Program Flyer: The Art of "Cool:" Art and Architecture of 1950s California
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Content Provider
HEC-TV 2007-08 Honorable Mention
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Content Provider
HEC-TV 2007-08 Honorable Mention
Contact Information
Tim Gore
Tim Gore
8390 Delmar Blvd
Suite 211
St Louis, MO 63124
United States
Phone: (314) 432-3476
Program Type
Individual Program
Individual Program
Program Rating
This program has not yet been evaluated.
This program has not yet been evaluated.
Target Audience
Education: Grade(s): 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Education: Grade(s): 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Primary Disciplines
Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Program Description
Engaging directly with works of art on display in the Birth of the Cool exhibition, participating students will be invited to experience the cultural realm of the “cool” through painting, graphic design, animation, architecture, photography, and jazz music. Students will learn about the central themes of the exhibition, and also have a chance to consider challenging and relevant questions about what makes a style “cool,” the timelessness of “cool,” and how that connects to what we consider “cool” today.These “virtual” visits to the Museum support interdisciplinary learning by connecting Visual Art, Music, Language Arts, and Social Studies content areas, and addresses a range of National Content Standards in these diverse curricular areas. Each student participant will receive a 16-page color Education Guide prior to their participation in this program, and teachers will receive lesson plans and materials that can be used to integrate the content of this program into their classroom activities.Connecting exhibitions at the Kemper Art Museum to school curricula and classroom learning, these distance learning programs challenge students, teachers, schools, and museums to rethink ideas and art and learning in the digital age. Engaging not only with artworks that explore media literacy and visual communication but also with the computer-based interface of distance learning, students will be challenged to consider how the arts connect to contemporary life.EXHIBITION SUMMARY:On display at the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University from September 19, 2008, to January 5, 2009.Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury takes a retrospective look at the broad cultural climate of cool that informed the architecture, painting, photography, furniture, graphic arts, film, and music produced in Southern California during the 1950s. The exhibition includes more than 200 objects as well as a jazz lounge, interactive timeline, and a media bar with film, animation, and television programming.As referred to in the title of the exhibition, Birth of the Cool explores multiple aspects of the “cool” attitude that pervaded mid-century modern art and design. From the pure and rational sensibility of modernist design to the mellow and laid-back sound of West Coast jazz, the essence of cool as defined in the 1950s echoes throughout this exhibition.The resurgent interest in this aesthetic of cool evidences how many aspects of midcentury culture are still recognized as hallmarks of style and sophistication. Birth of the Cool looks back to this progressive time and place in order to better understand the interrelationships among the arts and artists, acknowledging their innovations and exploring a unique aesthetic and attitude that were nurtured by the culture and remain relevant today.Organized by the Orange County Museum of Art in Los Angeles and curated by Elizabeth Armstrong.
Engaging directly with works of art on display in the Birth of the Cool exhibition, participating students will be invited to experience the cultural realm of the “cool” through painting, graphic design, animation, architecture, photography, and jazz music. Students will learn about the central themes of the exhibition, and also have a chance to consider challenging and relevant questions about what makes a style “cool,” the timelessness of “cool,” and how that connects to what we consider “cool” today.These “virtual” visits to the Museum support interdisciplinary learning by connecting Visual Art, Music, Language Arts, and Social Studies content areas, and addresses a range of National Content Standards in these diverse curricular areas. Each student participant will receive a 16-page color Education Guide prior to their participation in this program, and teachers will receive lesson plans and materials that can be used to integrate the content of this program into their classroom activities.Connecting exhibitions at the Kemper Art Museum to school curricula and classroom learning, these distance learning programs challenge students, teachers, schools, and museums to rethink ideas and art and learning in the digital age. Engaging not only with artworks that explore media literacy and visual communication but also with the computer-based interface of distance learning, students will be challenged to consider how the arts connect to contemporary life.EXHIBITION SUMMARY:On display at the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University from September 19, 2008, to January 5, 2009.Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury takes a retrospective look at the broad cultural climate of cool that informed the architecture, painting, photography, furniture, graphic arts, film, and music produced in Southern California during the 1950s. The exhibition includes more than 200 objects as well as a jazz lounge, interactive timeline, and a media bar with film, animation, and television programming.As referred to in the title of the exhibition, Birth of the Cool explores multiple aspects of the “cool” attitude that pervaded mid-century modern art and design. From the pure and rational sensibility of modernist design to the mellow and laid-back sound of West Coast jazz, the essence of cool as defined in the 1950s echoes throughout this exhibition.The resurgent interest in this aesthetic of cool evidences how many aspects of midcentury culture are still recognized as hallmarks of style and sophistication. Birth of the Cool looks back to this progressive time and place in order to better understand the interrelationships among the arts and artists, acknowledging their innovations and exploring a unique aesthetic and attitude that were nurtured by the culture and remain relevant today.Organized by the Orange County Museum of Art in Los Angeles and curated by Elizabeth Armstrong.
