Day 2 of the Seminar: Exploring Sculpture, Decorative Arts, and Questioning Strategies
July 27th, 2010
The second day of the Art & Language Arts Summer Seminar was just as fun, thought-provoking, and jam-packed as the first day.
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- We had the rare opportunity to peek inside a beautiful 17th-century coffer with curator Jeffrey Weaver.
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- Curator Antonia Bostrom toured us around the newly designed European sculpture and decorative arts galleries.
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- Sculptor Alberto Giacometti was the inspiration for a unique activity using pipe cleaners and aluminum foil to pose figures.
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- One teacher created a sculpture of a figure posed as if speeding while driving.
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- Another teacher created a sculpture of a figure jumping in mid-air.
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- With a few pipe cleaners, a good bit of foil, and a lot of imagination, a teacher created a sculpture full of movement and texture.
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- Teachers also learned fun activities for K-2nd grade students using clay.
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- Taking inspiration from 18th-century candlestands in our collection, participants created objects that are both utilitarian and lavishly decorated: pencil holders!
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- After viewing the forms visible in 17th-century bronzes of a dog and bear, teachers turned sticks of clay into original works of art.
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- Who says pigs can’t fly?
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- We explored different strategies for discussing works of art with elementary students.
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- Museum educator Veronica Alvarez describes how to reach multiple learners by discussing a work of art in a variety of ways.
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- Teachers discuss a sculpture bust with museum educator Sandy Rodriguez.
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- Second and third grade teachers gather around Georges de La Tour’s Musician’s Brawl with museum educator Kelly Williams.
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Great blog! I’m going to start work on a lesson that centers on A CENTENNIAL OF INDEPENDENCE by Henri Rousseau. I feel it lends itself to one of our 2nd. grade OCR units, Sharing Stories. Also, it is appropriate for another unit in our English language development program, called Celebrations – holidays as narratives and why we celebrate them. There is so much in this painting, I can see why it was one of the 2 used yesterday.
I loved all the conversations we had today. The VTS with the Musican’s Brawl was hilarious. I think I’ll use it in my novel. I told my daughter all about the elaborate coffer Jeffrey showed us today. Exploring with the 5 points of entry was very inspiring and gave me lots of great ideas. I think I would like to use elements of the “experiential” approach in our lesson plan.
I always let my students play with math manipulative before a math lesson. I see how letting students play and explore with art will be very beneficial.
I enjoyed playing with the soft playdoo.
Everyday I come home excited about all the things I have learned. Our visit to the tapestry room was amazing. I loved the “writing a postcard” from the setting of one of the tapestries. I was thinking it might even be interesting if you wrote riddles that went with each one and then they would have to figure out the corresponding tapestry.
I also had a great time studying the beds. I think that they are such engaging objects that you would have no trouble capturing the students attention and imagination with them. It really does make me want to get a new bed…with a canopy!
I will try not to rush my students and allow them to play with art materials, before beginning the lesson, the way I usually do with math manipulatives. Other ways to play would be to dramatize, in small groups, before writing a narrative, or constructing a work of art. This week has been fantastic! Marilyn