Great comprehensive show through April 30th! Go see it! After a fabulous tour with Riva Blumenfeld last Wednesday, I highly suggest a visit before this show ends next Saturday… Based on this Russian painter’s early use of simplified shape and pure colors, see how artists such as Stella, Twombly, Newman, Kelly, Judd, LeWitt, Serra, Calder …
LESSON OF THE WEEK: Mother’s Day Crepe Paper Flower 3-5’s This week the students will learn about the most important holiday of the year – Mother’s Day :0). We will honor the wonderful women in our lives by making a Mother’s Day Crepe Paper Flower. This project will be fun and creative, yet it will also …
We’ll explore sculptor Louise Nevelson’s techniques of painting and arranging found objects in a small frame to create a pleasing composition to exemplify balance, variation and scale!
LESSON OF THE WEEK (3-5’s) WOODAABE POUCHES The people of the African tribe, Woodaabe, are known to idealize and celebrate beauty; some may even call them narcissists. The tribesmen wear Woodaabe pouches around their necks decorated with found objects such as beads, buttons, and copper along with a mirror. Students will create their own Woodaabe Pouches using …
Line, shape and form were the themes while noticing artists and architecture.
We’ll be practicing our reuse skills to create abstract landscapes by stacking and compacting a plethora of multi-colored plastic bags replicating a landscape of our choice!
This week the students will finish their Adire Eleko backpacks by scraping the cassava starch paste (flour/water/alum) to reveal their Adire Eleko patterns and designs. In addition, the students will finish their Marc Chagall inspired stained glass cray-pas scene drawings, inspired by the students’ spring break vacation.
With visiting artist, museum field trip (parent included), pollock in the park and lots of mediums left to explore…Join us on final Spring Art Adventures!
The students will be immersed in a 2 day batik process that explores Adira Eleko African pattern making. They will create their own backpacks with personalized patterns and dye.
The students will be immersed in a two day project that explores Adira Eleko prints. They will create their own backpacks with personalized prints. Materials used: 1-mixture: flour, water, and alum to “paint” their Adire Eleko prints 2-backpacks; 3-fabric dye 4-scrapers This project continues our lesson on creating patterns and designs.