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Art Literacy
This year we will look at texture and line in artworks. Each of our six artists will show us different ways these two elements were used to create wonderful sculptures and paintings.
 Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was an artist from the 1600’s who was a master at creating paintings of every day scenes at a time when most art was made for historical and religious reasons or as portraits. His paintings show young women doing ordinary things and are full of objects with rich textures. We will make our own pictures of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring and use texture boards under our picture to create implied texture on our drawing.
November/December 2011 Auguste Rodin (1840 –1917) was a French sculptor from the 1800-1900’s.  He worked mostly in clay and created sculptures of people which showed the realistic expression of many different human emotions. He created one of the most recognizable sculptures in the world – The Thinker. We will be using aluminum foil to sculpt our own version of the statue with some realistic movements.
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) February/March 2012 Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943) was the creator of the beloved Peter Rabbit stories. 
Maxfield Parrish (1870 – 1966) was an American illustrator whose paintings were used on calendars so his artwork has been in thousands of homes in the early twentieth century. He also illustrated children’s books and created paintings of many fairy tales and nursery rhymes. He was a master at his use of color to make his paintings glow, especially in blues. He created black and white illustrations for a Mother Goose book and used lines to create different textures in pictures of Humpty Dumpty and his friends. For our project, we will create a layered landscape.  May 2012 African Textiles People of Africa have been making different kinds of textiles for many years. We will study different textiles made by three different tribes in West Africa. Kente cloth is a brightly woven cloth, Adinkra is a cloth decorated with symbols, each having its own meaning, and Korhogo cloth is a woven and decorated cloth also rich with meaning in the designs the people use. The students will create the geometric shape design inspired by the Adinkra or Korhogo tribes on a cloth or paper.
Do you enjoy learning about famous artists and their work? Do you like to create art with children?
We need volunteers. Art Literacy is a unique volunteer led program that brings fine arts education into the elementary schools. You do not need to be an artist nor have any background in art history to volunteer. We will train you to present the artist and teach the art lesson, with all the needed materials.
Six times during the school year you will attend an hour-long training meeting and then spend an hour with your child’s class. Students will view slides of artworks during your presentation, and then create an art production using what they have learned.
Volunteer training meetings are held first week of the month on Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 and Wednesday afternoon from 2:00 to 3:00. Both meetings are the same; you only need to attend one. Meetings are held in the Art Literacy room above the cafeteria.
If you have questions or would like more information, contact:
Nadia Pashanadia.a.pasha@gmail.com, Beth Burris bethaburris@hotmail.com ,Christie Emerson clemerson@comcast.net.
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