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Not Just Desserts: Cakes for a Community Cause NAEA 2016 Donnalyn Shuster Co Chairperson New York State Youth Art Month Frankfort-Schuyler Central School Frankfort, NY Overview: Mixing Community Service with a study of Wayne Thiebaud, students incorporate his style of working into original paintings celebrating the role of food in our culture. As we investigate culinary arts as a career path, (requiring an artistic flair), students are challenged to turn their paintings into actual cakes that are auctioned off to support our local food pantry. See how this cross curricular program works with our Family and Consumer Sciences and Math classes providing students with Common Core integration, career awareness, public speaking and community service! Program spin offs include Cake Wars (elementary school), and Cans for a Cause as a part of our Youth Art Month events! Essential Questions: “What is the role of the artist in society to increase awareness of social issues in our communities?” “How can common place objects influence the work of an artist?” 21 st Century Skills: • Creativity and Innovation• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving• Communication • Collaboration• Flexibility and Adaptability• Initiative and Self-Direction• Social and Cross-Cultural Skills • Productivity and Accountability• Leadership and Responsibility Use this link to access my DRIVE folder with the presentation and related materials: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B1J_EM2WAn5bM3EwZk9hLUxaRW8 Questions? Please contact me at: [email protected] (until 7/1/16) or at [email protected]

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Not Just Desserts:

Cakes for a Community

Cause

NAEA 2016

DonnalynShusterCoChairpersonNewYorkStateYouthArtMonth

Frankfort-SchuylerCentralSchoolFrankfort,NY

Overview:

MixingCommunityServicewithastudyofWayneThiebaud,studentsincorporatehisstyleofworkingintooriginalpaintingscelebratingtheroleoffoodinourculture.Asweinvestigateculinaryartsasacareerpath,(requiringanartisticflair),studentsarechallengedtoturntheirpaintingsintoactualcakesthatareauctionedofftosupportourlocalfoodpantry.SeehowthiscrosscurricularprogramworkswithourFamilyandConsumerSciencesandMathclassesprovidingstudentswithCommonCoreintegration,careerawareness,publicspeakingandcommunityservice!ProgramspinoffsincludeCakeWars(elementaryschool),andCansforaCauseasapartofourYouthArtMonthevents!

EssentialQuestions:

“Whatistheroleoftheartistinsocietytoincreaseawarenessofsocialissuesinourcommunities?”

“Howcancommonplaceobjectsinfluencetheworkofanartist?”

21stCenturySkills:

•CreativityandInnovation•CriticalThinkingandProblemSolving•Communication•Collaboration•FlexibilityandAdaptability•InitiativeandSelf-Direction•SocialandCross-CulturalSkills•ProductivityandAccountability•LeadershipandResponsibilityUsethislinktoaccessmyDRIVEfolderwiththepresentationandrelatedmaterials: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B1J_EM2WAn5bM3EwZk9hLUxaRW8

Questions?Pleasecontactmeat:[email protected](until7/1/16)[email protected]