During the third day of the Art & Language Arts seminar, teachers and Getty staff drew inspiration from drawings, decorative arts, and nature. And the results took the form of…animal sketches, decorative wall paper, dream beds, drawings of nature, poetry, imaginative narratives, descriptive writing, lively discussions, and more!
No matter what we did, we tried to tap into our playful, creative spirits. To learn how some classrooms are putting art and exploration at the center of learning, read
“The Garlanded Classroom” from The New York Times.
So the question still remains…if you want to provide more artistic opportunities for students, how do you carve out time for this in your busy school year? If you participated in today’s program, leave a comment with a time-saving tip or trick that will allow more time for meaningful art experiences.
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The best fuel for the busiest day of the week: breakfast burritos!
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Drawing was the focus of today’s media exploration. Teachers experimented with the different marks they could make with charcoal and drawing pencils.
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Curator Julian Brooks gave a tour of the exhibition Luminous Paper: British Watercolors and Drawings.
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Teachers were captivated by the curator’s knowledge (as well as his British accent).
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Educator Theresa Sotto invites teachers to share ideas for improving an arts-integrated lesson.
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Educator Veronica Alvarez tells a story about Midas, which inspired an artist to create his Self-Portrait as Midas.
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What has captured the interest of all of these teachers?
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A painting of Louis XIV!
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Educator Kelly Williams leads a writing activity inspired by an 18th century bed.
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Teachers looked for patterns and shapes in the bed’s design.
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Teachers shared their observations about the bed with their colleagues.
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Educator William Zaluski led a drawing activity inspired by the many animals that trot, crawl, and rear across the Getty’s collection.
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Teachers were fully immersed in the activity of drawing an animal by combining basic shapes.
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Who knew that an elephant could take shape by simple shapes?
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Educator Alice Jackel led a decorative arts activity called “If These Walls Could Growl.”
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After viewing decorative walls from the 18th century, teachers cut out shapes from sponges to create patterns for their own wallpaper.
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One teacher began the activity with hesitation but left with a beautiful work of art.
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Educator Flora Ito leads an activity on drawing…well, flora.
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Teachers use their viewfinders to isolate details and then create contour drawings.
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It’s easy to find beautiful details from nature in the spectacular Getty grounds.
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Teachers select their favorite materials to create their “dream” beds in an activity led by educator Kelly Williams.
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Teachers added their own feathers, colored paper, and decorative designs to turn a cardboard box into a lavish bed.
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This teacher created rubbings and cut them out into leaves and flowers.
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These teachers proved that all you need is a pile of colorful paper to let your creativity shine!
The Art & Language Arts teachers who participated in their Culminating Event yesterday demonstrated that 5th grade students can analyze an 18th-century portrait with astute insights, 1st graders can create adorable clay animal sculptures with detailed textures, and 2nd graders can identify grotesques in works of art. Congratulations to the teachers who completed an intensive year of professional development. We commend you for your dedication to your teaching practice!
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Illustrator and author Stefan Bucher’s monster drawings inspired students around the world–and everyone in the room!
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Stefan Bucher describes how students would draw the features of their monsters with intentionality and then create intricate stories about them.
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Jefferson E.S. teacher Rea Young describes how her 1st grade students first analyzed the detailed textures in bronze sculptures before creating their own clay artworks.
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An 18th-century portrait was the inspiration for Fred Torres’s 5th grade students at Century Park E.S., who inferred what the sitter was thinking and then wrote narratives.
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Alexander Science Center School teacher Antoinette Pippin displays the colorful grotesque-filled panels her 2nd grade students made collaboratively.
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The “lesson fair” showcasing teachers’ lessons and the resulting student works of art was chock full of rich and imaginative ideas!
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Century Park E.S. teacher Donna Jones explains her lesson on still-lifes to a captive group of teachers.
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MaryAnn McCarter and Jesus Herrera, teachers at Jefferson E.S., displayed lessons on insect drawings and still-life photography, respectively.
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A detail of works of art by MaryAnn McCarter’s talented students.
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Look how much students can write about when responding to works of art!
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Van Deene E.S. teacher Barbara Heughins uses a colorful quilt made by her daughter to teach color lessons.
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Kennedy E.S. teacher Lisa Heather displays her upper elementary students’ dynamic compositions of still lifes.
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The 3rd grade students of Gerardo Lopez, teacher at Kennedy E.S., drew still-lifes in three different ways –in sketches, pastels, and watercolors.
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Sorolla y Bastida’s The Wounded Foot was the inspiration for Marilyn Taylor Kremen’s 2nd grade students, who wrote and illustrated stories about helping others.
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Leticia Lopez’s 4th grade students at Kennedy E.S. created hybrid creatures inspired by illuminated manuscripts.
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Yvonne Shute’s 4th grade students learned about one-point perspective after examining David Hockney’s Pearblossom Highway.
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Kennedy E.S. teacher Marisela Reyes describes her lesson that invites 5th grade students to create self-portraits and write “I am” poems.
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Ellen Ochoa L.C. principal Mara Bommarito and teacher Allison Chun admire Gabriela Vielma’s lesson on stories inspired by Brueghel the Elder’s painting of Noah’s Ark.
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Ellen Ochoa L.C. teacher Allison Chun used collage to teach the concept of overlapping to create the illusion of depth.
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Teacher Martha Martinez teamed up with ALA alum Elida Lozano to start a Student Artist of the Month program, in which the work of a student would be displayed in the hallways.
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Do you recognize this costume and pose? Hint: it’s based on a Flemish portrait.
We started the morning with delicious scones and a drawing by Michelangelo, continued the day with lively discussions about lesson planning and writing activities in the galleries, and rounded out the afternoon with hands-on activities inspired by drawings and decorative arts!
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Teachers set aside the stress of up to 2 hours of traffic to enjoy tea bread, fruit, and coffee before the program started.
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Every morning teachers have the opportunity to explore a variety of media. Today, teachers experimented with black and white charcoal.
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Curator Stephanie Schrader gave an engaging and informative talk about the drawing collection.
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Curator Julian Brook’s tour of the new exhibition of Italian Renaissance drawings was a big hit with the teachers.
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Magnifying lenses in the galleries offered us a closer look at details drawn by Renaissance artists.
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Museum educator Sandy Rodriguez offers suggestions for writing activities with painter Vernet’s A Storm.
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Second and third grade teachers gather around an 18th century bed.
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Gallery teacher and artist Audrey Chan discusses a 16th century drawing of a beetle that inspired contemporary artist John Baldessari.
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After discussing drawings of natural specimens, teachers drew details of succulents and leaves in the Getty’s Central Garden.
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Jasmine Magana, junior at Seattle University and intern extraordinaire, lists vocabulary generated from a discussion of French decorative beds.
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Teachers created their own dream beds by choosing from a variety of colorful paper, ribbons, and assorted collage materials.
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Teacher Rea Young creates a pattern of leaves with red ribbon.
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A second grade teacher proudly displays her dream bed—complete with stairs!
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A finished bed with a blue canopy dreamed up by teacher Antoinette Pippin!
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3rd-5th grade teachers drew animals with basic shapes in an activity led by museum educator Kelly Williams.
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Artist and museum educator Sandy Rodriguez demonstrates how to create hybrid beasts from basic forms.
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Teachers had fun sculpting Crayola Model Magic into hybrid creatures.
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After teachers sculpted their decorative objects, they “gilded” them with a layer of gold tempera paint.
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