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Maya Lin

Architecture. Maya Lin. Twenty-First Century Artist/Architect Chinese American Born in Athens, Ohio in 1959. Vietnam War. http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=227223. Memorial. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington, DC, 1982. The Women's Table.

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Maya Lin

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  1. Architecture Maya Lin

  2. Twenty-First Century Artist/Architect Chinese American Born in Athens, Ohio in 1959

  3. Vietnam War http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=227223

  4. Memorial • Vietnam Veterans Memorial • Washington, DC, 1982

  5. The Women's Table Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1993

  6. The Civil Rights Memorial The Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, 1989

  7. The Wave Field FXB Aerospace Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1995

  8. Museum of Chinese in America's (MOCA

  9. The Box House Telluride, CO, 2006

  10. The Confluence Project Multiple sites in the Western U.S., in progress

  11. Maya Lin: Process of Artmaking http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=l38Ea10sNBI

  12. Ideas Percolate • Laying an Egg: Ideas comes out fully formed when you • make or draw the form • Write about the piece before the imagination of the form • takes place • Title comes after finished, the name finds her.

  13. Memorial • A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. • Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or art objects such as sculptures, statues or fountains, and even entire parks. • Also common are war memorials commemorating those who have died in wars.

  14. Achitecture • Architecture -is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. • Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art. • Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.

  15. Symbol • is something which represents an idea, a physical entity or a process but is distinct from it. The purpose of a symbol is to communicate meaning. • A red rose is a symbol for love and compassion.

  16. Think about 911.

  17. Think about how your lives have been touched.

  18. If you were commissioned to create a sculpture for the school park what would be it’s purpose?

  19. Who is your audience?

  20. What would it look like?”

  21. You will Construct a miniature clay memorial for 911.

  22. list in words your idea in your journal

  23. Use symbolism to sketch images of the memorials in your journal.

  24. Shape the miniature memorial out of clay

  25. Think about Maya Lin as she described her creative process. Where does will your creativity comes from?

  26. 911 Creative Reflection 9/11 Tribute Song - We Will Remember You http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=O2Xo34g_SqQ 911 Movie-Proud to be an American http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=VeAM383zX8A remember 911 (SONG) Daddy http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=mWBKVfa81FM

  27. Take a photo your memorial for our “Artsonia” Gallery.

  28. http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=227223http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=227223 http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=l38Ea10sNBI http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity.html?ga_source=embed&ga_medium=embed&ga_campaign=embed 9/11 Tribute Song - We Will Remember You http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=O2Xo34g_SqQ 911 Movie-Proud to be an American http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=VeAM383zX8A remember 911 (SONG) Daddy http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=mWBKVfa81FM http://www.mayalin.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi

  29. Reflections: • What did you like about Maya Lins work? • What functions did you see in her artwork/architecture? • How much money do you think she made for her work on the Veterans Memorial? • What are some of the reasons people make art?

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