What is art?
Art is a language that artists use to express ideas and feelings that everyday words cannot express.
Throughout time, the arts have been essential to human existence. When people create in images, they discover ways to shape and share their thoughts and feelings with others. The arts enrich quality of life. All students deserve access to the arts through creation, performance and study. The fine arts are fundamental ways of knowing and thinking. In addition to their intrinsic value, the arts contribute to children's development.
Works of art are some of the highest achievements of civilization. In school, students learn the language of the arts and how to interpret visual images. Because the arts are both universal and culturally specific, they are a powerful means of increasing international and intercultural awareness. Through the arts, students gain a greater understanding of their own cultural heritage, as well as a sense of the larger world community.
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Poinsettia Paintings Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe
Today, we ventured into painting and printmaking. We began this lesson by reading the book "My Name is Georgia" by Jeanette Winter, and learning a little bit about the artist, Georgia O'Keeffe. We looked at pictures of her large flower paintings and talked about the parts of the flowers. Next, we talked about the poinsettia flowers that can be seen everywhere this time of year. We learned that these flowers are originally from Mexico and that the red parts are actually leaves, just like the green parts. The actual flowers are the tiny, yellow centers. Then the children got to work using sponges and tempera paint to create large-scale poinsettia flower paintings.
The final step was to tear, then crumple bits of yellow tissue paper and glue them to the centers of the poinsettias to create the blossoms, (and add some 3-dimensional interest). Some children also chose to paint in the background. Very festive!
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