Monday, October 19, 2009

Art in Unusual Places

This week's post is on original art. When I was in Europe this summer, I was able to view many various types of art forms. Some of the more interesting ones were those in unusual or interesting areas. I saw graffiti from Pompeii that was almost 2000 years old, art students creating the "old masters" on the streets of Florence and huge paintings on the sides of buildings in Paris. Watch the youtube video and comment on where you would like to do some unusual painting or artwork.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtzdxseO-gs

40 comments:

  1. I would like to do this on all the blank walls in the school building. Cuz our school is uber boring!!!

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  2. I would like to see stuff like that done on old brick buildings. But not like graffiti. Maybe something like colorful and meaningful. Not random words on walls with spray paint. So yea. Or I agree with Nate, doing that in school would be coolio.

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  3. I think the idea of painting the school like that would be awsome! I especially think the basement needs some color! That would be awsome for the art classes to paint the school! It would also be fun to paint buildings in the park like that.

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  4. Doing paintings like this around the school would be so fun! And it would make the interior of the building way less boring! lots of schools paint a bunch of dumb stuff on the walls of their school, but i think doing something more like this would be way better.
    I thought the video was very cool! It was awesome how one blank wall turned into a million masterpieces. It's kind of like how Van Gough re-used his canvases with his paintings. It's so amazing how they created something and then turned around and made it into something else.

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  5. i really like stuff like this, its super neat.
    i want to do this on the outside wall of the library up town. like in the back "garden area".

    i just think it would look cool all over.(:

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  6. I think we should be able to on the wall outside mrs. johnson's room that used to have the hole in it.

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  7. I would enjoy painting in random places but one place in particular. Mostly on the top of Mr. von Rentzell's head. That would be the perfect pallet I do believe

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  8. i think we should be able to paint on the wall cause they are cool. It would look cool where ever it art could be at

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  9. I like the adding art in our school idea since the younger kids got to do in on 2nd floor we should do it too!! we could also paint on the windows like what we do for homecoming so we just wipe it off instead of painting over it!!!

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  10. the idea of doing it in the school sounds like fun for us but when we graduate the yournger students will think it's dumb and will ruin it. but that was cool how the picture changed into lots of differant things. i really liked the video.

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  11. I really liked this video. It was cool how local people came up and started to paint on the wall. I thought it was funny when everyone went away when the policeman came and was making sure everybody was being good. It would be cool to paint a wall either inside or outside the school. Make a painting made by the Earlham Art Classes.

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  12. It would be cool to do anything like that. You could paint random stuff on the floor of a hallway or a side walk. It doesn't have to be a wall. We could mimic Michelangelo and paint on a cieling. I think the best place to paint would be on the floor of the art room. Every square inch of the floor. If thats not an unusual place to paint then i dont know what is.

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  13. i really like the idea of painting the school cuz it would make us really unique. i know at my sister's college they don't throw away any paint. so when you're done with it you go into the stairwell and paint whatever you want. (it's an eco-friendly college) it looks really cool.

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  14. i agree, painting the school would be really neat. it would be a lot more welcoming.

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  15. Thats pretty cool hoe they put so many designs into one picture like that

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  16. I agree with derek. This stuff is pretty sweet, and the best spot to do it i think would be on the art room floor because it is bare and it shouldnt be because its an art room. it should be unique and interesting which is exactly what this stuff is.

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  17. that was sweet.. i think we should paint on the multi floor

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  18. this stuff would just make the school brighten up, and be more "us" instead of what boring schools are supposed to look like.

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  19. i think this would be cool to do on some of are school walls. It would really brighten everything up and i like how it is so unique.

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  20. I think this would look good on the streets of Earlham to make this town a little more interesting

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  21. It is awesome, what these people do.. they have just so much ideas and they are so creative.. it is amazing..
    I would like to this in a place, where everyone could see it .. maybe on big posters on the way to the school , or on the walls at Caseys.. I think someone should start a project, which everyone who want to do it is involved...

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  22. I would like to do unusual artwork on sticky notes and post them all over a big city. Or make a big piece of art out of sticky notes on the side of an old abandoned building somewhere.

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  23. I think thats really cool that they did that and for the school idea we should do something like that where the seniors get to do it each yr and it just gets painted of the next year

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  24. I thought that was really cool!! It shows there dedication on art when they stay working in it at night. It was very interesting!!!

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  25. All I have to say is WOW.. that is amazing to paint like that and have it so big is just amazing. That would be a good idea if we could do that as sidewalk art. That shows how much talent he has in the art department and he will have a good life by showing off his talent.

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  26. We should definitely paint in the school! I think that we should paint in the locker hallway because we would have a ton of blank space to use. It would be a really fun project.

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  27. This would be fun to do. We should try it out some time.

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  28. That video was very cool. I agree with painting school walls. I also think it would be cool at the city park on the outside walls of the bathrooms and shelter.

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  29. I was shocked at how many times they actually changed the picture. After the first amazing picture they painted I would have stopped--I never want to erase anything I spent lots of time working on!!! That would be really cool to try out some time around here.

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  30. Although it is true that it would be EPIC to draw something on one of the many walls of our school, everyone knows that at my speed it would take a year to do, so someone else besides me would have to do it lol.

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  31. That would be so cool to see that everywhere. Brighten up the world. I've seen train car graffiti- it's pretty cool!! I agree what mike said.

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  32. It was cool to see a ll the art in fast foward It would be cool to see maybe some of this stuff around here

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  33. I agree with the people that said we shout do somthing like that in Earlham or the school. that would be cool.i liked the last one before they put the pumpkin and colorful thing on it.

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  34. all the other schools i've been to have something sort of like this near their art section of the school, so why not us? West Central for example. theirs looks great!!! It makes more emphasis on our art program. so people know our talents! maybe art club??

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  35. i agree with nate i would like to draw on every blank wall in my house .

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  36. i think that painting things like that allover the school would be really cool. it would make the walls alot cooler. it would make the school look really awesome. i thikn the basement needs something on the walls cause they are so boreing.

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  37. I would like to do stuff like that on walls or an old building just because i think it would be fun to do. I think our art class should do something like that. i like it and I think it is cool to see that.

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  38. i agree with matthew and there should be some stuff around here with that kind of drawings on the walls.

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  39. this is such a cool idea. its so unique and fun! I agree with like, everyone when I say that our school should deff. do that to our plain walls!

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  40. i liked the video it was really cool. the school would be cool but i think doing all of the buildings on the square would be a great idea. It would make it less boring.

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