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.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Every Snowflake is Unique







These oil pastel drawings by the first grade students are part of a school-wide series of self portraits in the works. For the piece we discussed perspective from below as a follow up to our work with aerial perspective in our snowmen from above project. Then we learned about portraits as a way to think about a representation of oneself. We determined the hair and a special shirt (you know, the one that the first grader just must wear today) would be paramount in showing who is the subject of the drawing. Oh, and how about a few missing teeth to indicate the very first grade artist? After a guided drawing we learned to use oil pastels and revisited work with rulers to create straight lines and flat crayon technique to provide background texture.

In all, we have a nice piece that will be a fond reminder of a first grade point in time for years to come that just happens to be rich with learning through the visual arts standards.

I really love these.
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