NAEA Need to Know Webcast: Is It Art? Data Visualization: How Does Data Visualization Align With the National Core Art Standards?

NAEA Need to Know Webcast: Is It Art? Data Visualization: How Does Data Visualization Align With the National Core Art Standards?
April 9, 2020
Cost: FREE

Presenters: 

Yichien Cooper
Chair, Data Visualization Working Group; Adjunct Professor and Field Supervisor,
Department of Teaching and Learning, Washington State University, Tri-Cities

Karen Keifer-Boyd
Data Visualization Working Group Think Tank Member; Professor of Art Education &
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State University

Theresa McGee
Hinsdale Middle School, art and digital media educator

Carina Ocampo and Katherine Casey
Preservice Students from Washington State University, Tri-Cities

Melanie Buffington, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Art Education, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Join the NAEA Research Commission’s Data Visualization Work Group as teachers, students, artists, and researchers present data visualization projects in alignment with the four pillars of the National
Core Art Standards (2014): Create, Present, Respond, Connect.

CREATE
Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art. (VA:Cr1.2.6a) Learn the results from NAEA’s Data Visualization Working Group call-out to K-12 teachers, who provided resources and lesson plans that they use.—TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES

PRESENT
Develop and apply criteria for evaluating a collection of artwork for presentation. (VA: Pr4.1.8a) Explore museum apps to curate art collections as data visualization of themes in art. —STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES

RESPOND
Speculate about processes an artist uses to create a work of art. (VA:Re.7.1.3a) Dissect data visualization artistic processes. For example, artist Chris Jordan (2008) describes his artistic process: “When 300 million people do unconscious behaviors, then it can add up to a catastrophic consequence that nobody wants, and no one intended. And that's what I look at with my photographic work.” He digitally scans everyday objects from bottle caps to Barbie Dolls, duplicates thousands of times, and arranges the multiples of data into a larger image, a larger statement. —ARTISTS’ PERSPECTIVES

CONNECT
Distinguish different ways art is used to represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect group identity. (VA:Cn11.1.8a) Critique representation of group identity in resources for art teachers. —RESEARCHERS’ PERSPECTIVES

Please note that participation in this webcast does not include NAEA professional development credit.