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K-5 Teachers Discover Strategies for Helping Students to Draw

July 31st, 2012 Theresa Sotto 6 comments

During the second day of the Art & Language Arts seminar, we were drawn to drawings! We explored different drawing tools, experienced a special VIP talk by a curator in our drawings department, and tried an activity that made us feel comfortable drawing—even those who were most skeptical of their artistic abilities.

For those who participated in today’s program, please share a strategy for helping students to overcome the fear of creating a drawing that doesn’t meet their expectations. How do we help students move past the idea that their pictures need to “look right”?

: Today’s media exploration encouraged teachers to build their own drawing vocabulary using different drawing tools and then create a collaborative work of art.

: Even at 8:30 AM in the morning, teachers are all smiles. Is it because of the art activity…or the delicious breakfast burritos? (Note: There’s no trace of the breakfast burrito on the plate!)

: Teachers are armed with cups of coffee and Art Stix—a winning combination!

: A painting by John Everett Millais sparked a lively discussion about what is going on in the picture. What IS going on in the picture anyway?

: Teachers spend time analyzing the clues in a painting.

: We look closely and admiringly at Joseph Mallord William Turner’s depiction of turbulent waters.

: In partners, teachers share what they see in a painting and then describe their partners’ observations.

: After discussing what they see, teachers share what the painting makes them wonder about. Then they think about possible responses to their wonderings. It’s an adaptation of the See-Think-Wonder thinking routine.

: Teachers view animals in our collection and select one to draw.

: It’s not so intimidating to draw an elephant when you break it down into different shapes.

: Two teachers successfully took on the challenge of choosing one shape and varying its size in order to create fantastic turkeys.

: A cow made up of a combination of triangles!

: Teachers discuss possible directions for their arts-integrated language arts lesson plans.

: We’re hunched over not because it’s the end of the day, but because we are imitating the pose of the figure in Jean-Francois Millet’s Man with a Hoe.

Categories: Art-making activities, Getty programs, Reflections on Getty workshops

Tags: drawing, Getty programs, lesson ideas, painting, summer seminar

Storytelling, Still Lifes, and Celebrations: Day 1 of the Art & Language Arts Program

July 30th, 2012 Theresa Sotto 11 comments

We are so excited to work with teachers from Jaime Escalante Elementary School, 42nd Street Elementary, Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School, Carlos Santana Arts Academy, and Woodlake Ave Elementary! We spent the day roaming the galleries while they were closed to the public and creating works of art bursting with color.

To the teachers who participated today, what is a specific strategy or activity that you will take back to your classroom?

: Every day begins with art! This morning teachers played with a variety of paints and techniques to create different textures.

: Teachers explore the vibrant colors produced by Alphacolor Biggie Cakes.

: Try lightly blowing on wet paint through a straw to create interesting effects.

: Teacher Rosa Bogarin holds up her colorful work of art.

: Participants received a site tour of the Getty Center on a beautiful sunny day.

: Since the galleries are not open to the public, four teachers were able to write about Van Gogh’s Irises without having to push through the crowds.

: On a curator-led tour, teachers discover how artists use the tools of their trade to help them tell stories in their paintings.

: A teacher looks closely at the thin coats of paint applied by the artist Titian. Thankfully we can still see the thin layer centuries after the painting was made!

: Teachers had fun arranging objects in preparation for their own still life collages.

: Participants cut shapes out of colored vellum for their still life collages.

: Colored vellum sure does pop on black construction paper!

: A few lines can turn a two-dimensional shape into a three-dimensional form.

: Teachers learned how to paint on a budget by supplementing Alphacolor Biggie Cakes with paints made with kool-aid and coffee.

: After building a vocabulary of marks, teachers created patterns.

: A 20th century painting of a celebration inspired teachers to create a painting of their favorite celebration.

: Guess the celebrations depicted in these works!

: Sonia Faye did a “bang up” job on her painting of a celebration. (Pun intended!)

Categories: Art supplies, Art-making activities, Getty programs

Tags: Getty programs, painting, still life

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.”

: Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate with us! It was way too windy to have our lesson fair outside.

: Thankfully teachers are some of the most flexible people in the world, and they didn’t mind quickly moving indoors.

: Teacher Rita Rivero stands in front of her display and the impressive portraits her students made.

: Teacher Claudia Morales was so thrilled by a lesson idea that she snapped a quick picture.

: Palms teacher Deborah Shannon and Getty staff member Theresa Sotto admire students’ paintings.

: No Getty Museum event is complete without delicious food. Most of the baked brie is already gone!

Categories: Arts-integrated language arts lessons, Getty programs

Tags: Getty programs, lesson ideas

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