AGNES Learns: Imaginary Worlds with Shary Boyle
The artist Shary Boyle likes to create imaginary worlds with her sculptures. Inspired by her 2006 artwork Interruption, AGNES Learns episode six explores storytelling and sculpture with family-friendly art activities.
This video is accompanied by a lesson plan geared towards students in grades 1–3.
Draw what happens next
Use your imagination to think what would happen next if the figures in Boyle’s sculpture could move. Draw a series of blank boxes on your paper, one after another, like a comic strip. Draw a picture of the next scene and then the next. You could even draw word bubbles coming out of their mouths and write what they would say.
Sculpt your own story
Tell a story through clay or dough. Start by imagining the characters and objects in your story. Use different colours of dough to make them, or if you are using clay, paint them when they are dry. Once you have created the characters and the objects in the story, present them to a family member. You can move them around to act out your story.
Paint a picture of a magical world
Use your imagination to think of a magical world where anything is possible. In your world maybe trees can talk, there are three suns in the sky or maybe everything is upside down. Paint a picture of your imaginary world.
For more activities related to this work, visit Agnes’s website and download the lesson plan.
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