End of Year Student Art Show 2010-11

Overview of the 2010-11 art program. Our focus this year was "America a Work of Art".


4th grade painting project on display at the
end of year art show




Here is a sample of the fantastic works created by the talented
students of David Lubin

 Hundreds of examples of student work were on display during the Open House event and later all  classrooms were invited to tour the gallery  and enjoy.

September 2009

Around the World
Our art program will start this week with an over-view of art and architecture around the world. All students will have a chance to compare and contrast art from different countries and see where those countries are. So pack your bags we are off to explore the world of ART!

January/February 2009 overview

May 2008

The David Lubin
Art Museum

January-February

Claes Oldenburg

"I make my work out of my everyday experiences, which I find as perplexing and extraordinary as can be. "

Corridor Pin, Blue, 1999,
by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

In the mid-1960s Claes Oldenburg began to make drawings of monuments based on common objects, such as a clothespin or a pair of scissors, challenging the notion that public monuments must commemorate historical figures or events. The artist's selection of discredited or obsolete objects extends to those remembered from childhood. As a youngster he enjoyed playing in his father's office with a typewriter eraser. In the late 1960s and 1970s he used the eraser as a source for drawings, prints, sculpture, and even a never-realized monument for New York City.

November-Decmeber 2007

Surrealism Overview

Surrealism is a style in which fantastic visual imagery from the subconscious mind is used with no intention of making the artwork logically comprehensible.
Founded by Andre Breton in 1924, it was a primarily European movement which attracted many members of the chaotic Dada movement. It was similar in some respects to the late 19th-century Symbolist movement, but deeply influenced by the psychoanalytic work of Freud and Jung.
The Surrealist circle was made up of many of the great artists of the 20th century, including Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico, Man Ray, Joan Miro, and Rene Magritte.

January-February 2007

Collage, Colors and Cookie people

January and February had something for everyone to enjoy

September-October 2006

Overview


Session one introduced students to the country of Mexico using examples of their art work and traditions as well as a brief historic over-view. We talked about a special holiday celebrated in Mexico and parts of Central/South America, Day of the Dead. This celebration is not a Mexican Halloween it is a time for joy and for remembering.

For this holiday unique treats are created, one very artistic confection is the Sugar Skull. These candies are symbols of the holiday much like chocolate hearts (for us) represent Valentines Day.

We also discussed the human skeleton looked at the parts and discussed how do we look and move? What are bones? Should we be afraid of skeletons?

( above "This is me" self-portrait created by one of our kindergarten artists. )

The students were introduced to two very special artists from Mexico, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. We discussed their artistic styles (Frida's work was centered around small personal/self portraits and Diego created large social political murals) and compared them as artist and people (little-big...) .


Here are examples of some of the wonderful Day of the Dead inspired projects created by our students during the first art session (September-October)