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"Every child is an artist..."
- Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter / sculptor)
The Carondelet Artists' Gallery - 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th grade art, and 7th/8th grade advanced art
8th grade - "Masterpiece Murals" -
Lesson on Post Impressionism and collaborative grid art. Each student used one grid of the following paintings: Cézanne's Still Life, Gauguin's Still Life with Three Puppies, and Van Gogh's Starry Night. The student then, using their own style, created that grid larger in proportion.
8th grade - "Periodic Table - Printmaking Project" -
The periodic table of the elements is one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science. It is still used today to help correctly measure chemicals, to understand the nature of electrons and protons in quantum mechanics, and to indicate element groups with similar chemical properties. Each element is unique like each of these 8th grade students. But together, here at Carondelet, the students have developed bonds that make a stronger community. It is with this in mind that they have created their own artistic version of the periodic table.
Each student was responsible for two elements to research, design, and print in either block or monotype prints.
7th grade - "Font Faces" - Computer graphics self portraits using Adobe Illustrator.
7th grade - "Organic Composting Posters" -
The students created posters using recycled grocery bags to bring awareness to Carondelet's composting program. The poster from the Carondelet design team, Heaney, Carroll, & Streitz, was a finalist in the International Composting Awareness Week 2010 poster contest. Although a professional from the adult age group won the poster contest, the Carondelet design team won "Best in Student Category"!
"It was very difficult to judge the posters this year because the standard was so high. We would like to congratulate everyone who entered and say well done to the overall winners." – Wayne King, President of the US Composting Council.
7th grade - "Solo-ettes" - What's on our minds?
6th grade - "Crazy Hair Day" - students made crazy hair self-portraits using lines, patterns, and shapes.
5th grade - "Such Good Sports!" - students made self-portraits of themselves doing their favorite sport using lines, patterns, and shapes. Heads are in sports ball, medal, or motif head shapes.
4th grade - "Ink Animals" - using a real feather quill to make animals in lines.
3rd grade - "Color Wheel Art" - Mixing primary colors.
3rd grade - "Sun & Moon Scratch Art" - Using positive and negative printing.
3rd Grade - "Grid Enlargement Technique" -
The students discovered and learned Chuck Close's painting technique of "Kiki" at the Walker Art Museum field trip. Wow, Carondelet artists have such patience and focus.
3rd Grade - "String painting"
This was a lesson on types of lines, symmetry, and asymmetry using a string for painting.
7th/8th grade advanced art - "Pop Art"
Artists and designers use creativity, imagination, and innovation to
make a work of art. Advanced lessons
on the Elements and Principles of Design are presented to guide students
through the process, enhance their understanding of art in the context of
personal, public and professional communities, and develop their critical,
creative and collaborative reasoning skills and performance. Examples by artists and designers from
around the world are studied, including a fun introduction to the history
of Pop Art. Inspired by Pop Art
such as the Spoonbridge and Cherry by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje
Van Bruggen, students create their own Pop Art sculptures using a variety
of materials.
ART HISTORY CORNER
