On 7/12/07, Heather_Hayes@roundrockisd.org
<Heather_Hayes@roundrockisd.org> wrote:
>
> #1) I'm about to teach art for a week at a Christian summer camp (and it is
> expected to be an ART class...not cookie-cutter type crafts)- grades 3-6.
> I thought a cool way to approach the class would be to introduce Christian
> artists. I know many artists did religious work because the Church
> commissioned it, and not necessarily because they were religious people.
> I'd rather focus on artists for whom their faith and their art were truly
> connected. Suggestions?
>
> Hi Heather,
I teach at a K-8 Catholic school and I have introduced Corita Kent, a
60's printmaker who focused on social justice, and the renaissaince
artists...good luck!