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ThinkingOutsideoftheBox

ACloserLookatCreativity&Shape

WhatisCreativity?“theuseoftheimagination ororiginalideas,especiallyintheproductionofanartisticwork.”- Dictionary.com

Whatkindsofjobs/careersrequirecreativity?1. ChiefExecutive(averagesalary=$186,000)2. Physicist3. Advertisingmanager4. Roboticsengineer5. Biochemist6. Principal7. Filmdirector/Talentdirector8. Atmosphericscientist

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Whatconditions,attitudes,andbehaviorssupportcreativityandinnovative

thinking?

Whatfactorspreventorencouragepeopletotake

creativerisks?

•Creativityandinnovativethinkingareessentiallifeskillsthatcanbedeveloped.

•Artistsexperimentwithart-makingapproaches.

•Peoplegaininsightsintomeaningofartworksbyengagingintheprocessofartcriticism.

Asaresultofthisunityouwilllearn:

TheIncompleteFigureTest• PartoftheTorranceTestofCreativeThinking(TTCT)• soughttoidentifyacreativity-orientedalternativetoIQtesting.• Developedinthe1960sbypsychologistEllisPaulTorrance

• OneofthemosticonicelementsoftheTTCTwastheIncompleteFiguretest.• Studentswereaskedtocompletethedrawingsstartedbelowwithinasettimelimit.• Uncommonsubjectmatter,impliedstories,humor,andoriginalperspectiveallearnedhighermarks.

WhatisaShape?•Shapeistheoutlineofanobject.

•Shapesarealways2-Dimensional

•ShapescanbeorganicORgeometric

OrganicShape•Organicshapesareimperfectandoftenfoundinnature.

JoanMiro,TheTilledField,1924

GeorgiaO’Keeffe,OrientalPoppies,1928

GeometricShape•Geometricshapesaremathematicallyinspiredandrarelyfoundinthenaturalworld.

PietMondrian,BroadwayBoogieWoogie,1943

FrankLloydWright,FallingWater

Shape=Form•Shapeisonly2D– Formisalways3D

•Youcancreate“Implied”Form

Shape + Value = “Implied”Form

ThinkingOutsideoftheBoxObjective:Usingexactoknivesyouwilldeconstructtwo6”x6”blacksquaresandreconstructthemintonew,creativecomposition.• Youwillmaketwo non-objectivedesigns- 1geometric&1organic• Non-Objective:Artworkthatdoesnothaveanidentifiablesubjectmatter.• Youwillnotbeallowedtopre-drawyourdesign.• Youmustcutuptheentiretwosquaresarerearrangethemonwhitepaper.

Howdoartistsanddesignerslearnfromtrialanderror?

Criteria:• Studentneatlycutandpastedallshapes.Nosmudgesorgluespotsarevisible(25points)

• Studentcutatleast30organicand30geometricshapesofvarioussizes(25points)

• Studentcreatedavarietyoforganic&geometricshapestocreatetwonon-objectivecompositions(25points)

• Studentcreatedadynamic,thoughtout,non-objectivecomposition(25points)