Art Inspires Narrative Writing

The Supernova Advanced English students traveled to the Carnegie Museum of Art for the third year in a row to explore the connections between art and narrative writing. The students prepared for the trip by analyzing and interpreting literature and discussing the similarities to analyzing and interpreting art work. While at the museum, the students were divided into small groups to discuss four specific pieces of art work. As a culminating project to this fabulous experience, the students wrote short stories with an emphasis on setting, character, plot, and theme. The students were instructed to select their favorite piece of art from the museum. When returning to school, the students received interpretation and analysis packets that focused on initial reaction, description, formal relationships of shapes and images, contextual examination, personal experience, and contextual judgment on the piece of art that they had selected. Based on this analysis, the students wrote short stories to reflect their selected piece of art. The students also designed book covers for their short stories. The students were permitted to use multiple forms of media to produce their book covers. Please check back soon for pictures of the students' art work.