6^th Grade

7^th Grade

8^th Grade

What does it mean to be part of a society? 

What does it mean to be human?

How did we get here? 

Modern Art

The students are currently sharing presentations about Western art of the 20^th century.  They worked in small groups to create presentations about their chosen style or artist.  Part of the presentation requires engaging their peers in an analysis and a discussion about the artwork. Each presentation is followed by a studio assignment that presents them with the opportunity to borrow visual ideas from master painters to use in their own creations.  This project relates to their studies of Europe in Social Studies.  

Art Galleries

 Impressionism

Threads of Conflict

The students are learning about narrative tapestries that illustrate social unrest and the oppression of indigenous people as a result of political forces.  They worked in small groups to research and create a presentation about Chilean Arpilleras, Afghan war rugs, and Hmong story cloths.  They will borrow visual ideas from these artisans to create stitched tapestries that give a “visual voice” to an injustice.  This project supports the big question and also relates to cultures they study in social studies and language arts.

Coming Up

Architecture as Activism

Art Galleries

Threads of Conflict

Through African Eyes

Printmaking

Understanding the Harlem Renaissance Through Jazz, Poetry, and Art

By the mid-1920s Harlem had become a cultural center for African-Americans. Hundreds of active writers, musicians, actors, artists, and intellectuals lived in Harlem, creating cultural energy, artistic innovation, and confident expression.

In art, the students analyze the work of artists of the Harlem Renaissance, focusing on the work of Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Robert Blackburn.  They borrow visual ideas and techniques from those artists to create a clay sculpture inspired by jazz music and a 2-D pieces inspired by their poetry pieces.  They visualize the jazz music by using form, color and texture to create emphasis, rhythm, and movement.  This project is an integration of Language Arts, History, and Art.

 Art Galleries

Visual Jazz

Ashely Lathe, visiting artist