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More Great Ideas and Stefan Bucher at This Year’s Culminating Event

April 8th, 2011 Theresa Sotto Comments off

We’re so excited to hear all the great lesson ideas from the 2010–2011 class in this year’s Culminating Event on Saturday, 4/16! Don’t miss an opportunity to receive over 25 lesson plans and hear from our special guest—author, illustrator, and monster-lover Stefan Bucher. Call 310-440-7300 to register.

Learn more about the event and download a flyer to share with your colleagues.

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Categories: Art-making activities, Arts-integrated language arts lessons, Getty programs

Tags: Getty programs, lesson ideas

Art Meets Language Arts in Beautiful Ways in the Pages of Medieval Books

February 10th, 2011 Theresa Sotto Comments off

On Saturday, January 29, elementary teachers explored every aspect of medieval books—from binding, writing, and painting manuscripts to learning about the historical period during which the books were made.

: Artist Sylvana Barrett demonstrates how to burnish gold leaf with a polished canine tooth set in a wooden handle.

: Participants prove that learning about illuminated manuscripts can be both informative and entertaining.

: Sylvana holds up one of many natural resources that are used in the making of illuminated manuscripts.

: Teachers congregate in front of the exhibition Imagining the Past after a lively and compelling tour by Assistant Curator Bryan Keene.

: Teachers listen enthusiastically to artist and Getty staff member Sandy Rodriguez during a hands-on activity to bind a manuscript, make paint, and illuminate a manuscript page.

: Sandy demonstrates how to make paint for the K-5 classroom: 1) crush pigment such as Kool-Aid; 2) add a binder such as gum arabic; and 3) mix, and you have paint!

: Teachers mix paint in mussel shells, just as illuminators did in the medieval ages.

Categories: Art-making activities, Getty programs

Tags: lesson ideas, manuscripts

Day 2 of the Seminar: Exploring Sculpture, Decorative Arts, and Questioning Strategies

July 27th, 2010 Theresa Sotto 5 comments

The second day of the Art & Language Arts Summer Seminar was just as fun, thought-provoking, and jam-packed as the first day.

: We had the rare opportunity to peek inside a beautiful 17th-century coffer with curator Jeffrey Weaver.

: Curator Antonia Bostrom toured us around the newly designed European sculpture and decorative arts galleries.

: Sculptor Alberto Giacometti was the inspiration for a unique activity using pipe cleaners and aluminum foil to pose figures.

: One teacher created a sculpture of a figure posed as if speeding while driving.

: Another teacher created a sculpture of a figure jumping in mid-air.

: 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.

: Teachers also learned fun activities for K-2nd grade students using clay.

: Taking inspiration from 18th-century candlestands in our collection, participants created objects that are both utilitarian and lavishly decorated: pencil holders!