Meet the Artist – Shellie Bender
2:10
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Meet Shellie Bender who combines fabricated silver, rubber, and one-of-a-kind fresh water pearls to create minimally designed, architectural, wearable sculpture.
Type of Video: Profile*
Unique Video ID: Visual Arts-129**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- What is student response to the artist’s use of the phrase “wearable sculpture” to describe her work. In what ways is her work sculptural? How would they describe her work?
*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.