Program Format
The program will focus on specific works of painting, photography and architecture in the exhibition. Once you have enrolled for the program, you will receive an agenda that lists the works so your students can learn more about them and the artists in the exhibition guide that you will also receive. You and your students will also receive copies of the exhibit’s exhibition guide.The program will proceed as a tour through the exhibition. Students will have many opportunities to interact with the works and ask questions of the curators as we go through the exhibition. Discussion will include aesthetic response to the works, the concept of “cool” that they display, the influences apparent in the works, the influences of the works, processes used to create the works, information about the artists, and interaction between student groups as they share their views of the works they see.
The program will focus on specific works of painting, photography and architecture in the exhibition. Once you have enrolled for the program, you will receive an agenda that lists the works so your students can learn more about them and the artists in the exhibition guide that you will also receive. You and your students will also receive copies of the exhibit’s exhibition guide.The program will proceed as a tour through the exhibition. Students will have many opportunities to interact with the works and ask questions of the curators as we go through the exhibition. Discussion will include aesthetic response to the works, the concept of “cool” that they display, the influences apparent in the works, the influences of the works, processes used to create the works, information about the artists, and interaction between student groups as they share their views of the works they see.
Objectives
1. Visual literacy: Students will examine works of art in-depth and talk about what they see through the use of some basic terms and principles of design.2. Cross-disciplinary connections: Students will make connections between works of different artistic media, such as film, music, painting, and furniture, and consider how these different art forms could be considered “cool” in the period of the 1950s.3. Historical and cultural context: Students will consider and discuss the time period of the 1950s in the United States and California, linking the design and “style” of these works to that historical period.4. Contemporary relevance: Students will begin to think about connections between these works of art, their relevance to today’s society, and what we
1. Visual literacy: Students will examine works of art in-depth and talk about what they see through the use of some basic terms and principles of design.2. Cross-disciplinary connections: Students will make connections between works of different artistic media, such as film, music, painting, and furniture, and consider how these different art forms could be considered “cool” in the period of the 1950s.3. Historical and cultural context: Students will consider and discuss the time period of the 1950s in the United States and California, linking the design and “style” of these works to that historical period.4. Contemporary relevance: Students will begin to think about connections between these works of art, their relevance to today’s society, and what we
now define as “cool.”
National Standards to which this program aligns
Featured National Standards--Visual Arts and MusicNA-VA.9-12.3 Choosing and Evaluating a Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, & IdeasStudents reflect on how artworks differ visually, spatially, temporally, and functionally, and describe how these are related to history and culture.NA-VA.9-12.5 Assessing the Characteristics and Merits of the Work of OthersStudents correlate responses to works of visual art with various techniques for communicating meanings, ideas, attitudes, views, and intentions.NA-VA.9-12.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other DisciplinesStudents compare the materials, technologies, media, and processes of the visual arts with those of other arts disciplines as they are used in creation and types of analysis.NA.M.9-12.6 Listening to, Analyzing, and Describing MusicStudents analyze and describe uses of the elements of music in a given work that make it unique, interesting, and expressive.NA-M.9-12.8 Understanding Relationships between Music & the Other ArtsStudents explain how elements, artistic processes, and organizational principles are used in similar and distinctive ways in the various arts.
