I had the opportunity to help the Design department teach three art lessons to refugee children in Salt Lake City.
We opened the first day with a short introduction to Matisse and his paper cut out work. We helped the students create a self portrait in the style of Matisse. They were a bit apprehensive at first because the abstract style of a portrait seemed a bit daunting. But once we showed them how to rip out some hair, a face and some eyes they jumped right in! The tables were quickly covered in scraps of papers, scissors and glue sticks.
Their art piece was a three part piece. The first page held their Matisse self portrait, the second page was their favorite place in the world and the last page was what they wanted their future to look like.
The students I worked with definitely fought against cutting and ripping paper. They were much more used to using pencil or pen to draw what they imagined. But once I showed them how to make a simple soccer ball or blue cloud, they realized the potential that ripping paper had.
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