Art 2 - "Paper Trail" Self Portraits

The next few entries will highlight Art 2 students who worked this year on improving their creative writing and response skills by integrating it with their visual artwork.  The April/May submission include bike drawings that started students on "mapping" their thoughts on a subject.  Students were asked to make a mind map on their first bike.

The entry below is our first in a series of "Paper Trail" portraits.  Students were asked to create a self-portrait that had random pieces of paper from their daily travels...or their "paper trail".  Students collected ticket stubs, hall passes from school, receipts from fast-food restaurants, etc.  These were collaged within the work of art.

Finally, students were instructed to create a poem that told us about their lives in the past, present, and future.  They were to be a companion to the self-portraits they had done earlier.