Congratulations!
You are officially a 21st century student embarking on a new media project!
Listed below are student-artist assignments.
If after your first day of research you are unsatisfied with you assignment, you may propose a different revolutionary artist.
Shawn - Jackson Pollack (Visual Artist)
Hashiim - Tupac Shakur (Musician)
Wyette - The Last Poets (Musicians and Poets)
Leonard - Andy Warhol (Visual Artist)
Simone - Dorothy Dandridge (Actress)
Sylvia - Salvador Dali (Visual Artist)
Jesus - Banksy (Visual Artist)
Jonathan - Piri Thomas (Writer and Performer)
Abeliz - Katherine Dunham (Dancer and Choreographer)
Ali - Sidney Poitier (Actor)
Marc - Pablo Neruda (Poet)
Antaya - Gwendolyn Brooks (Poet)
Barbara - Diana Ross (Vocalist)
Charlene - Frida Kahlo (Visual Artist)
Jessica - Audre Lorde (Poet and Performer)
Demetrice - Diana Ross (Vocalist)
Raheem - Spike Lee (Filmmaker)
Olajuwon - Jean-Michel Basquiat (Visual Artist)
Kevin - Jimmy Hendrix (Musician)
Mariann - Rita Moreno (Singer, Dancer, Actress)
Mariah - Arthur Ashe (Tennis Player, Activist)
Vincent - John Cage (Composer and Visual Artist)
Ariel - Kara Walker (Visual Artist)
Gregory - Richard Pryor (Actor)
Precious - Pablo Picasso (Visual Artist)
Billie - La Monte Young (Minimalist Composer)
Carla - Nikki Giovanni (Poet)
Amanda - William S. Burroughs (Author)
Raymond - Nina Simone (Vocalist)
Jorge - Keith Moon (Drummer)
Manuela - Suzan-Lori Parks (Playwright)
Kathy - Billie Holiday (Vocalist)
2 comments:
I am willing to support your efforts for this exciting project! come to 227A also know as the art room during lunch if you are not an "art student" or ask for help during your class time with me if you are already one of my students. I will give you supplies and or help you with your research, etc...imagine your life wih out artists....yucky isn't it?
ms. radigan
www.pbs.org/art21
check out this website if you are struggling to find a revolutionary artist on your own
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