1. MISSION STATEMENT AND PHILOSOPHY

The Magical Future Landscape

The magical future landscape is a creative program for university students. The objective is to paint or build from the real to an imaginary landscape in 2D, or 3D dimensions using imagination and playing with harmonic and contrast colors in the composition to create illusion and visual magic in the viewer. The student using the technology can publish and exhibit them in the virtual university gallery. The program expects students to interact with their communities with futuristic projections promoting knowledge, lifelong learning, critical and reflective thinking.

PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT

In the program, the traditional, constructivist, and Progressive philosophies promote creativity and self-expression in creating authentic and self-actualized individuals. I teach with love, good humor, trust, and hope in the students for an excellent future.

2. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAM

CORE VALUES

•           Creativity in action

•           Exploration - Knowledge

•           Connections

MAIN GOAL

The main goal of Magical Future Landscape is to interact, explore, imagine, create and paint or build in 2D or 3D dimensions the natural and urban landscape of the community to futuristic projections. You will use visual and exhibition art theories to create futuristic illusion and visual magic in the viewer while fostering a greater understanding and appreciation of the arts.

OBJECTIVES

Students will:

•           Create and Paint, or build a futuristic landscape in 2D or 3D dimensions using harmonic colors and contrasts.

•           Play with the theory of harmony colors in the creation of the primary sketches.

•           Interact with the natural and urban landscape of their communities and with group and individual in class.

3. ABSTRACT OF CURRICULUM IDEAS

CURRICULUM

Timeline:     Structure   /   3 hours per class during 15 weeks-1 Semester

  9:00 - 10:00 - LECTURE: Whole Students Group to do Discussion & Challenges of the topic.

10:00 - 11:30 - ACTIVITY/PRACTICE: Students Group Creative Exploration about the topic.

11:30 - 12:00 - SELF EVALUATION: Whole Students Group Reflection about Discussion, Challenge, and Creative Exploration about their artworks.

Week 1 - "Landscape Introduction"

LECTURE:                         History of Landscape in the arts

ACTIVITY/PRACTICE:    Design-painting or build a free Landscape/w/o references or imagination

SELF EVALUATION:       Analyze the students' visual perception and imagination

Week 2 - "Natural vs. Urban landscape."

 LECTURE:                        Brief American & World History / visiting Streets and parks on place

ACTIVITY/PRACTICE:  Design-painting or build a free urban & nature Landscape/w/o references or imagination

SELF EVALUATION:       Analyze the shapes and colors of the landscapes. Differences

Week 3 - "Imagination of landscapes."

LECTURE:                    Brief American & World History / visiting The Metropolitan Museum NY

ACTIVITY/PRACTICE:  Design-painting or build a free urban or nature Landscape from 5 pictures references taken in class

SELF EVALUATION:    Analyze shapes and colors from landscapes. Make Differences

Week 4 - "Atmosphere, space in landscapes."

 LECTURE: Atmosphere, dimensions & space theory / visiting Liberty Statue & Staten Island

ACTIVITY/PRACTICE:  Design-painting or building sketches from the urban or natural landscapes pictures taken in class. 

SELF EVALUATION: Analyze the dimensions and atmosphere colors of landscapes. Differences

Week 5 - "Lines and shapes in landscapes."

LECTURE:         Lines and shapes in landscapes theory / visiting The Empire State Building

ACTIVITY/PRACTICE: Design or build a free Landscape from 5 references of the visited place.

SELF EVALUATION:      Analyze lines & shapes of the landscapes. Differences

Week 6 - "Perspective 1 point view."

Week 7 - "Perspective 2,3 point of view."

Week 8 - "Harmony of Color"

Week 9 - "Golden area."

Week 10 - "Textures and shapes transformations from real to imagination."

Week 11 - "Urban and nature Landscapes details transformation."

Week 12 - "Nature landscape details transformation."

Week 13 - "Draft of urban or nature landscape 1."

Week 14 - "Draft of urban or nature landscape 2."

Week 15 - "Artwork presentations, critics, and exhibition."

Portfolio presentation. Selection of 10-12 artworks

4. TEAM DESCRIPTIONS

 TEAM

• SIMON CARR

Simon Carr is an artist and educator. He is an artist with a long history of exhibiting art in New York art galleries and internationally. The artist is an excellent professor of drawing and painting. He is also a former chair and currently Deputy chairperson of the art and music department at the Borough of Manhattan Community College of CUNY.

Professor Carr will be guiding and mentoring the curriculum structure in the Magical future Landscape program.

EMAIL: scarr@bmcc.cuny.edu

• LUIS A. GARAY-BUSTAMANTE

Luis A. Garay-Bustamante is an Art & Media Communication student at Brooklyn Tech High School- Honor Program. At six years of age, he did an important art exhibition in the great Marlborough Gallery in New York City. Garay-Bustamante will be recording the lessons and visual material for the Magical Future Landscape program.

EMAIL: gbbdt@yahoo.com

5. PITCH INCLUDING MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL IDEA