Abstract
Students and their professor created a method of arts-informed research (AIR) in the practice of community-based art education to bring community members together, separated by age and distance. Essential features of this method included analyzing how local artist Elizabeth “Grandma” Layton addressed issues of ageing and mental health in her art and the direct engagement of participants in coloring her line designs. This postcard coloring project was designed during a time where extreme social distancing was in place and adapted for fifth-grade art classes and residents of a retirement community.
In AIR the choice of artist, activity, medium of expression, presentation and participants are all important and related to the project’s success. The analysis of these practices is through the lens of place-based education and intergenerational (IG) learning. Understanding of place, age and ability of participants and the quality of the art activity are all significant and should be thoughtfully considered in IG learning.
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McCloskey, Sierra R.; Langdon, Liz; Vincent, Zoe K.; and Rice, Katie A.
(2022)
"Grandma Layton: A Cinderella Story,"
International Journal of Lifelong Learning in Art Education: Vol. 5, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/ijllae/vol5/iss1/6
Fig. 1. Elizabeth Layton work titled Cinderella. created in1997.
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Fig. 3 Elizabeth Layton's work turned into a coloring page, detailed shot.
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Fig. 4 Elementary school students coloring the postcards.
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Fig. 4 Elementary school students coloring the postcards.
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Fig. 5 The video created to teach good craftsmanship and the expectations of the students.
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Fig. 6. Retirement community members coloring postcards.
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Fig. 6. Retirement community members coloring the postcards.
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Fig. 7. Retirement community member outlining details to help complete the collaboration mural.
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Fig. 8. Finished product of the Cinderella Story Project.
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Fig. 9. Elizabeth Layton's work titled Censored, created in 1991.
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Fig. 10. Elizabeth Layton's work titled Fear.
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Fig. 11. Elizabeth Layton's work titled Raggedy Anne and Andy.
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Fig. 12. Detail of a postcard that shows the participants creativity in seeing an image of Santa Claus in their postcard.