FACE DRAWING and FLIPBOOKS

Kindergarten AM – Ms. Serio Volunteeers – Beth Burdin w/ Special Guest Conrad Fialkowski Project Synopsis: Face drawing:  The students were shown various facial features’ expressions, and how those can communicate different emotions.  Using pre-drawn head outlines, the kids could sketch any combination of the emotive features they were shown to create their own drawings of [...]

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MATISSE – “THANKFUL TREE”

Kindergarten AM – Ms. Serio Volunteeers – Bev Yamashita Project Synopsis:   As part of an Art Appreciation Project, the class learned about the painter and artist, Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954).  Throughout his career Matisse used paper models to help him compose his paintings.   During the last decade of his life, after two serious operations left him [...]

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STREET ART

    Grade 3 – Ms. Germanier Volunteers – Mike Ciacciarelli, Adrienne Winner, Alison White Project Synopsis: We introduced the children to the concept of street art vs. graffiti.  We talked about how the use of public space for permissible art projects can help beautify a cityscape instead of detract from it.  We looked at a “reverse [...]

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NATIVE AMERICAN ART AND CULTURE

  Kindergarten PM – Mr. Jerkatis Volunteeers – Gina Robbins Project Synopsis:   Mr.  Jekatis’ PM Kindergarten class learned about Native American Art and the Native Americans’ respect for the natural world.  We read the book, Giving Thanks:  A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp and then painted pictures on bark paper [...]

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