The following Art show is a representation of some of the artwork created by k-5 grade before school closures from December-March.
In December students looked at the work of glacier artist Zaria Forman and learned about glaciers before working with blue and purple liquid watercolor to practice value scale. In January students looked at Chinese kites and practiced symmetry using line and shape. Younger students created lion dance masks in celebration of the Van Hahn Lion dancers performance for MMCS.
In February students learned about artist whose artwork is inspired by narrative and community. The week of Valentines they used shape and repetition based on the street art of James Goldcrown. The month continued with narrative quilt artist and painter Faith Ringold. She is best known for her narrative quilts as well as her book, “Tar Beach, “ in which she shares her memory of growing up in New York and spending time with friends and family having picnics on the rooftop of her apartment referred to as “tar beach”. Students learned about the art of quilt making and its connection to American History and Art. Students 3rd through 5th practiced basic stitches including running and backstitch.Grades k-2 practiced drawing and painting on fabric recalling their own special memories. Later in the month students looked at the work of collage artist Romare Bearden whose work is inspired by his community. He creates beautiful collaged compositions using magazines and scrapes or paper to tell stories of his life. Students created collages of thier own based on what inspires them. The month ended with painter Jacob Lawrence, who was influenced by cubism and best know for his migration series a landmark 1941 painting series about the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North. Students 3-5th learned about the role artists play in observing the world around them and documenting history as it unfolds as Jacob Lawrence did. They created drawing based on everyday life.
For the Month of March students headed back in time to before cell phones, television, and other modern convenience and learned about Celtic Illuminated manuscripts and how some of the earliest books were made. Celtic Illuminated manuscript letters incorporate whimsical creatures, twisted vines, flowers and other spring elements of the natural world. Students learned about the Book of Kells, known as Ireland’s greatest cultural treasure and the world’s most famous medieval manuscript. Students were able to design their own Illumiated manuscript book cover,for what was the starting point of an accordian style book.
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