Featured National Standards--Visual Arts and MusicNA-VA.9-12.3 Choosing and Evaluating a Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, & IdeasStudents reflect on how artworks differ visually, spatially, temporally, and functionally, and describe how these are related to history and culture.NA-VA.9-12.5 Assessing the Characteristics and Merits of the Work of OthersStudents correlate responses to works of visual art with various techniques for communicating meanings, ideas, attitudes, views, and intentions.NA-VA.9-12.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other DisciplinesStudents compare the materials, technologies, media, and processes of the visual arts with those of other arts disciplines as they are used in creation and types of analysis.NA.M.9-12.6 Listening to, Analyzing, and Describing MusicStudents analyze and describe uses of the elements of music in a given work that make it unique, interesting, and expressive.NA-M.9-12.8 Understanding Relationships between Music & the Other ArtsStudents explain how elements, artistic processes, and organizational principles are used in similar and distinctive ways in the various arts.
State Standards to which this program aligns
Schools from across the country are invited to join in the program. Missouri state standards are provided for Missouri schools since funding for this program comes from The Missouri Arts Council.Featured Missouri Grade Level Expectations (GLE):GLE: FA 3: 1.A Aesthetics - Investigate the nature of art and discuss responses to artworks.GLE: FA 3: 2.A Art Criticism - Analyze and evaluate art using art vocabulary.GLE: CA 5: 1.5, 1.7, 2.7 Media Messages - Develop and apply effective skills and strategies to analyze and evaluate visual media. (e.g., videos, pictures, websites, and artwork)GLE: MU 8:1.A Connections Between Music and Related Arts - Develop and apply knowledge and skills to understand the relationships between music, the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.
Schools from across the country are invited to join in the program. Missouri state standards are provided for Missouri schools since funding for this program comes from The Missouri Arts Council.Featured Missouri Grade Level Expectations (GLE):GLE: FA 3: 1.A Aesthetics - Investigate the nature of art and discuss responses to artworks.GLE: FA 3: 2.A Art Criticism - Analyze and evaluate art using art vocabulary.GLE: CA 5: 1.5, 1.7, 2.7 Media Messages - Develop and apply effective skills and strategies to analyze and evaluate visual media. (e.g., videos, pictures, websites, and artwork)GLE: MU 8:1.A Connections Between Music and Related Arts - Develop and apply knowledge and skills to understand the relationships between music, the other arts and disciplines outside the arts.
Program Length
60 minutes
60 minutes
10/14/08 10 - 11 am or 1 - 2 pm Central Daylight Time
Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees
Interactive Cost: $0.00View Only Cost: $0.00
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Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees
Interactive Cost: $0.00View Only Cost: $0.00
Premium Service provices additional benefits. Learn more!Receiving Site is responsible for own line charge
Program Fee Notes
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There is NO CHARGE>/b> for this program.
Cancellation Policy
Please contact us to cancel as soon as you know it is necessary.
Please contact us to cancel as soon as you know it is necessary.
Is video taping allowed?
No
No
The Provider broadcasts over
IPInternet 2
IPInternet 2
Minimum Technology Specifications for sites connecting to this provider
All connections are made via IP through our bridge organization, MOREnet. Once you have enrolled for the program, we will put you in contact with MOREnet so you can complete a test call prior to the program. The test call must be conducted to ensure your participation in the program.
All connections are made via IP through our bridge organization, MOREnet. Once you have enrolled for the program, we will put you in contact with MOREnet so you can complete a test call prior to the program. The test call must be conducted to ensure your participation in the program.
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