Gallery of Mann – Spring 2014

African Masks

Ms. Pryor’s Fourth Grade – 2013

African Masks

Art Appreciation Fun 2013-2014

Paul Klee

3rd Grade, Mrs. Whitley – February 7, 2013

Project: The students started by drawing a self portrait with geometric shapes and exaggerated expressions. They hid meaningful letters, numbers and symbols within their drawings in the style of Klee. They then traced over their pencil drawings and covered the entire drawing with wet tissue paper squares. The paper squares were then removed leaving shapes to create a ‘cubist’ feel. While they created their art they listened to music to draw inspiration, just as Paul Klee did when he created his masterpieces.

Leaders: Peggy Raihle, Eliza Buckner

 

 

Papier-mâché

Paper Mache: French for “chewed paper” is also known as composite material consisting of paper pieces or pulp, sometimes reinforced with textiles, bound with an adhesive, such as glue, starch, or wallpaper paste.

Project: Create a paper mache jack o’lantern to celebrate Halloween. The students used crumpled newspapers to make a pumpkin shape, then used a mixture of water & glue applied to the pumpkins to attach layers of orange napkins. They then attached black construction paper shapes to create faces, and green pipe cleaners for the stems.

Leader: Alyse Wittenberg; Mr. Kaegi’s 1st Grade Class

Marc Chagall, Imagery & Symbols

Symbol: A word, phrase or image used to designate something that has universal consistent meaning.

Imagery: The use of a group of pictorial images to convey a message.

The Project: 3rd Grade students created stained glass windows using contact paper, construction paper, markers and tissue paper. They used symbols and imagery from class assigned reading.

Leader: Alyse Wittenberg

Fall Gallery

The Starry Night

First Grade – Ms. Smith

November, 2011

An Interpretation Through Texture::
Ms. Smith’s Kindergarten class learned about the works of Vincent Van Gogh and his mastery of creating textures with paint.  The class explored different textures from everyday life.  They took those everyday objects and created an interpretation of Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night.”  Textures were created using cotton, pasta, grains and other objects. The large black building-like object on the left of the original work was replaced with the Willis Tower, a Chicago landmark building known well to the class.

Mask Making :: All Hallows Eve

Second Grade – Mrs. McCorry

October 17, 2011

While most children are busy preparing their Halloween costumes to honor their favorite super heros, sparkling princesses or ghostly goblins, we took some time to explore the history of the spooky holiday. Following a brief introduction about the history of Halloween, we discussed some fun facts about the origin and role of the mask in celebrating the holiday. The kids were shown images of masks from different cultures and all corners of the world. They were then asked to create their own vision of this all-important component of the evolving Halloween costume.

-lesson conducted by Ellen Maliff, Sandy Tijerina, Essam Abdelhamid & Anne Delmelle

The Art of Dr. Seuss :: Unorthodox Taxidermy

First Grade – Ms. Cairns

November 19, 2010

Most of us are familiar with Dr. Seuss as a storyteller and illustrator, but he created art in many other mediums, one being the ingenious art of Unorthodox Taxidermy in the early 1930’s. He created mixed media sculptures using real animal parts such as beaks, antlers and horns from real deceased animals. Out of these unusual items, he created memorable sculptures of creatures from his made-up world, such as in the photo above.

The students were charged with creating their own creatures using more sedate supplies such as clay, feathers, sequins, plastic eyes, popsicle sticks, etc. The result was a magical, make-believe world (well, the classroom) filled with creatures formed through the eyes and imaginations of 6 and 7 year olds…what a sight to see!

– lesson conducted by Beth Siegel with parent helpers Justin Chambers, Joanna Senter, Ellen Maliff, Maria Pasqualicchio & Kathleen O’Connor