Reflection 3 - The Shape Game Workshop with Robyn Gibson

        This week’s workshop was taken by Robyn Gibson that looked at Visual Arts. The activities and strategies shown within this workshop revolved around the book ‘Shape’ by Anthony Brown. The set of activities used was called the ‘The Shape Game’. This particular workshop included quality literature within Visual Arts. Literature used in any artform is important for students as it can help them to interpret their surrounding world and have the opportunity to challenge and question certain things in life (Gibson and Ewing, 2011, p. 71). A particular strategy within the workshop that stood out during this workshop was the use of Drama with our artworks that we completed during one of the activities. The class in groups had to create a set of movements that would represent one of the four arts works that were shown, students then had to guess which artwork they were portraying. An implication to teaching this activity would be the factor of time; allowing students enough time to practice their dramatic experiences.

My collage relating to the set of Drama actions.

Reference:

Gibson, R. & Ewing, R. (2011). Transforming the Curriculum through the Arts. Claremont Street, South Yarra: Palgrave Macmillan.