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Assignment: Let's make some art to get an inside perspective on creativity and the creation of art. It is also another way to get to know your fellow classmates.

Materials: 8 1?2" × 11" background paper, glue stick, scissors, pencil, magazines, painted papers or solid papers for collage materials

Cultural Collages. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith infuses traditional Native American imagery and mythology with expressive textures and innovative technique, creating both layers of images in a collage format with layers of meaning with her use of symbolism. SMITH_SPAM_cropped.jpg

Romare Bearden showed a different type of creativity in his depictions of the daily life he witnessed in the rural South and in Harlem, New York.

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Create your own layered collage, infusing aspects of your culture to create meaning or in the manner of Romare Bearden or Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, of your campus or hometown environment. In choosing your images, you should consider personal history, culture, childhood memories, and key events. You may include in the collage a photocopied picture of yourself. You should communicate your environment and concepts to others. View other work by the 2 artists.

Write a few sentences on "How did the subject, purpose, artistic effects, and cultural influence all work together to create an effective work of art?"