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Motion and Op Art

by Jeff April 11, 2011 Art

Ms. Krista’s kindergarten class has recently been working on a unit exploring motion. Last Friday, week we celebrated the art of Victor Vasarely and one of his contemporaries, Marcel Duchamp. We explored how we could create art that “moved”. Optical art concerns the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing. When the [...]

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Jackson Pollock

by Jeff February 4, 2011 Art

Paul Jackson Pollock was born on January 28, 1912. He was an American painter and an important player in the artist movement known as abstract expressionism.  Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety in his own lifetime. Known as “Jack the Dripper”, he arranged the canvas on the floor, and painting around it, as if engaging [...]

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15 Of The Coolest Stop Motion Videos On YouTube

by admin September 11, 2010 Movies

The kids in The Digital Discovery Center love making stop motion videos in our after school program. You can always find their latest creations on our Youtube channel, ddc2000. But, there are hundreds of other cool films out there. Here is an article that showcases some amazing examples of other short stop motion films on [...]

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Stop-motion Animation Tools of the Trade

by Jeff March 19, 2010 Movies

If you are interested in learning more about Stop-motion animation and what you need to get started, check out this article on Macworld.com. In the DDC we use iStopMotion, iMovie and inexpensive camcorders to create our films. Here is a sample, Bob and The Bubble Wrap, from our Youtube Channel ddc2000.

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