Week 5
Posted: April 23, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »The day finally came to go to the Museum of Modern Art! The weather was cool, overcast and it threatened to rain. The bus ride there was exceptionally quick and, believe it or not, we arrived via school bus early. We took advantage and sat across the street to enjoy a oatmeal raisin cookie snack! Our tour began at 11:10 am. After meeting with Miss K and our new friend Miss Paula, we broke up into 2 groups. Both groups went directly to Pablo Picasso’s guitar exhibit. Miss K’s group took the escalator while Miss Paula’s group went via elevator. Walking down the hallway, there it was staring at us through the glass entrance doors, Still life with Guitar. We sat on the floor to get the best view. We looked at each part and saw shapes, paper and a toilet paper role center. It was really cool. A vote was put to the group, some liked Picasso’s sculpture, while others liked our sculpture better. The rest of the room was filled with drawings, paintings, college and sculpture, all of guitars! All done by Picasso! We looked at guitars. This sculpture was similar to still life with guitar except it was made out of metal. The guitar was painted and there were no crossbars on the neck. We looked at some collages too. Picasso loved to use scraps of textured paper, newspaper, chalk and pencils. He turned all those shapes into guitars!
Week 4
Posted: April 9, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Session 2 of working on our instrument sculptures was quite an undertaking. Students wore old clothes and bibs and had their own work areas. The instruments were carefully painted on the floor. Primary colors plus black, white, and dark green were their color choices. This didn’t limit the end results. Mixing colors gave us many hues of purple, grey and orange. Our students had a great time painting. Check back week 6 to see the finished decorated instrument sculptures. Next entry: The MoMA visit!!!
Week 3
Posted: April 5, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »And so begins our most intricate project to date…..our Picasso inspired collage instrument. After studying their chosen instrument, and breaking it down into shapes, our students were up for the challenge to create their own masterpiece! Students were asked to sort through various pre-cut cardboard shapes, both organic and inorganic. Their task was to capture the essence of their instrument using only these shapes. (NO CUTTING ALLOWED) The results were breath taking. The talent and imagination of our 1st and 2nd graders is just….well see for yourself….mind blowing!!
