Mixed Media: Benjamin Frey, Capturing Movement
3:02
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Benjamin Frey is a painter who layers papers and pages from antique encyclopedia and school books that relate to the theme of the piece and creates an interesting visual texture to interact with the foreground. To learn more about him, go to www.benjaminfrey.com.
Type of Video: Profile*
Unique Video ID: AandA-BFrey**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- For Discussion: Have students respond to the artwork on both a personal and professional level. As a customer, would they purchase the art? Why or why not? As an artist, what techniques do the students find interesting? Why?
- Activity Idea: Have students create their own art inspired by what they see the artist doing in the video. What colors will they include? What subject matter? What media will they mix? What techniques will they use? Include an artist’s statement with students sharing how they were influenced/inspired by what they saw in the video.
*Profile videos use a first-person/first-hand approach to highlight interesting people doing interesting things in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
