Mrs. Shannon Fish, Lancaster High School s_fish@lancaster.k12.oh; @lhs_art

1. The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment Ohio Art Education Foundation Grant Showcase 2013 . . . . . Mrs. Shannon Fish, Lancaster High School s_fish@lancaster.k12.oh.us; @lhs_art "The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment"

2. . Lancaster HS 2012-13 NAHS "The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment"

3. This video may be viewed using the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2P38X6Fv6Q "The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment"

4. . TIMELINE… "The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment"

5. . • Objectives: Students will… • Define and identify “Public Art” • Justify public sculpture from various artists worldwide • Generate and select themes appropriate for local community audience • Interact with a local sculptor (work displayed locally and nationally) throughout the development and design process • Collaborate on large, steel sculpture design • Planning in small groups • Create a maquette in small groups (to scale) • Based on aesthetic and conceptual merit, select a design for enlarging in steel • Articulate criteria for judgement and modification throughout the design process • Select and explain ideal exhibit location on high school campus. (Main Street Lancaster makes this decision for downtown exhibition.) • Organize and participate in sculpture installation (include school and local leadership and media contacts). • Create summary (i.e. video) including personal statement of learning • Complete a project evaluation (survey addressing all listed objectives) Ohio Visual Arts Standards Applied (Advanced) Perceiving/Knowing: 2PE, 6PEProducing/Performing: 1PR, 2PR, 3PR, 4PR, 6PRResponding/Reflecting: 4RE, 6RE Ohio Core Standard Skills Applied Math: Ratio, Scale/Proportion Language Arts: Reading for understanding, Verbal Presentation, Written Expression Social Studies: Public Sculpture and the role in community Science: Physics of sculpture (i.e. Calder) "The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment"

6. INVOLVEMENT • Students • Core group of 19, grades 9-12 • 42 received formal invitations to participate as NAHS members • Open to approx. 300 other Art students, only one joined • Teacher: Shannon Fish • Mentor Artists: • Ric Leichliter, sculptor • David Fish, woodworker • Additionally • JaymieKiggins, sculptor • Hocking Valley Laser Cutting • Mainstreet Lancaster, public sculpture initiative • The Honorable David Smith, mayor • Lancaster City School Administration • Community members of Lancaster "The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment"

7. PRE-SURVEY POST-SURVEY • Define “Public Art” • 9.2 percent strongly agreed All responded agreeably • 61.5 percent agreed and could provide • 9.2 percent were undecided examples of Public Art • Define “sculpture” • 30.8 percent strongly agreed • 60.5 percent agree • 7.7 were undecided • Our community can benefit from more Visual Art • 96 percent strongly agreed or agreed • 4 percent undecided • Representative statements regarding personal learning: • “I learned that thinking as a group can create great things.” • “I learned how different it is creating a sculpture as opposed to 2d artwork….” • “I learned that working in group art projects is fun and helpful and requires good team work.” • “Doing this sculpture has given me a much better understanding of 3-D composition.” "The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment"

8. . BUDGET "The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment"

9. . FISH’S GRANT WRITING TIPS • Be familiar with all requirements • Plan thoroughly • Write specifically • Use visual aids (charts, graphs, et cetera) when appropriate • Have specific means of measuring outcomes "The Bigger Picture: Sculpture for Community Enrichment"