Studio Arts
Because children have individual aesthetic inclinations and because each kind of material communicates visual ideas differently, children in the Lower School work with a variety of materials and processes during the year. Collage, paint, clay, papier maâcheé, drawing from imagination and observation and simple printmaking processes are considered basic and are offered for in-depth investigation over three to six sessions once or twice a year.
The Primary Goals for Lower School Art are:
- To continue to enjoy using art matierials as a resource for self-expression;
- To grow in mastery of art materials through experience;
- To gain new skills to be able to make exactly what one wants;
- To gain self-esteem through one's work |
Recent Projects
2007 Lower School Art Show
The Lower School Art Show is an exhibition of artwork from all children in the Lower School. It includes reflections of classroom experience, such as snow murals, and many examples of social studies related endeavors. There are, for example, papier mache reproductions of the immigrant family members interviewed by our Fourth Graders. There are authentic replicas of Native American coil pots and chiseled spoons, as well as two models of historic Northeast Woodland villages. Painting, portraiture, sculpture and collage… all are presented and responded to by student artists. This years interactive event opened on February 22 and is a hallmark of Lower School creative process.
Third
Grade Native American
Village
Third
Graders recreated elements
of an authentic Lenape
village and presented their
work to Second Graders.
They described how the
Lenape lived and how they
met their needs. Student-made
artifacts included: cornhusk
dolls, wampum belts, weavings,
model villages and longhouses,
a topographical map to
demonstrate hunting and
fishing practices, coil
pots, moccasins and a series
of murals. |
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