I still have not grown tired of this project, even after four years and looking at the 70+ sculptures from this quarter! This is such a fun unit to teach, enjoyed by many (if not most) of my students; and I continually have new ideas of how to reinvent it each time.
This year I had my students draw a background to add meaning to their sculpture. We thought about what pose each figure was conveying, where we might see this pose being made and where we could imagine displaying the finished sculpture to add to its meaning.
The sky was the limit! I watched the ideas take off with the addition of props to enhance a pose, and the development of imagined environments through drawing.
Yesterday was a good day in the art room. I got to watch and assist the third grade class in making explosive volcanoes with charcoal and paint. Nothing like a good bit of creative mess to start out the day- a few of these kiddos are bound to be artists! I received some confidence boosting words of encouragement from fellow staff that I am doing good work with the students, which I doubt at times. I also finished a few projects with classes and had to find new spaces to hang them.
Gateway Art 