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Teach Marina Abramovic’s Performance Art to Your K-12 Students w/ Powerful Improv Exercises (Ep. 3)

See how to bring the artist Marina Abramovic to your K-12 art classroom! Start with a brief crash course of background information about the artist and their artwork. Marina Abramovic is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist who harnesses her body and the audience to create unforgettable experiences. Her work explores themes around women, identity, politics, and the human body.

Explore practical and engaging ways to bring Marina Abramovic to your elementary and secondary art students. Joe shares how to explain performance art to young students and communicate emotions without words. Harris facilitates improvisation exercises to prompt discussions around boundaries and how to convey powerful messages.

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Lindsey McGinnis

Lindsey McGinnis is AOEU’s Media Content Manager and a former high school art educator. She is passionately equipping art teachers to be successful in their classrooms and firmly believes that art is a safe place for students to explore and process the challenging topics and concepts around them.

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