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Learning Experiences Outside the Classrom
Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts
Phone: (09) 577 0138 ext 7703
jeremy@tetuhi.org.nz
Jeremy Leatinu’u
Education Coordinator
Stories
from the
Pacific
Te Tuhi Pre visit
lesson 4
Welcome to Stories
from the Pacific
During this lesson we will learn about…
But before we start, let’s recap on what
Designing
our story
- Symbols
we learnt
during our
last lesson…
Image: http://www.nationalgeographicstock.com/ngsimages/explore/explore.jsf?p=R09SRE9OIEdBSEFO
Inspires artists to tell
stories growing up.
During our last lesson we learnt that
Polynesian tapa…
Inspires artists to make
art about their
ancestors and history.
Inspires artists to make art about their culture and community.
Let’s start this lesson by
‘Designing our story – Symbols’.
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lesson
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will draw
own
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Image:
Neich, Roger and Pendergrast, Mick. Pacific Tapa. Auckland NZ: David Bateman Ltd, 1997.
http://artsonline2.tki.org.nz/resources/units/music_units/symbol_2_sound/images.php
http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/culture-identity-heritage/primary-sources/gallery/kermadecs/tomorrow-we-leave-john-pule-2011
http://byronic.tumblr.com/post/19812051133/take-these-walls-with-you-when-you-leave-by-john
http://cpitlibrary.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/last-chance-to-see-samoan-artworks/
http://urban-kupesi-tattoos.blogspot.co.nz/2011/02/artist-loa-toetuu-solo-exhibition.html
To start, lets think about what our symbols could represent…
Culture – lets write down our culture.
Family – write down members of our family
Home – write down where we live.
Interests – write down a few words to describe your interests.
Culture – which nationality do you belong to? And is there a national flag?
Flags can be used to represent a country and
can remind us of culture.
Create symbols inspired by shapes from your
national flag. Try using black and white only
and leave un-coloured. Draw your symbols in
a box similar to symbols in tapa.
If you belong to more than one culture, you
can create symbols for those too.
Here are a few examples. Try to spot where
the shapes were taken from.
Image:
http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/flags
http://mdnautical.com/international2/15709-western-samoa-flag.html
http://www.techshout.com/internet/2007/28/12-chinese-online-dating-websites-accused-for-promoting-prostitution/
http://www.flags-by-swi.com/internationalflagprices_tonga.html
http://www.theflagshop.co.uk/south-african-flag-8ft-x-5ft-1252-p.asp
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/india-flag-1
http://www.alliphonewallpapers.com/iphone-wallpaper/id/1084/
http://national--flag.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/flag-of-england-pictures.html
http://www.end2stress.com/tai_chi.html
Japan
Samoa
New
England
China
Zealand
Tonga
Family – how many members in your family?
Family are people who know us best. This can
include pets you have.
Using black and white, un-coloured and in
a box, draw symbols that represent your
family and how important they are to you.
Here are a few examples to get you started…
Our
Ourfamily
pets
Image:
http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Real-Dog
http://sweetclipart.com/black-and-white-cat-lineart-478
http://plazilla.com
Home – where do you live? Is there something that makes your place unique?
Home is where we live, a place we know well
and where our friends and family live.
Things that remind us of home might be our
house, a local park or mountain, nearby
beach or unique building or town clock.
Here are a few examples to get you started…
Auckland
Nearby
beach
tower
Your Sky
house
Image:
http://www.youngrembrandts.com/student-showcase.aspx
http://how.to-draw.co.uk/?s=moxie%20girls%20car%20coloring%20pages
http://www.moller.co.nz/uploaded_images/Elliot-Tower-01.jpg
Interests - do you have any hobbies? What do you like to do?
Our interests (hobbies) reflect our
personality. They are things are interested
in or may do in our spare time.
Here are a few examples to get you
started…
Listening
Playing
Watching
Playing
video
to sports
music
movies
games
or
playing a musical instrument
Image:
http://learningenglish-esl.blogspot.co.nz/2012_04_01_archive.html
http://www.laurennassef.com/2009/03/
http://glass-creations.co.uk/sports-engraving-designs-c166.html
http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=9qNfeYvr4Gs
http://sweetclipart.com/musical-notes-line-art-482
With all our symbols we can tell our personal
story like Polynesian tapa can.
Art activity
Now that we have our symbols, we need
to put together a pencil design for our
personal tapa cloth.
On an A4 paper divide your page into 4
squares depending on your class.
In each square draw one symbol. Each
drawing needs to be big (the size of the
square) and should be simple line
drawings - no shading/no colouring in.
Remember…symbols
Now we have our tapa are
cloth
different
design.toWe will
pictures…
need to bring these drawings to Te Tuhi
when we visit.
A symbol is a simple drawing of one
thing,
A picture is a drawing that can show lots
of different things.
As we have seen, symbols and what they represent can
Let’s
recap on what we have learnt so far…
tell a story that is personal and unique…
What have we learnt so far?
Symbols…
Can represent our family.
Can represent our culture.
Can represent our home.
Can represent our interests.
During our gallery visit we will experience artworks that have
their
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will alsolearning
make our
ownthe
art stories
telling our
We own
hopestories.
you have
about
of
personal story so make
sure we tapa…
bring our drawings with us
Polynesian
when we visit Te Tuhi.
We look forward to having you all here
End of lesson