Arts Integration, Art and Technology and Cultures of Thinking in the Art Classroom

 Welcome to a new school year! We are very excited to share knowledge and practices aligned with our transdisciplinary program. Learning science, engineering and math concepts through the arts is one of our goals for this school year. Connections with music, movement and drama define our arts program, so we are eager to share this collaborative journey with all of you. Here are some examples of the bibliography that we are studying and putting into practice this year. 

We are looking forward to all the beautiful and inspiring projects planned for this school year!

Reggio Approaches to Learning

Integrating the Arts throughout the curriculum

Art and technology

Maker spaces in the classroom and Agency through design

Creativity and Passion Projects

Textures and Pipe-cleaning Sculptures

First grade continues to explore the sense of touch by creating these pipe-cleaning sculptures that sparkled their creativity.

Grade 5: Tell me a Picture

Hello art world! We are exploring the possibilities of narratives through art. Sequential Art? Illustration? Poetry? Short stories? Anything is possible when you want to tell a story in a visual form.

#ShelSilverstein #QuentinBlake #form #function 

#connection #imagination #creativity #communicators

Grade 6 Mixed Media

Hello world! We are grade 6 art students and we are exploring the art of Jean Michel Basquiat. One of the most important aspects of this unit is recognizing that creating art provides a sense of accomplishment, not only in the process but as a way to understand the world. We can recognize themes and issues and recognize that there are many ways to interpret and enjoy art.

#mixedmedia #form #change #causation #thinkers 

#inquirers #courageous #tolerance #appreciation

Grade 4 Value: The infinite between BLACK and WHITE.

Hello world! We are grade 4 art students working on observational drawing. Realism is challenging but we have a few tricks up our sleeves! Through drawing geometrical forms (deconstruction) and then joining the forms with contour lines, we can execute realistic drawings. Shading has been challenging, but we have learned to hold our soft lead pencils gently while we practice wrist movement that helps us control the pressure we put on our drawing paper. Who would have though that holding a pencil required the same mindfulness as holding the bow of a violin? Direction, gentleness and control. That is the key to success!

#causation #form #knowledgeable #inquirers 

#creative #appreciation #enthusiasm

Grade 3 Profile Stitching

Hello art world! We are third graders and our art skills are developing steadily. We started this trimester using strategies , based on what we know, to interpret art and try to understand the role of the arts in our world. We are also becoming more critical in our thinking, more independent and exploring the relationship between our work and the work of others.

When our stitching work is done, we will experiment with natural dyes and nature prints. We wonder if there is a connection between the diversity in nature and the diversity in our classrooms?

#connection #diversity #thinkers #inquirers # balaned 

#form #function #curiosity #creativity #commitment

Kinder - Stamping with elements of nature

Seashells, leaves, feathers were some of the materials kinder used to stamp with tempera and create these colorful and abstract compositions.

2nd Grade Healthy Habits - Fruit Sculptures

Using air-dry modeling clay, 2nd graders created 3d pieces of fruits and vegetables painted with acrylics, these were the results:

Grade 1 - Senses

For this unit, students are identifying the senses and the first assignment was painting eyes with watercolors. It was amazing to see how they recognize the eye parts and interpret them in their pieces with their own personal and artistic style.

Shapes and connections

Starting the year with shapes, patterns and connections. Kinder is starting with geometric projects that are all about observation and recognition of basic forms.
These are some patterns that they created in groups as collaborative pieces with crayons.