Structure+and+Chance+March+15,+2014

=Structure and Chance: The Art of Christopher Wool= March 15, 2014 8:30am–2:30pm Ryan Education Center, Studio C $50; 5 CPDUs

Christopher Wool’s abstract paintings feel raw and direct; yet they come out of an intensive and methodical investigation of diverse mediums and techniques that include stenciling, photography, and digital manipulation. Experimentation is critical to Wool’s work—his paintings record the tension between structure and chance. As with art making, developing new understandings also requires a willingness to try new approaches and to learn from accidents and mistakes. This workshop will feature interactive gallery sessions led by a museum educator, a math teacher, and an artist to explore the links between art, creativity, and critical thinking. A morning studio session will introduce participants to experimental painting and printmaking processes. We will emphasize connections to select Common Core Standards in math and language throughout the program. Teachers of all grades and disciplines are welcome.


 * Workshop Presenters**
 * **Luke Albrecht, Mathematics Teacher** || **Bio** ||
 * [[image:Luke_pic.jpg width="252" height="189" caption="Luke Albrecht"]] || Luke Albrecht has taught at Crown Community Academy in Chicago's North Lawndale community for the last 11 years. He has National Board Certification in middle school mathematics. For the last seven years, he has co-taught arts/mathematics integrated units in collaboration with teaching artists through Columbia College's Project AIM. Luke has also worked on art/mathematics integration with CAPE and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Download Luke Albrecht's workshop plan here: ||
 * **Celeste Rapone, Artist** || **Bio** ||
 * [[image:Rapone head shot.jpg width="252" height="275" caption="Celeste Rapone" link="@http://www.celesterapone.com/"]] || Celeste Rapone’s paintings explore hope and despair. She is interested in how the ritualistic act of reimagining nostalgia is an effective distraction from the everyday. Acting herself as both the facilitator and depriver of comfort and anguish for her subjects, she aims to birth a sense of longing and expectation, while at once breaking down the hope for the of future nostalgias.

Rapone was born in 1985 and raised in Wayne, NJ. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2007 and her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013 where she was the recipient of a Teaching Fellowship in the department of Painting and Drawing.

Rapone’s work has been exhibited in Chicago and New York, most recently in Hoarding Amassing and Excess at the NIU Art Museum, (Art) Amalgamated in New York, and American Painting Today: Physical and Visceral at the Krasl Art Center. She has spoken on panels at both The School of Visual Arts in New York and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Make/Shift Magazine, and The Georgia Review.

Download Celeste Rapone's workshop plan here: ||


 * Photos and videos of the morning studio session**
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//**Below are some materials reviewed and compiled by Teacher Programs in preparation for this workshop:**//
 * Link to Christopher Wool's exhibition overview at The Art Institute of Chicago.
 * Link to Christopher Wool's exhibition overview at the Guggenheim Museum.

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 * Arts curriculum resources developed by the Guggenheim Museum.
 * Related terms and vocabulary, the Guggenheim Museum.
 * Guggenheim resources downloadable Pdf
 * A brief chronology of Christopher Wool and his career path:
 * A brief chronology of Christopher Wool and his career path:
 * //Unfinished Business// by Madeleine Grynsztejn, from //Christopher Wool//, ed. Ann Goldstein (Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 1998)


 * Videos on Christopher Wool talking about his work**

Christopher Wool - Crosstown Crosstown, artist talk at DCA on his painting, artist book and photography media type="custom" key="25301074"

Christopher Wool Talks On His Abstract Art media type="custom" key="25250084"