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Impressionist Landscapes, Impressive Poetry, and Huge Paper Sculptures Made from Trash

April 25th, 2012 Theresa Sotto Comments off

Every year the teachers who graduate from the Art & Language Arts program share an exciting array of creative lesson ideas and remarkable student work—and this year was no exception. On Saturday, April 14, 2012, the Getty Museum hosted its 12th annual Culminating Event of the Art & Language Arts program. This year we had the great fortune to hear from artist Kim Abeles, who inspired teachers with her socially- and environmentally-engaged works of art.

: Teachers from Carlos Santana Arts Academy enjoyed coffee and conversation before the program.

: Teachers were in great spirits on an exciting day of sharing, learning, and inspiration.

: Museum educator Theresa Sotto introduces artist Kim Abeles, who made a giant paper sculpture out of one day’s worth of trash from an elementary school.

: Artist Kim Abeles spoke about her innovative Smog Series, works formed from the particulate matter in the air.

: Second grade teacher Dorothy Hernandez describes how her students created still lifes and poetry based on Paul Cezanne’s Still Life with Apples.

: With the help of a few volunteers, Dorothy Hernandez demonstrates a creative “Match Game,” in which students must match their piece of the still life with other students’ pieces to form a complete set.

: Paula Rucker from Canterbury Elementary School displays her student’s cheerful Impressionist-style landscape. Learn more about Paula Rucker’s inspiring story and lesson ideas on The Getty Iris.

: Kindergarten teacher Abigail Almeida proudly describes the animal sculptures that her students created.

: Marisela Padilla and Claudia Morales, two teachers from different schools, collaborated to create a poetry lesson inspired by Jean-Francois Millet’s Man with a Hoe.

: Annette Antilla is all smiles with her free poster and stack of lesson plans.

: Eunice Castaneda sets up her display of student work.

: Char Shuart from Palms Elementary shares a creative lesson that connects works of art depicting roads with Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.”