Painting a la Actor

Today when we showed up in class we were greeted with postcards of paintings of people that were placed on the tables in front of our seats. In the middle of the table was a postcard of a painting of an object. Our chore was to create as a table a mini skit combining the characteristics of our people and the random object. This task fulfilled two of the requirements set by the BC curriculum. Firstly, it allows for students to perceive and respond to the art. For example, individually we assessed what we thought were the characteristics of the person in the postcard and developed a persona for them. Secondly, the activity allows for the students to communicate their response through art. In this case the artform was that of drama. The results were hilarious. Not only did 80% of the groups include a scene of a mother (usually played by a male) breastfeeding, but each group had a completely different sketch altogether.

Our group created a skit called:
"Death to Llama!"

Sue Anne played the Madonna holding her whiny child.



Laura played the mean French man, Andre, who would not allow for the child to ride the llama.



I played Susie Marie, the ignorant woman, who thought it was cruel that Andre would not let the child ride the llama.



Courtney played the majestic ballerina who assumed that she was getting a long round of applause.



And Christine played the savage llama killing Inuit who decided to end all misery by causing misery.