Spring term
• How can I express what I am learning and experiencing through my art?
• How can I use materials in different ways?
• What makes a community?
• What can I learn in a museum?
• How do different artists represent faces?
• What is a mosaic?
*Clay environment:
*Individual responsibility in clay construction of a community
*The value of process in creating art
*How represent a face in a large format
*Use of glazes for tile painting
*Mosaic basics
*Techniques for creating puppets of polymer clay/clay and fabric
*Work cooperatively as a group to create clay community
*Show flexibility
*Analyze different ways artists represent faces
*Compare and contrast artists' styles
*Use proper museum behavior
*Use information gleaned from museum study to design own creation of a face
*Show beginning understanding of mosaic art
*Construct a tile mosaic using glass squares
*Create a clay face/feet using pinch out method for puppet
*Choose and cut fabric for body of puppet
*Participate in simple creation and production of a puppet play
using created puppets
*Teacher observation of:
-Cooperation skills
-Use of the Art Barn
-Attitude
-Skill development
-Craftsmanship on projects
*Developmental progression, both conceptually and representationally
*Awareness of what constitutes a community
*Individual student contribution to clay community
*Student techniques in creating a puppet
*Docent presentation on faces at the Portland Art Museum
*Tour of European art exhibit at the Portland Art Museum with focus on faces
Materials: clay, fabric, paint, glazes, dowels, glass squares, tiles, grout, wood glue
Books: puppets from around the world (see CG library book on puppets)
Docent suitcase program, and teacher packet from Portland Art Museum
Field trip to Portland Art Museum
*Puppets from around the world