FARE Curricula
Saskia Kusnecov in collaboration with Stacy Scibelli
Me, Myself, and Everyone Else
FOR GRADES 7-12
Explore different components of identity through workshops utilizing various media and analyzing the cultural building blocks of what makes us who we are.
For Those Teaching the Following Topics:
Self-Perception
Stereotypes
Gender Identity
Racial/Ethnic Identity
“Wearing” Identity
How Identity is Shaped
Materials Provided:
Educator guides with detailed, step-by-step instructions including discussion suggestions
Handouts for students
Links to sites with images of the artist’s works
Listings of websites and films with information on artists
Workshop Process:
Each lesson begins with an interactive introduction to the topic of discussion, as the students engage with an on-hands art activity. The activity is followed by a class discussion of women artists who are represented in the style of media which the activity is presented in (i.e. painting, multi-media, performance, etc.). At the end of each lesson, students will write a “journal entry”, reflecting on their experiences with the topic, the activity, and the women artists they learned about. They do not need to have a physical journal for this portion, just lined paper to write on and a folder to keep their reflections in.
History: The Feminist Art Project partnered with artist/instructor Stacy Scibelli, to provide these online education resources. Me, Myself, and Everyone Else is based on the course Women and Creativity taught by Scibelli with Douglass Residential College students in the Women and Creativity community. The class introduces students to women artists and asks participants to consider the concept of identity through readings, discussion and hands-on projects. Students in the class are not required to have art history or visual arts backgrounds. These resources were created by Saskia Kusnecov in collaboration with Stacy Scibelli.
*Douglass Residential College is the historic Women’s College at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
The Feminist Art Project gives special thanks to Saskia Kusnecov, Stacy Scibelli and Douglass Residential College. © Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey