Dancing with Coyote
Students will use Harry Fonseca’s painting Shuffle Off to Buffalo to spur their imaginations as they dance and dress up in costumes.
Students will use Harry Fonseca’s painting Shuffle Off to Buffalo to spur their imaginations as they dance and dress up in costumes.
Students will discover that objects can be used in several different ways and will brainstorm new uses for objects that might otherwise have been discarded. Students will work together collaboratively as an “art director” to create a work of art using found materials.
Students will discover how materials can be reused to create new works of art and will describe how Spiritual Messenger exhibits both realistic and expressive characteristics. They will compare Nnaggenda’s work to that of Picasso (who was greatly influenced by African art). Students will create a sculpture using an assortment of found objects and will write a poem from their sculpture’s perspective.
Students will imagine what it would be like to be in a trade canoe. Students will also hypothesize how the artist created a dripping appearance on her painting and will employ this same technique to create their own works of art.
The children will use their imaginations to interact with and discover elements of the Orator’s Stool. They will also have an opportunity to experiment with materials similar to those used to decorate the face on the stool.
Students will use colored vanilla pudding to get a hands-on understanding of how Moyo Ogundipe layers and etches paint.
Children will use their bodies and faces to express feelings and states of mind in order to prepare them to look at and talk about how Roxanne Swentzell’s sculpture The Things I Have To Do To Maintain Myself shows emotion and focus. They will then talk about things they do to take care of themselves and ”mend” two pieces of fabric by sewing them together with yarn.
Students will explore Roxanne Swentzell’s notion that many little things make big things possible by keeping a journal about the “little things” they do each week. They will also examine the sculpture and assess the ways in which the artist conveys this concept through little details and the use of sewing. Students will then design and sew small pillows to integrate and reinforce the artist’s ideas.
Students will explore the mysterious atmosphere and foggy shapes found in Monet’s painting Waterloo Bridge. They will sing “London Bridge is Falling Down” as a class and use shape stamps to create a painting of a bridge.
Students will explore Three Young Girls to enhance their powers of observation and inspire an exploration of the number three.
Students will pretend they are insects or frogs, jumping from lily pad to lily pad as they explore the world in Monet’s painting.
After exploring different images and characters in the parades depicted in The Triumphs, children will make masks and have a parade of their own!