Our first art class was dedicated to the study of colors. We started with a quick talk about everybody’s favorite color, and then read “Mix it up!” by Hervé Tullet together. Quarks enjoyed this interactive read, there was plenty of
Weekly Summary: Art History: Jackson Pollock – Neutrons – Art
This week our class learned about the life of Jackson Pollock and Abstract Expressionism movement. We read the book “Action Jackson” by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. And then, the kids all made their own abstract splatter art! We used
Weekly Summary: Art History: Pablo Picasso – Neutrons – Art
Last week, the Neutrons learned all about Pablo Picasso and Cubism! We read the book “Pablo” by Marisa Boan. Then we made our own version of cubism artwork. We created self portraits or other pictures using bright colors and geometric
Weekly Summary: Embroidery – Electrons – Art
The group was given some paper circles, on which they sketched an idea of what to embroider. We discussed how straight lines are straightforward, but curves (which would have to be made up of many small lines) are trickier. They
Weekly Summary: Art History – Frida Kahlo – Neutrons – Art
This week, we learned all about Frida Kahlo’s life, art and style. We read Frida Kahlo by Mary Nihn. And then, we made our own Frida-inspired pumpkins. The kids transformed into Jr. Florists as they put together their own bouquets
Weekly Summary: Architectural Models – Electrons – Art
We began this week’s session with a warm-up: I’d printed out the facades of various buildings, and taped them to the bottom of a sheet of tracing paper. The group traced over them in as much detail as they could
Weekly Summary: Group Exploring/Beginning Individual Projects – Muons – Art
This summary is for the past two sessions. Group Exploring: We brought out our clay bag with the wet towel still wrapped around it from last week. We explored the flexibility of the clay by grabbing chunks of clay and
Weekly Summary: Replicating Portraits – Electrons – Art
For our first class, we worked together as a group to reproduce some old portraits. Some brave volunteers would sign up to be subjects, and (based on the image) we would decide on the background and how to frame the
Weekly Summary: 1-point Perspective Drawing – Electrons and Neutrons – Art
For the last 2 weeks in Art, both the Neutrons and Electrons have been working on the concept of perspective in drawings. During the first period, we discussed how implementing concepts like 1-point perspective and vanishing points can help make
Weekly Summary: Neutron and Electron Art
This week in art for both Neutrons and Electrons, we finished up our compositions that work with negative space as both the foreground focal point and as the background. Everybody’s projects turned out wonderful! Some students had a little extra