Repetition with Jasper Johns

Fall 2025 was the rise of Six Seeevveeen. When you can’t beat them, annoy them.

This was 67 week in my classroom. While sixth grade worked on a fractured value lesson focusing on the element of art Value, my 7th and 8th graders explored repetition taking inspiration from Jasper Johns and his Numbers Series. Students traced and drew the numbers with the goal to create interest by overlapping. They then refreshed knowledge about warm and cool colors by coloring one warm and one cool. They finally had to make their artwork ready for display.

Over all this was one of my most successful projects this semester. Almost every student submitted. We also didn’t have the ability to replicate which in a way forced creativity. Students could color as they choose, pick whatever number they wanted, and to me the most important part was have a displayable piece.

I won’t lie the play list made it better. Also linked below

The Future of Statues

This project from Fall of 2025 was for my advanced art class and a second group of upper level students. Taking inspiration from René Magritte's The Future of Statues (1937).

Students researched a work of art learning about its background and history. They had a choice of any work from art history though I did guide them to well know works or art I thought they would better connect with.

They then planned and painted a 3D printed sculpture as a way to disguise the sculpture as the painting or recreate the painting on the sculpture. The over all idea was how we recontextualize the recognition of one familiar thing with another. Similar to how Magritte recontextualized the face of Napoleon.

This project was amazing to see and had almost 100% engagement. Even my MA students participated and did a great job learning about the art.