Last month, Shannon Karol and I led a group of K-12 teachers through the Cindy Sherman exhibition. The goal of this teacher workshop was to encourage educators to explore the artistry of both Cindy Sherman and photography by examining works of art spanning Sherman’s forty year career. We investigated themes of identity and performance as we considered Sherman’s role as photographer, model, art director, make-up artist, and stylist.
We concluded the workshop with a performance-based activity that shed light on Sherman’s artistic process. Each teacher was given an emotion card and–without revealing their specific emotion–was asked to direct a partner to convey this emotion through facial expressions, body language and costumes. Everyone had a great time dressing up and playing director–take a look at the entertaining results!
Danielle Schulz
Teaching Specialist
