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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Monday, March 11, 2013

Ceramic pendants finished into necklaces this past week!

This past week, the children were very excited to finally be able to finish off their ceramic pendants by making them into necklaces using colorful shoelaces and an assortment of beads.
Before we began, we reviewed the process and vocabulary involved in making the ceramics, and then we talked about some of the choices they could make as artists. For instance, if they wanted to incorporate pattern and/or symmetry in their necklace design. We also brainstormed about color choice and reviewed the color wheel. Then the children got started. The process of sorting through and choosing beads, and the actual stringing of beads (fantastic fine motor practice) was very engaging and kept the children happily busy for the entire class time.


This photo is of some of the finished necklaces. The girls noticed that when they put their hearts together, it formed a four-leaf clover!
At the end of class, we took a group photo, and then the students were able to take home their necklaces, along with the ceramic leaf bowls that were made in the fall with the substitute art teacher.

This coming week, we will finish our Andy Warhol-inspired print/collage and review collage techniques.

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