Sculpture Comes Alive on Day 2 of the Summer Seminar
July 26th, 2011
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In the second day of this year’s Art & Language Arts Summer Seminar, elementary teachers feasted on breakfast in the Southern California sun and then feasted their eyes on impressive sculptures and sumptious furniture, clocks, and textiles. After learning about sculptures and decorative art objects in the galleries with curators, participants created their own sculptures of figures, snakes, and beasts!
Getty staff and teachers had such a fun time playing today. If you participated in today’s program, please leave a comment and share one way in which you can incorporate play into your classroom in a meaningful way.
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- Every day starts out with fresh fruit, delicious baked goods, and a good dose of caffeine.
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- Our wonderful intern Joycelyn Cheung demonstrates how to create textures in clay and Model Magic using a variety of tools.
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- Teachers practiced rolling, poking, and squeezing Model Magic to get a sense of the material’s properties.
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- Teachers were encouraged to use household “tools” like straws and forks to create different types of marks.
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- After playing with clay, this teacher was inspired to create a relief sculpture of a face.
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- Alberto Giacometti’s sculpture of Standing Woman was the inspiration for sculptures made with pipe cleaners and alumnium foil.
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- Teachers were invited to depict any pose of their choosing.
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- What poses do these sculptures communicate?
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- Lower elementary teachers created snakes using Crayola Model Magic in a “terracotta” color.
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- Teachers discovered innovative ways to create snake skin.
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- Snakes in sculptures such as Antoine-Louis Barye’s Python and Gnu were the inspiration for this art-making activity.
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- Participants proudly displayed their snakes and the backgrounds they created for them.
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- What adorable animals!
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- There’s a wealth of resources for teachers on www.getty.edu. Sandy Rodriguez shows some highlights.
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