Integrated Arts?

The Integrated Arts is a model designed to offer support, extension, and supplementary experiences in content areas through interdisciplinary arts activities. The Common Core Standards' emphasis on developing depth and rigor in thought and the ability to communicate relevant information with increasing skill provides the necessary impetus for this model. Content will be viewed through many lenses, allowing the entirety of relevant ideas to be processed and applied broadly and with added depth. Work with visual arts, music, drama, literature, writing, technology, and design will be incorporated and collaboration with classroom teachers will be ongoing. As Yeats wrote, "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire". The Integrated Arts is an opportunity to light a very purposeful, very directed fire.

Friday, October 25, 2013

Sneak Peek


In process bat.

It's October! What fun to celebrate fall and it's creatures both sublime and creepy! In first grade the teachers spend time teaching about complex science concepts through studies of bats. Here in art class we have been supporting their efforts.

The last two weeks have seen our first graders work on creating a multiple layered bat project.  There is a background of chalk which creates an aura to remind us of how bats echolocate. The bat itself was drawn through a directed drawing process. Patterns and color were added in advance of a nice watercolor wash and a tissue "fur" belly. The project should be done in a week or two. Keep your eyes peeled for the final products.

To accompany the artwork students have been learning a fun and educational song about bats. Ask your first grader to sing it to you!
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