14/06/16 

I watched a video titled "turning the world inside out" which went into depth on the subject of outsider art. This type of art is unique,  created by people outside a movement, largely self taught artists and also artists that have disabilities.The video looked at outsider artists from all over world, looking at artists in Japan, Austria, Venice and America to name a few, all focused on different mediums and with distinct styles. One American artist that I found interesting was William Scott, who makes paintings and posters that reinvent his life in the 1970s . The video was very informative and interesting and gave some insight into expanding our way of collaborating with our community partner. A potential way to use these concepts is to leave the Crescent students to draw from their imagination initially and experiment with all kinds of art. The outsider don't really feel the need or pressure to conform to the dominant art movement of the time, meaning they produce work that is unlike what most artists are creating around them.

These are notes I made while watching the video, writing about some of the artists I really liked.