Dear Parents/Guardians and Students, This is a tough time for all of us. It's my sincere belief that staying creative by engaging in art activities will help our student's minds stay active and healthy and will provide some much needed stress and anxiety relief. I am sending home each student's sketchbook with prompts for drawing ideas. I would like to see them do two of these prompts in the next few weeks--their choice. A pencil is all they need, but they should feel free to add color with any materials they have available. Some great sites for taking virtual tours are available and a great way to expose our kids to the work of the Masters. I've listed some links below. Please encourage your student to draw, doodle, paint and use their hands to create anything their imaginations guide them to create. Making junk sculpture is a great way to make art and do something good for the environment too! Please feel free to email me with questions or concerns at: mjohnsen@csd.sau7.org The Tillotson Center is hosting a great project! Go to the porch and pick up a hand and decorate it! When you've finished decorating it, drop it off in the box on the porch. They will be displaying them at the center. Grades 1 - 5
Other ideas: Go to the www.currier.org (Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH), click on Programs, Family Activities and scroll down to find an activity based on the work of artist Sol LeWit who has an installation at the museum. Quarter 4 - Middle School Art Assignments March 26th If I Was A Work of Art... Please respond to this prompt with a work of art and written piece. In other words, please write what you would look like if you were a work of art, for instance, what colors would you be, what shapes and lines would you include? Would you be an abstract design, a landscape, a portrait, maybe a video game character? This should be a paragraph or two. Then please illustrate your description. Do a drawing with whatever materials you have. If you have coloring tools, please add color. Collaging colored paper, newspaper/magazine pictures is another possibility. This will be due to me via email on April 3rd. Failure to hear from you by then will result in a zero. I, at least need to hear that you are working on it, by then. If you are working on any art projects independently, please send me pictures and I will give you credit for it. I need to hear from you!!! Please plan on picking up your sketchbook with a sheet attached with sketchbook assignments. Pick up date is this Friday from 7:30 - 10:30 am. Please choose two of those assignments to do in your sketchbook. Using just pencil is fine, but if you have coloring tools I encourage you to use color in your piece. These two assignments will be due to me on April 17th. Stay Well! I'll try to post good resources for parents here and update it regularly. Some good ideas for doing art at home. Take pictures of anything your kids create and email it too! www.nga.gov/kids The Louvre - https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs The Guggenheim -https:// www.guggenheim.org/collection-online The Met -https:// www.atsandculture.google/partner/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art The National Gallery -https:// www.nga.gov/exhibitions.html And for our younger students on YouTube - Matti and Dada artist series I checked out this site. Fun and interactive art game. Maybe we can play together! https://sketchful.io/ creativeblog.com - here an illustrator gives drawing lesson Have your students research the work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. They had a brief time to view the exhibition of her work that is in the lobby of the school.    |
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