Susan,
Thank you indeed for the inspiring message and the wonderfully
creative ideas! I really think I need much more experience in
the field to be able to think like this, though... (right now I am
definitely on my very last nerve... the kiln is broken, there is
hardly any money left in my budget, I'm always at work or
on my way to work or thinking about work or researching/reading/
obsessing about work...) It's great that teachers want to include
art and artists in their curriculums, absolutely, but then this means
that I, therefore, must pull more fantastic tricks out of my tired hat?
There's a topic for discussion, I s'pose...
Thanks again!
In a message dated 12/11/01 10:49:15 Central Standard Time,
ARTNSOUL12@aol.com writes:
>
> Now, what I would do is plan to integrate what they have done as a
> springboard to what you, and probably you alone, are in a position to do-
> use more unusual mediums! I bet those classroom teachers haven't based a
> lesson on van Gogh using clay, papier mache, or created a fabric quilt
> based on van Gogh or his style. Have they facilitated the kids to create a
> spectacular mural based on one of the artists they have covered?
>
> Here's one idea.... create hot air balloons. I've used real balloons
> covered with plastercraft as an armature and attached them to strawberry
> baskets from the supermarket. Paint the balloons in the style of the
> artist. Take a photo of each student and place inside his/her balloon
> basket. Attach the artwork that the kids did with their classroom teachers
> from the bottom of each basket. Hang the hot air balloons in the hall from
> the ceiling. Call the exhibit, "We Got Carried Away with the Masters".
>
