Teaching Resources Center Previous Exhibits
Aboriginal Art - Fall 2006
The TRC display featured Aboriginal designs painted on boomerangs and tennis shoes. The projects were created by the students of Art teacher Debbie Huggins from Hope Middle School in Pitt County, North Carolina. The class studied both the history and famous works of Aboriginal art. Each piece has a definite story, meaning or function.
African Inspired - Fall 2007 - Spring 2008
Pitt County art teacher LaVeta Weatherington traveled to Kenya to study and create African images. After her travels, she conducted several workshops with fellow Pitt County art teachers. These skills and media techniques became art lessons in several classes within the Pitt County School System. The students' work was also on display in the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina.
ART WORKS - Fall 2006
The art exhibit "Art Works 2006" is a selection of artwork created by K-12 Pitt County School students. The work was previously on display at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
ART WORKS - Fall 2007
The art exhibit "Art Works 2007" is a selection of artwork created by K-12 Pitt County School students. The work was previously on display at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
ART WORKS - Fall 2008
The art exhibit "Art Works 2008" is a selection of artwork created by K-12 Pitt County School students. The work was previously on display at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina.
Big Books - Fall 2008
Fifteen high school students from Lisa S. Bell's classroom at White Oak High School in Jacksonville, North Carolina, created Big Books that were on display in the TRC.
Bird House Designs - Fall 2005
ECU Art Education students enrolled in Dr. Alice Arnold's ART 3850 class created individual bird house designs as one of their summer projects. Each student selected and studied a prominent artist, then developed a design to reflect the key elements found in the artists’ work. The end result reveals each student’s use of selected materials and imagination.
Book Arts - Summer 2009
ECU students' materials were on display in the Book Arts exhibit. Book Arts is a wonderful interdisciplinary and inclusive artmaking process that is easily adapted to the classroom environment. It can be used to teach narrative, history, math and spatial relationships, and, of course, art. There are infinite possibilities for material and structural uses and the work is only limited by the maker’s boundaries. Two courses that ECU offers are Book Arts (ART 3002) and Letterpress (ART 3003).
Bookmaking - Spring 2006
These works are from the collection of Lisa Beth Robinson, book arts professor in the ECU School of Art & Design. She received her degrees from the University of Redlands’ Johnston Center and University of Wisconsin-Madison (MFA and MLIS). From the exhibit: "An artist’s book extends beyond the codex (bound manuscript) form, sometimes by use of uncommon materials, sometimes by the structure itself. The displayed books can be used to teach history, geometry, poetry, sequencing, ecology, and more – with artist’s books, the possibilities are endless. One attraction of book arts is the (presumed) familiarity of the object and its intimacy; the adventure is in the expansion of the relationship between reader and object".
Cafeteria Food Fight - Spring 2007
This exhibit featured life-size papier mache sculptures created by the Art III students of South Central High School, in Pitt County, North Carolina. The humorous and delightful work was inspired by the art of Red Grooms, a famous contemporary artist who uses popular images in everyday situations, usually in a cartoonist situation. The theme of this sculpture is a cafeteria food fight.
Comics Hit the Classroom - Spring 2007
The 5th graders at Albert H. Elementary School in New Bern, North Carolina, worked with ECU's School of Art to develop characters, create dialogue and produce drawings to complete their very own comics.
DANCING THROUGH HISTORY - Spring 2007
Seventh and eighth grade art students from St. Peter's Catholic School in Greenville, North Carolina, produced sculptures which related to their studies in history class. The seventh grade theme was Asian history, and the sculptures of the eighth grade portrayed characters from US history. The assignment allowed for the representation of either specific individuals or general types of people from the societies being investigated. Materials used in the works included wire pipe cleaners, cardboard, transparent tape, packing “peanuts”, copy paper, tissue paper, tempera paint, white glue, cloth, and other items necessary for specific sculptures. Art Teacher: John Bell, III.
Egg Tempera Paintings - Fall 2008
The Egg Tempera Paintings were created by ECU School of Art and Design students enrolled in the Painting Survey Course taught by professor Michael Dorsey. Egg tempera is a painting process that uses egg yolk to bind pigments. The artist must manufacture the paints by the simple process of mixing finely ground pigment, water and dilute egg yolk.
