the smART studio @ DeWitt

Welcome

The smART studio at DeWitt Middle School emphasizes three main tenets; creating and learning through design process thinking (studio habits of mind), thoughtful verbal and written reflection on Visual Language and it's conversation with the self and humanity, and connections between each other and the world outside our school environment.

So, find your interest and feed the curiosity! Investigate, explore, sketch, create, review, revise, inspire, be inspired and create again. The cycle of learning—the cycle of design—is more than a privilege, it's the pathway to understanding. Through the Arts we cultivate self-directed, self-motivated habits of mind that lead us through a life-long pursuit of learning and participating in society.

Friday, March 23, 2012

6th grade Origami UPDATE!

Here is the first 'draft' of an origami 'how to' movie created by 6th graders at DeWitt. They are using iMovie to capture the footage. Next comes the voiceover—stay tuned!

Daily Visual Journal 3.23.12

Diego Rivera

One of Diego Rivera's mammoth Detroit Industry murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Daily Visual Journal 3.21.12

NO visual journal assignment due to critique day!!

Daily Visual Journal 3.22.12

Another logo design from Milton Glaser.

Food for thought: Why use an image? Why is the image of a heart more compelling and accessible than the word "love?"