I have experienced first hand just how messy art can be! How as an elementary teacher do you effectively clean up after art in an organized manner? Click the following link for some procedures for cleaning up after art: Art Clean Up Procedures
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Here's a link to the top 10 Art Blogs to follow. After creating our own blogs, maybe your curiosity has ventured into looking at more art blogs: http://artbusinessnews.com/2013/12/top-10-art-blogs-to-follow/
After taking an art class I think many of us agree that we have learned to appreciate the arts a little more and if you're like me, you may find it more interesting. There are plenty of great art museums around the world, but living close to Chicago we have many more windows of opportunity. The Art Institute of Chicago features a collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in its permanent collection. Its holdings also include American art, Old Masters, European and American decorative arts, Asian art, modern and contemporary art, and architecture and industrial and graphic design. In addition, it houses the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries. Tracing its history to a free art school and gallery founded in 1866, the museum is located at 111 South Michigan Avenue in the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. It is associated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is overseen by Director and President Douglas Druick. At one million square feet, it is the second-largest art museum in the United States, after the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I strongly encourage anyone who is even the slightest interested in art to go visit this museum.
Use this link to visit their site: http://www.artic.edu/
One thing I have felt that I was always weakest at was art. Although my Dad is an graphic designer, I definitely did not inherit any art abilities from him (or so I thought). This past Saturday I went to a Wine & Canvas (something my fiancé and I have been wanting to do for a while now). And although I am not artistic I felt that it would be something fun to do. Doing the painting, "Stormy Night" was somewhat frustrating (blending was the hardest part). But, 3.5 hours later, my painting was complete and it turned out better than I had imagined it would. Sure enough, I cannot wait to go to my next Wine & Canvas! Click on the following link to find your nearest Wine & Canvas and register today! Wine & Canvas Website
I am a huge Disney fan, and I didn't realize how valued Disney art is. Below is a link to the Disney Fine Art website, where you can browse Disney artists and some of the works created. You can also find some Disney art places at the different Disney parks. Link to 'Disney Fine Art' Webpage Image courtesy of: http://pixshark.com/disney-fine-art.htm
For our last art project students focused on mirror images (reflection). Using two different colors of construction paper, they had to cut out sides of one (half triangle) and place its reflecting image onto the other color. These projects turned out pretty neat once the students finished them.
Not only were we reading Langston Hughes poems in class, but the students in my fourth grade at Walt Disney were also doing a unit on this poem. It is a powerful poem that if you have the time I recommend you read. The voice and tone is so strong and the story itself conveys such a deep message. Below is a project we did in class, where we create an "hour glass" poem of either Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones or Roger. I chose to do my poem on Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. We were then supposed to create a character puppet and decorate it as we wish. Using the resources in the classroom, I made her a dress and a hat. This project is such a great resource to use in the classroom, incorporating Language Arts, Social Studies, and Art all into one lesson.
Click for link to "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes I am not one who is big into museums, however, several years ago I went to a Body World exhibit in Chicago, and it was fascinating (something that has stuck with me for years)! Body Worlds is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures. Crazy, right!?
Click the link to see past/present/future exhibitions: http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/exhibitions/current_exhibitions.html |
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