • Aaron Copland (musician)

  3. Step 2: Learn more about them and their influence.

  4. Lewis Hine (photographer) • . Lewis Wickes Hine was born in 1874. He used photography to document many historical events. • He also used documentary photography as a tool for social change and reform.

  5. Sacagawea (explorer): • She was hired by Lewis and Clark to help guide their team of explorers of the unsettled American West. • She was pregnant when they hired her. She delivered and then carried her baby for much of the expedition.

  6. Neil Armstrong • Neil Armstrong was an astronaut and the first person to walk on the moon.

  7. Stephen Hawking • Stephen Hawking is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author. Hawking was the first to set forth a cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.

  8. Jim Henson • Jim Henson was an American puppeteer,inventor, screenwriter, film director and producer. • Best known as Creator of the muppets.

  9. Bob Fosse • Bob Fosse was an American actor, dancer, choreographer, director, screen writer, film editor and film director. • He won an unprecedented eight Tony Awards for choreography, as well as one for direction. He was nominated for an Academy Award four times.

  10. Claude Monet • Claude Monet was a French artist who is considered the father of Impressionism.

  11. Aaron Copland • Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition.

  12. Step 3: Come up with your idea for a work of art inspired by one of these innovators. (Use your sketch book!) HINTS: • Don’t be too obvious. The viewer should have to think a little. • Avoid being cliché like the plague! • Think about what medium would best represent them. • Think about “abstracting”images. • Give it an interesting title.

  13. Step 4: Create your work of art. • Here are some example from previous years:

  14. “Sondheim” by Sammy Ross

  15. Katherine’s Legacy” by Amanda Smith

  16. “Life On the Mississippi” by McKay Echols

  17. “The Birth of Hip Hop” By Taylor Sanders

  18. “The Count” by Blaine McMurray

  19. “Honest Abe” by Michael Goodman

  20. The Criteria for this assignment : • Must have one of the innovators as the theme for the art work. • Must also express how you feel about the innovator. • Idea must be original and creative NOT cliché. • Project should take at least 3 class periods to complete. • Must show effort and quality workmanship.

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