Third, fourth, and 5th grades have been studying famous African American Photographers. The classes looked at work by Dawoud Bey, Malick Sidibe, Seydou Keita, Carrie Mae Weems, and Cecil Macdonald. Below you can see 3rd grade sharing a "close read" of some of Dawoud Bey's photographs. Students discussed and presented what they could deduce about a portrait subject using evidence from the background, clothes, expression, and objects within photographs.
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My primary grade classes have been reading Ashanti and Nigerian folktales to inspire our recent artwork. Second grade read the folktale "Anansi and the King's Drum", about a crafty spider named Anansi who tricks a lazy monkey. Afterwards, they created a collage of Anansi using bilateral and radial symmetry. Students practiced folding paper and cutting it to create a spider web demonstrating radial symmetry. Then, Students folded another paper in half to create Anansi using bilateral symmetry. Finally, students used paper scraps to add symmetrical designs to Anansi's body. If you stop by the school in January you can see the collages hanging outside of the art room!
All middle school value studies are up on the third floor. Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students have all completed their value studies of biomes and adaptations. They look wonderful! Here they are below in case you don't get a chance to visit before the end of the year.
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Ms. KatzenbachMs. "Katz" is a teaching artist, with specialties in painting and video. She graduated from the University of Illinois with both a bachelors and a masters in Art Education. This will be Ms. Katz's 8th year teaching at O.T. Bright Elementary School. Archives
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