Partners: Governors School for the Arts

Educators: Charlotte Potter, Instructor, Chrysler Museum of Art; Gayle Forman, Teaching Assistant, Chrysler Museum of Art; Jessie Sommer, Teaching Assistant, Chrysler Museum of Art

Location: Norfolk, VA

Maia Stanley, 9th Grade
The Transition, 2014
Still from video work

Madelanne League, 12th Grade
Piece By Piece, 2014
Still from video work

Amanda Burgess, 11th Grade
Lost and Found, 2014
Still from video work

In 2014, the Chrysler Museum of Art hosted nine high school students through the Governors School for the Arts workshop, Video + Glass: Optics of the Lens. Students collaborated while learning how to use glass, video, and optical illusions in their studio practice. The students worked on two large projects over the duration of the course: “The Impossible Space” and “The Investigated Body.” The students learned research skills, traditional hot glass making, and video editing. The assignments challenged them conceptually to consider impossible spaces, identity, stop animation, sculpture, mixed media, and even recontextualizing infomercials. Video + Glass has helped these college-bound students craft diverse portfolios that include video, glass, and sound.