jia zhu
Artist - Designer - Educator
Hello! My name is Jia. I am an artist, a designer and an educator. I am completing my master’s degree in Art Education at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.As an artist, I have created both classic and digital forms of art. I enjoy digital art the most, such as visual storytelling and digital photography. I focus on still live pictures and transform flowers with fire and ice. As an educator, I am really interested in museum studies. “No right or wrong answer” is my core value in art education.I designed “Meet yourself in the future” as my capstone project. It is a video editing program for 10 to 12-year-old kids to help them express themselves in a different way.Now I'm ready to meet my future students. I know that every kid can be an artist and enjoy the art making process because the most wonderful thing about art is that there’s "No Right or Wrong Answer".
Curriculum
a Printmaking lesson plan
Curriculum Unit
Age level: Middle School
Setting: School Art Club (12*45mins)
Theme: Art for people that we love. Make self-designed printmaking Christmas cards to teachers, peers, and families during Christmas season.
Pumpkin
Yayoi Kusama 2018
Printmaking
9.4 x 11.2 inches
GOAL
Be able to understand that Art is something in our daily life.
Be able to practice of aesthetics with our own creation.
Be able to share our happiness with our community.
OBJECTIVES
Practice and compare different kinds of printmaking (Leaf Printing, Monoprinting, , Fish printing, Relief Printing, etc.)
Research and present one artist artwork relate to the final project.
Finish 20 or more copies of self-designed Christmas cards.
Share these cards with teacher or peers.
ASSIGNMENT
A copy of Leaf Printing
A copy of Relief Printing
A copy of Fish printing
A copy of Lino printing
20 or more copies of Christmas cards.
ASSESMENTS
Check students’ works for accuracy, safety and quantity.
Determine familiarity with different art concepts, such as positive space, negative space, mirror image, etc. in designs before carving.
Check for proper use of criticism skills and art vocabulary in presentations.
STUDENTS' ARTWORK
HOW TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS CARD
water color
Figures in water color
San Francisco, 2016
This is a mini collection of water color figures that I did in 2016. These are some of the very first pieces of art that I created after moving to the Bay Area. I really like the texture of water color.
Travel diary
Mixed Media
multiple localtions, 2016–2020
Every year, I travel with my family to different places. We enjoy seeing different cultures, trying different food and meeting different people.We don't forget, however, to practice art activities during these trips. We have visited a lot of art museums and have recorded our travels with drawings, pictures, tickets, and maps in a collage book.
Havana
Cuba, 2016
14 x 7 inches
Oxford
UK, 2017
14 x 7 inches
Paris
France, 2018
14 x 7 inches
London
UK, 2019
14 x 7 inches
Udaipu
India, 2020
14 x 7 inches
contact
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Internship
Palo Alto art center
I did my internship at the Palo Alto Art Center. I worked with the school program team. At the art center, I practiced what I learned, from gallery reading to hands-on activities in art studios.I learned how to ask questions and how to help guide kids into finding their own understanding of art pieces as well as expressing their own opinions. These are the most important things for gallery readings.How to encourage students to go further with their own creations is another important task during hands-on activities.