For Educators | ArtBabble

ArtBabble is a great resource for our teachers, and we want to help you get the right videos for your classroom. We created the "For Educators" page for teachers to quickly and easily find what they are looking for. We are re-launching with only a few lessons, but hope to continue expanding this section of our site. Please let us know what you think and how you use ArtBabble in the classroom by emailing us at contact@artbabble.org.

For further suggestions on how to use ArtBabble in the classroom, visit the Tips for Classroom Use page.

Check out the For Kids section for additional videos suitable for children.

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AB-TipsForEducators.pdf

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Innovation: Adding art to the STEM subjects (STEAM)

Looking for a way to add the arts to the traditional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum? These videos highlight artists whose work connects art and design to STEM, turning STEM into STEAM.

Kate Gilmore: Break Of Day, 2010

Jenny Holzer: Programming

Pressure + Ink: Lithography Process

Robert Lang Teaches Origami: Swallow

Play

This collection of videos introduces the theme of play in art.

Mash Flob @ MCA Chicago

"Soap Bubbles," probably 1733/1734, Jean Siméon Chardin

Brian McCutcheon's Shop (2011) and Cruise (2011)

Brian McCutcheon's Capsule (2011) and Orbit (2011)

Points of View

Can individuals have experiences that are exactly the same? This group of videos features art that challenges one point of view.

"Anish Kapoor: Memory"

William Kentridge: "Return"

Gravity's Loom: Ball-Nogues Studio

Kimsooja: "A Beggar Woman" & "A Homeless Woman"

Lost Worlds

This selection of videos takes you to many places, both real and imagined.

Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney

"Saint George and the Dragon," c. 1506, Raphael

Allan McCollum: "Lost Objects" & "Natural Copies"

"Interior of the Pantheon, Rome," c. 1734, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Experimentation

Use this collection of videos to explore art and the scientific method while learning about the properties of wood, soil, liquid, and light.

Object Lab 2010- Wood

Tang Museum: Suzanne Bocanegra on Math and Art in Collaboration

Art Terms in Action: Viscosity

Art Terms in Action: Emulsion

Inspiration

Where do artists get their inspiration? This collection of videos illustrates SOME starting points for artistic ideas and various places where inspiration can be found.

Design by the Book - Episode 2

Todd Schorr: American Surreal - Influences

Spencer Finch: Lunar

Mary Heilmann: Inspiration

Art from Nature

Can artwork that is inspired by nature lead to a deeper understanding of the natural world? This selected set of videos illustrates how artists study and use natural elements in their work.

Women in Art: Flowers in a Glass Vase by Rachel Ruysch

Tang Museum: Artist Interview with Paula Hayes

Christien Meindertsma: A pig in a hundred pieces

A Golden Spider-Silk Textile at the Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

How do our relationships affect our interactions with the world? This set of videos features artists who explore our capacity for relationships.

Oliver Herring: Legacy

Type A

Liam Gillick and Lawrence Weiner: A Syntax of Dependency:

assume vivid astro focus: Masks

Reusing Materials

What does it mean to be a responsible producer and consumer? This group of videos features artists who explore our environmental impact, including the use (or re-use) of material in their own work.