6th Grade Fall Art Projects

2 Creative Projects kicked of the 6th grade Art Year 

6th grade artists made small model magic Day of the Dead inspired clay sugar skulls

After learning about the festival, traditions and customs, students looked at table handout for  design inspiration while creating their own unique mini no sugar/sugar skull. 

Lots of hands on exploration and creative problem solving 

Frida Kahlo was our Spotlight Artist 

Colorful Day of the Dead inspiration 

students working on their projects at the desk areas 

Large trays kept the art pieces safe while they
dried 

each one is so unique 

Because of COVID protocol we were unable to have our Fall Festival and Haunted House.

This year the 6th grade students filmed a video version of the story

Hallo-wiener complete with puppets and backgrounds

They shared the video production with the Kindergarten classes

The stage is set!

Ms. Jane's Moments In Art - Sugar Skulls, Part 2

Moments in Art part 2

Sugar Skulls 

Frida Kahlo and Day of the Dead

•  Frida Kahlo grew up in a house called La Casa Azul (The Blue House) with her parents and six sisters. That house is now the Frida Kahlo museum.
• When she was six, Frida contracted polio, which left her bedridden for months. This cause her right leg to be shorter and thinner than her left.
• In 1922, Frida became one of a few female students to attend school. She enrolled at National Preparatory School and became known as a girl who loved colorful clothes.
•  She enjoyed Politics and Science and as a teenager had dreamed of being a doctor, with art being a side hobby nurtured by her father, who was a photographer.
• In 1925, Frida was involved in a bus accident, that forever changed her life.
• The near-fatal injuries kept Kahlo hospitalized and bedridden for months. It was during this time that Kahlo’s father created a special easel that allowed her to paint in bed. She began to paint away her pain. She underwent dozens of surgeries in her lifetime and was constantly plagued with health issues. 
• Frida married Diego Rivera, a famed Mexican artist in 1929. Frida’s mother did not approve. The two had a complex marriage but were always supportive of each other’s artistic projects.
• Frida was proud and inspired by her Mexican heritage, the bright colors, patterns, natural elements, and symbolism.  She often featured, skulls, flowers, and animals such as monkeys and parrots, in her powerfully detailed self-portraits.
• In 1938, Kahlo held her first major exhibition in New York. About half of her 25 paintings on display were sold. In 1939, Kahlo went to live in Paris for a time. She exhibited some of her paintings and developed a friendship with Pablo Picasso.
• In April 1953, her first solo exhibition in Mexico at the Galería Arte Contemporaneo opened. At the time, Kahlo was on bed rest-doctor’s orders and not expected to attend. However, she arrived by ambulance and had her 4-poster bed moved into the gallery, so she never left her bed as she greeted her guests and admires.
• 55 of her 143 paintings are self-portrait                                                                      

Reference sites:

https://mymodernmet.com/frida-kahlo-facts and  https://www.biography.com/artist/frida-kahlo

 

Ms. Jane's Moments In Art - Sugar Skulls, Part 1

Moments in Art

Sugar Skulls part I 

6th Grade Artistic Creations 2017-18

What did we do this year in Art?

Habitat to Home was our art room theme for 2017-18

We explored a variety of artistic processes, asked questions presented connections and made discoveries- during the journey created some great art too!

Sixth Grade program  overview

Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques used for creating art. Expanding art history knowledge, connect to class themes while building art vocabulary. Using art tools, strengthening fine motor skills, support individual development of expression and following a complex series of directions.

Day of the Dead Cultural exploration, artists that inspire, how does this tradition connect to North and South American history and World influences?

Day of the Dead alters- building on previous knowledge create a small clay “sugar skull” form, collage, sharpie and assemblage to create a 3-D frame to display and create a cohesive design. Form and function Engineering/ Art connection Connecting to classroom Social Studies themes 

Take a Line for a Walk-Abstract art overview. Building contained organic 2-D line drawings that will become 3-D organic forms. The transformation of a surface through design, color, cutting and construction personal expression, paper collage with patterns, drawing, and 3-D cutting skills, spatial problem solving

Engineering/Math/Art connection

completed class project 

completed paper projects

Pinch Pot Monsters- artists built clay 3-D models of monsters, starting with basic pinch pot shape. Dried projects were completed with, tempera glazes. Engineering/Art connection 

Pompeii Volcano relief composition – 2-part project, connects to Ancient History Class Themes. Review of Pompeii Mt. Vesuvius and the structure of volcanoes. Build a volcano shape relief image with tissue paper/glue. Part 2 color with watercolors and oil pastels, showing activity and time of day. Science/History/Art observation and imagination

Promotion 6^th grade Portraits-personal statement, photography and colorful collage (end of year project)

Little Shrines

Little shrines...Day of the Dead Cultural exploration, artists that inspire, how does this tradition connect to North and South American history and World influences?
Connecting to classroom Social Studies themes

Day of the Dead alters- building on previous knowledge create a small clay “sugar skull” form, collage, sharpie and assemblage to create a 3-D frame to display and create a cohesive design. Form and function
Engineering/ Art connection