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Fun with Painting! A Great First Day for the 12th Class in the Art & Language Arts Program

July 25th, 2011 Theresa Sotto 4 comments

Teachers in the 2011–2012 class of the Art & Language Arts program were greeted at the Getty Center wish sunshine, bright colors, and a shared enthusiasm for bringing art to the classroom.

If you were part of today’s program, please leave a comment. Share one thing you learned today that you will take back to your classroom and receive a complimentary 11 x 14-inch reproduction of a work of art.

: Curator Emily Beeny shared her expertise about some highlights of our paintings collection.

: Because the galleries are closed to the public today, some of the hallways and rooms were dark!

: Artist and museum educator Sandy Rodriguez modeled a variety of watercolor techniques.

: Teachers practiced created a variety of marks using different kinds of paints.

: Participants were invited to create works of art that evoked their favorite celebrations.

: Teachers looked for inspiration in Centennial of Independence, a painting by Henri Rousseau.

: Palms Elementary principal Keith Abrahams and teacher Char Shuart had fun creating washes of color.

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

Tags: Getty programs, painting, summer seminar

Day 5: Teachers Presented on Lessons Exploring Texture, Narrative Art, Tableau, and More

July 31st, 2010 Theresa Sotto Comments off

It has been a long but incredibly rewarding week at the Getty Center. On the fifth day of the seminar, teachers incorporated the strategies we discussed all week in their own arts-integrated lesson plans. I was so impressed by what they were able to accomplish in just a couple of days. Thank you to this year’s class of Art & Language Arts teachers. It has been so much fun discussing works of art and art education teaching strategies with you all week!

: This morning’s media exploration involved making sun prints from items from nature. A great activity for sunny LA!

: Teachers re-visited a painting that they wrote about on the first day of the seminar.

: We were able to journal in quiet galleries before the museum opened to the public—at least for a little while!

: Using hands as a viewfinder, one teacher notices how a detail of Manet’s painting was not created with just white paint alone, but several different colors.

: Teachers share how their experiences of an artwork changed since the first day of the seminar. They returned to the work with more knowledge about art history, a deeper understanding of composition, and a greater appreciation for art!

: Kindergarten and first grade teachers brainstorm on a lesson on texture in art and the environment.

: Fourth grade teachers connected to a unit called “Risks and Consequences” through a discussion of a turbulent painting on the sea by Joseph Turner.

: Kindergarten and first grade teachers used a painting of animals parading towards Noah’s Ark as the basis for teaching students texture words.

: Second grade teachers compared a portrait of a beautiful princess to a painting of a man toiling in the fields.

: To connect to a lesson that explores what body language communicates in art, teachers posed to depict different occupations. What occupation is being depicted here?

: Third grade teachers developed a lesson incorporating tableau to consider what might have happened before and after a scene depicting a musician’s brawl.

: Fifth grade teachers connect their language arts theme of “Cooperation and Competition” to a 19th-century painting of a demolished château.

: The last day of our five-day seminar ended with cookies, brownies, lemonade, and of course free posters! What a wonderful way to celebrate the end of an intense and enriching week!

Categories: Arts-integrated language arts lessons, Getty programs, Reflections on Getty workshops

Tags: painting, summer seminar

11th Year of the Art & Language Arts Program Is Off to a Wonderful Start

July 26th, 2010 Theresa Sotto 16 comments

A big welcome to the 11th class of elementary teachers participating in the Art & Language Arts program! Our first day of the seminar was lively, engaging, and fun. Both teachers and Getty staff had a blast discussing works of arts and playing with sketching and painting activities together. Can’t wait for tomorrow!

: This activity for K-2nd grade students encourages children to arrange cut-out shapes in a similar arrangement as the objects they see.

: Teachers use a variety of cut-out shapes to create paper collages of still lifes.

: Teachers add details to their paper collages with colored pencils.

: Assistant Curator Scott Allan gives a tour of the painting collection. We had the galleries all to ourselves because the museum is closed to the general public on Mondays!

: Artist and educator Sandy Rodriguez leads a “Painting on a Budget” art-making activity.

: Participants explore different ways of making marks with a variety of brushes.

: Teachers practice washes with paint made from kool-aid, coffee, and watercolors.

: Norwood Elementary teachers and their principal try standing up while painting for a new perspective.

: Combining watercolors with salt creates interesting textures.

: Teachers from Ellen Ochoa Learning Center paint washes after viewing a reproduction of a painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner.

: Everyone was really focused and engaged with the painting activity!

: Teachers are all smiles as they prepare to create their final works of art.

: Third grade teacher Gerardo Lopez shares his painting inspired by a favorite celebration.

: Teachers Marilyn Taylor Kremen and Lisa Heather pose proudly with their finished works of art.

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

Tags: drawing, painting, sketching, summer seminar

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