Ghana Inspired - 2004-2009
Ghana Inspired is an art exhibit by artist Catherine Billingsley. When Ms. Billingsley was a graduate student in textiles at ECU, she went to Ghana to study textiles. The focus of the trip was on Ghana's weaving techniques and involved hands-on training with African master weavers. The exhibit consists of three free-standing pieces, which were designed using woven Kente cloth, Ghana's national identity. The double weave patterning was designed on the loom, alternating four inch sections of horizontal and vertical patterning meant to echo the nature of Kente cloth itself.
Greenville Museum of Art Classes Display - Spring 2007
After studying the Norman Rockwell's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn exhibit at the Greenville Museum of Art (GMA), GMA students created accordion books and drawings in the style of Rockwell.
Kinston High School Artwork - Spring 2006
The variety of art work displayed throughout the Teaching Resources Center was created by the Art I and Art II students from Kinston High School located in Lenoir County, North Carolina. Their art teacher, Debra Grady, is a graduate of East Carolina University. The students studied famous artists throughout history to inspire and direct their mixed media projects. The students’ works include examples of optical art, drawing, painting, wire sculpture and collage.
Learning About Birds - Spring & Summer 2009
The TRC displayed a variety of bird resources including bird nests, eggs, sculptures websites and books. The artwork was provided by Tensil Clayton.
The Learning Center Project - Spring 2009
ECU's Early Childhood and Elementary School Curriculum course displayed projects that were made for their class. The projects were created around one strand/topic/objective in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. The class was taught by proffessor Judy Smith.
Masks - Spring 2006
The masks displayed in the TRC were created by students in grades 2-5, at Belvoir Elementary School in Pitt County, North Carolina. After looking at an array of masks from around the world, students began work on their own unique design. Various media for the masks included toilet paper and paper towel rolls, boxes, egg cartons and food packaging containers. Students reinforced their design by adding three to four layers of paper-mache. They painted the masks with tempera paint and enhanced the designs with feathers, glitter, yarn, felt, reflective paper and pipe cleaners. The students also added holders so the masks could be worn or put on a wall for decoration. The student were taught by Cindy McMorris.
Math Art - Summer 2006
The artwork displayed in the Teaching Resources Center was created by ECU students enrolled in a Math/Art class. Professor Gail Ratcliff, Chair of Mathematics and Dindy Reich, Instructor of the School of Fine Arts and Communication teamed up to create the course. Each student studied various visual and mathematical relationships to create the variety of both two and three dimensional works on display.
No Frigate like a Book - Summer 2007
“Oh, how they inspire me” is Gail Ritzer’s reply to the question, “What do you like most about teaching children”? Gail’s handmade books are inspired from her love of studying the works of poets, scientists, explorers, and musicians, while searching and collecting “old things”. A graduate of East Carolina University’s School of Art, she has exhibited both regionally and nationally. Currently, she conducts workshops at the Greenville Museum of Art teaching both adult and children’s art classes.
Pitt County Fair Entry Winners - Fall 2006
The hand built pottery, mixed media and gourd surface design works were created by Farmville High School Art Students. The art pieces were entered in the 2006 Pitt County Fair with the direction of Cathy Tripp, Farmville High School art teacher.
TRC Travels - Fall, Spring 2006
The Teaching Resources Center's staff shared personal journeys from around the world. Mementos from Russia, Africa, the Middle East, Disney World, New Orleans, England, Italy, Finland and Jamaica were on display.
We the People - Fall 2005
In celebration of Constitution Day on September 17, the TRC displayed an exhibit about the U.S. Constitution titled "We the People."
WHAT DO YOU SEE? - Spring 2007
The 5th graders at Stokes Elementary School in Pitt County, North Carolina, studied the works of sculptor Louise Nevelson, and then created individual assemblages by using “found objects.” Students collected and arranged everyday “junk” in an empty shoe box making sure their boxes were visually balanced. The students then chose one color and painted their assemblages, forcing the viewer to look at the shapes of the objects and their relationship with one another. The boxes were then hung together as one large piece. Susan Callahan is the Art teacher at Stokes Elementary School.
Wintergreen Primary African Masks and Wrapped Jars - Spring 2009
Kindergarten students from Pitt County's Wintergreen Primary School were inspired by the colors and textures of African art prints, specifically masks. While the students created their masks, African music played in the classroom courtesy of the music teacher, Beth Ulffers. White paint dot patterns were added after the pieces were mounted to create a sense of movement.
Wintergreen's second grade students learned about textiles as an art form- specifically baskets and wrapped forms. The major inspiration was the textiles of Africa, but the students also discussed and viewed examples from other cultures. The goal of the lesson was to focus on creating patterns through the materials, evident in the placement of the yarns and bean accents.
