Ashley Bolling

ashleybolling3@gmail.com Aurora School District

Miranda July & Learning to

Love You More in the Classroom

• Author• Film Director• Actress• Screenwriter• Artist

Learning to Love You More

• 2002 Project created by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher

• Crowdsourced Art using the internet• Participants asked to complete

“Assignments” with specific instructions and submit when finished

• Photographs, writings, video/audio recordings, etc

www.learningtoloveyoumore.com

www.learningtoloveyoumore.com

Assignment #63:Make an Encouraging Banner

Assignment #55:Photograph A Significant Outfit

"What I was wearing when I told him what he did was wrong."KaraNew York, New York USA

"This is what I was wearing when I left everything behind in Paris and moved 4090 miles away."AudreyFranksville, Wisconsin USA

"What I was wearing when I realized who I wanted to be."Evie B.Austin, Texas USA

Assignment #39: Take a Picture of Your Parents

Kissing

Karin, St. Petersburg, Florida

“Fatinha & Beto,”Oakland, California

“Joe & Vi,” New York, New York

• Have students complete some of LTLYM assignments

• Students create their own assignments and get their fellow students/community involved

Getting Students Involved

Questions to Ask

• How is this art different/like other art forms we have previously studied?• Who takes credit as the artist of

this work? Does that even matter?• Does Learning to Love You More

have more/less value because of the mass appeal?

• Introduces a contemporary artist

• Students incorporate technology and art

• Being proactive with the community and arts

• Open minds to possibilities of art beyond traditional mediums

Outcomes