Art and Culture Classes
Primary and middle school students have art and culture classes on Friday mornings from nine to noon. High school students have classes on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:00 to 4:30.
As a community, we feel it is important for children to learn artistic skills and have the experience of working together to create art and theater. The historical and cultural contexts of these classes connect to and support our classes in English, Social Studies and Spanish.
In this era of budget cuts, our parents have committed to raising the money to hire artists/teachers to teach quality art classes for our students. Thus, providing qualified people to teach art in a structured way, while also freeing our regular staff to meet together for planning and paperwork each Friday. There are no classes on Friday afternoons, but childcare is available for $3.00 an hour until 3:00 p.m.
I'll add more information about classes as we finalize them.
High School Syllabus
Hispanic & Spanish Art Exploration
Laurel Tree 2009 - 2010
Instructor: Michelle Remy
Unit One: Elements & Principles of Design
Goal: Learn and practice the elements and principles of design which helps students have a common language for discussion of art works
Unit Two: Jose Posada (Mexico)
Goal: Discuss the life and work of Mexican graphic artist, Jose Posada; Introduce students to stamp carving and monoprinting
Unit Three: Xul Solar (Argentina)
Goal: Discuss the life and work of Argentine artist Xul Solar; Plan & execute a fantasy landscape in water-soluble oil pastels inspired by Solar’s work
Unit Four: Pablo Picasso (Spain)
Goal: Discuss the life and work of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso; Plan & execute a collaged self-portrait in the Cubist style.
Unit Five: Frida Kahlo (Mexico)
Goal: Discuss the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo; Plan & execute a mini mixed media quilt inspired by the work of Kahlo and Mexican culture
Unit Six: Diego Rivera & Mexican Mural Movement (Mexico)
Goal: Discuss the life and work of Mexican artist Diego Rivera; Plan & execute a paneled mural
Middle School
Art Around the World
Instructor: Michelle Remy
Unit 1: Asia - Chinese brush painting
Unit 2: North America - Georgia O’Keefe
Unit 3: South America - Xul Solar
Unit 4: Europe - Pablo Picasso
Unit 5: Africa - Romare Beardon
Unit 6: Australia - “bark” paintings
In addition to visual arts, we plan to have a reader's theater class and a cooking class that revolve around the geographic region students are studying during the week. These students will study and create art, food, and theater on Fridays to enrich and extend their Monday - Thursday class in World Geography.
Primary Students
Primary classes are still being planned. Check back in August :) There will be three, fifty minute classes for them on Friday mornings from 9 to noon.
There are no classes on Friday afternoons. Pick up time is at twelve. Daycare is available for $3.00 an hour until 3:00 p.m.
