What a great turn out we had for our first Art Faculty show! For those who did come to the show, thank you so much for supporting your Art teachers:) Don't worry if you couldn't come out, there will be one this Fall as well! Above you can see the Art Faculty. My Art piece was a Crayola colored pencil drawing created to look like a children's book illustration. Each teacher also showed a pice of Artwork from the age level they teach. My second piece of Artwork was a plaster mask that was created when I was in first grade. Check out the image below, this is me next to my framed Artwork and mask. If you would like to see the Art teacher poster click here.
Each year there is an IAEA (Illinois Art Education Association) Conference. This year the Yorkville Art Teachers presented two sessions at the conference. Ms. Rizio also won the 2014 Carolyn and James Hewlett Scholarship Award. What a fun two days to teach, learn, and share with Art teachers from the entire state of Illinois.
Over our winter break the Art teacher was able to check off a bucket list item: to see the Blue Rider collection! The Blue Riders were a group of Artists who met in Munich, Germany and made beautiful abstract Artwork from 1911-1914. They used animals and abstract shapes to represent the tension that eventually led to WWI. Kandinsky also painted to music. Some of his paintings can even be enjoyed today while listening to the same music he painted to. First grade learned about Kandinsky and painted beautiful abstract paintings. The painting below is an example of a First grade project. What a joy to see my First grade students using one of my favorite Artists as inspiration! Do you see the painting of the blue horse above...looks like Franz Marc will be an inspiration for a future project as well. Sometimes I forget how much fun it is to learn something totally new! While creating/ learning about Art- is my life, I was able to take a glassblowing class recently. I took this class with one of my best friends (who also happens to be an Art teacher). We were both laughing and talking over the teacher! It made me feel like my students mixing primary colors for the first time. While I don't think our principal needs to worry about molten glass in a second grade classroom, the joy of a new Artistic outlet will be brought back to my classroom. Everyone can always learn something new!
What is it like to make a piece of Artwork for a show? Well, it depends on the show. On Jan. 29th there was a faculty show. I teach elementary aged students. The Artwork I presented needed to reflect two things: my esthetic and my job. For these reasons I chose to make a Crayola colored pencil drawing. My hopes were to a simple layout (as my favorite things in life are the simple pleasures) and I wanted it to look like a children's book illustration. Below is a partially finished drawing. It is taped off to create a boarder.
As third grade has been working on their Giacometti paper mache sculptures, we want to keep in mind that they are based upon Alberto Giacometti's bronze sculptures. Giacometti was a 20th century sculpture who showed in both Paris and New York. We are so lucky that the Art Institute of Chicago has several of these sculptures in its permeant collection. Ms. Rizio went to do some research (and drink some coffee from Intelligentsia) while the third grade was working on this project. For size reference, your Art teacher is 5'4". Below are some finished paper mache sculptures in the hallway for comparison. My students sure did a great job!
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