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From: Chris Lincoln [mailto:artloverlincoln@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:22 PM
To: TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [teacherartexchange] A few questions
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!