With the working phase of the "3-D Zentangles Art Installation" in progress (LINK)
and nearing completion, the newly re-invigorated science display case at SOIT has radically altered the science hall! Presently, this STEAM display case provides a unique opportunity for students, teachers, staff, and visitors to the Eastside High School campus to experience and appreciate vocabulary words from science, HSPA math, art, and other areas in a completely new and innovative way.
The STEAM display case has attracted numerous viewers and is a catalyst for STEAM discussions amongst students and teachers of varying subjects in the halls. Currently, it serves as a focal point for the STEAM concept at Eastside and having the street sign "Innovation Lane" over the display case only highlights its place as an inspirational point of departure for the STEAM program.
The overall goal of the "3-D Zentangles Art Installation" project is for students, teachers, and the school community at large to experience the word and the idea of STEAM in a new way. Furthermore this art installation should make the case for moving from STEM to STEAM very obvious as it is the artistic and aesthetic aspects of this work that communicates the content so well, and not vice versa. In other words, adding ART to the STEM subjects brings them alive and makes them more accessible for everyone.
It is hoped that this art installation will be an inspiration for other STEAM activities at Eastside in the near future. Furthermore, this art installation encourages all viewers to engage with the idea of using the creative/artistic and the scientific/math processes together in a transdisciplinary way using language as well as form, thereby facilitating learning in a new way.
The STEAM display case has attracted numerous viewers and is a catalyst for STEAM discussions amongst students and teachers of varying subjects in the halls. Currently, it serves as a focal point for the STEAM concept at Eastside and having the street sign "Innovation Lane" over the display case only highlights its place as an inspirational point of departure for the STEAM program.
The overall goal of the "3-D Zentangles Art Installation" project is for students, teachers, and the school community at large to experience the word and the idea of STEAM in a new way. Furthermore this art installation should make the case for moving from STEM to STEAM very obvious as it is the artistic and aesthetic aspects of this work that communicates the content so well, and not vice versa. In other words, adding ART to the STEM subjects brings them alive and makes them more accessible for everyone.
It is hoped that this art installation will be an inspiration for other STEAM activities at Eastside in the near future. Furthermore, this art installation encourages all viewers to engage with the idea of using the creative/artistic and the scientific/math processes together in a transdisciplinary way using language as well as form, thereby facilitating learning in a new way.
TEXT for ART INSTALLATION HANGING IN DISPLAY CASE
STEAM Art Installation Piece
This art installation is part of the Paterson Eastside High School (GOPA/SOIT?) STEAM project. What is STEAM? Science Technology Engineering Math + ART = STEAM!
The STEAM movement in education, created recently at RISD/Rhode Island School of Design, champions the placements of Art and Design in the traditional STEM subjects to invigorate education in all subjects and facilitates student, teacher, and school-wide achievement and innovation. Eastside High School (GOPA/SOIT?) is the recipient of a generous STEAM grant from the Geraldine M. Dodge Foundation and is also a part of the William Paterson University Professional Development School Network.
For this art installation piece, students in a variety of classes: science, math, art, and HSPA prep first created vocabulary strips using content words from their respective disciplines. The repetition involved in students physically writing the words again and again on long white strips of white paper reinforced their familiarity with the words, helping them to learn the words, and to be able to use them with confidence later in their respective classes.
When the strips were completed, students and teachers created this art installation using what had been a traditional science display case with traditional science objects and vocabulary words. Some of the original science display items (e.g. the anatomical figures) were retained for the art installation and provided the overall framework for this artwork. Each of the disciplines of the word STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Math and Art) can now be seen here as allegorical figures using the vocabulary words taken from each content area, making the subjects more human.
The goal here is for students, teachers, and school community to experience the word and the idea of STEAM in a new way. It is hoped that this art installation will be an inspiration for other STEAM activities at Eastside in the near future. Furthermore, this art installation encourages all viewers to engage with the idea of using the creative/artistic and the scientific/math processes together in a transdisciplinary way using language as well as form, facilitating learning in a new way.
For more information and photographs of the on-going
STEAM project at Eastside High School please see our blog at:
Art PIR Triada Samaras
STEAM Grant Coordinator Dina Scacchetti
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