Primary, Secondary Color Sculptures

Kindergarten and first grade students learn about sculpture through paper assembly techniques.
They also explore the color wheel.
 

The Visual Arts program at Smith School is organized around the four components of Discipline Based Art Education: Art Production, Art History, Art Criticism, and Aesthetics. Children in grades K-5 attend Art class for one hour each week. Our goal is to develop visual literacy as we take on the challenge of creative problem-solving.

Students produce artworks through drawing, painting, sculpture, and mixed media, including printmaking, collage, and fiber arts.  These projects familiarize children with the processes that inform creative work in the visual arts. Art history at Smith involves the study of historical and contemporary artists from around the world. Through exposure to the techniques and motivations of artists children gain a sense of shared experiences and common understanding.

A partial list follows of the artists, styles, and cultures your child will study:

Kindergarten: Grandma Moses, Piet Mondrian, Lio Lionni (illustrator), Mexican Art
Grade 1:   Mary Cassatt, Henri Rousseau, Eric Carl (illustrator), African Art
Grade 2:  Paul Klee, Claude Monet, Romare Bearden, Japanese Art
Grade 3:  Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Vincent Van Gogh, Native American Art
Grade 4:   Georges Seurat, Georgia O'Keeffe, Op Art, Early American Art
Grade 5:  Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Surrealism

Museum Express is a collection of fine art prints that circulates among the elementary schools every year. Each class spends time viewing and discussing art works with trained parent volunteers. Teachers follow up on these sessions with curriculum-related activities in the classroom.

Each class has a portfolio to store the works the children create in Art class.  The portfolio helps us track the progress we make throughout the year.  The work of every student is displayed each spring in Smith's annual art exhibition. Please check back on this website and The Spotlight for this year's exhibition dates. I look forward to seeing you there!

Ms. Barton, Art Teacher