fine arts for the school age - programming for libraries

Fine Arts for the School Age

Suzanne WalkerChildren’s Services Consultant

Indiana State Librarysuwalker@library.in.gov

Twitter: @suzieecw

2 dimensional art◦ Painting◦ Drawing◦ photography

3 dimensional art◦ Sculpture◦ Paper mache

Performing arts – Poetry as a performance

What are the fine arts?Depends on who you talk to but…

Students who study art are 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and 3 times more likely to be awarded for school attendance.

Source: Education Fund / NYSFLT

Fun Fact:

Murals Paper Mache Easy Peasy Pastels Eric Carle Fruit Bowls Prints Still Life Go Outside Copy from the masters Your ideas?

Today’s presentation

Our Mural

Garden of Imagination Mural

We need your artwork to use in a mural we will be painting together on the library wall! What does a fairy look like? What color is a troll? Draw, color or paint people, animals, or scenes from your favorite fairytale and hand in your paintings to the library. Your paintings will not be returned.

Use your imagination! Your drawings don’t have to look like those in books. The entire community is invited to submit artwork. Here is a list of the fairytales we will use: The Gingerbread Man / The Cow Jumped Over the Moon / Humpty Dumpty / Jack and the Beanstalk / Billy Goats Gruff / The Frog Prince / Rapunzel.

Part of Get Creative Summer Reading

Get Creative with Painting! Come make tempera paintings on paper to get ideas for the mural. We will be painting pictures of people, animals, or scenes from your favorite fairytale at this event. Use your imagination! Wear old clothes. Adults invited to stay! Here is a list of the fairytales we will use: The Gingerbread Man / The Cow Jumped Over the Moon / Humpty Dumpty / Jack and the Beanstalk / Billy Goats Gruff / The Frog Prince / Rapunzel

Part of Get Creative Summer Reading

What: At this program we will be painting a wall at our library with permanent paint. You do not have to be an artist to paint. The painting will be roughed out for us ahead of time. You may submit artwork to be included on the wall. See details above.

Part of Get Creative Summer Reading

Our Mural

Real live HOUSE PAINT Small containers to pour it in Floor coverings (a MUST) Tubs of hot soapy water if you need to rinse

as you go Latex paint will clean off brushes with soap

and water Art smocks or old tee shirts

Materials for Indoor murals

Searched for Starry Night Color Sheets

Starry Night

Plotting the numbers Do on paper Do on Wall

Kids! Each kid

had one color at a time.

We worked in shifts.

Parents helped…

Add Starry Night MuralDay One

Day Two

Day Three

After the final clean up

www.create-a-mural.com http://fairydustteaching.blogspot.com/2011/

07/monets-mural.html

I love this next one: http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2008/10/oi

l-pastel-landscape.html

And she’s on Pinterest! Art Projects for Kids.org

Murals from the Web

Arts and music education programs are mandatory in countries that rank consistently among the highest for math and science test scores, like Japan, Hungary, and the Netherlands.

Source: Education Fund / NYSFLT

Fun Fact

We did this over three sessions.◦ Session One: First layer of paper mache◦ Session Two: Second Layer of paper mache◦ Session Three: Painting

Then I took them home and my friend and I cut out all the holes with a power tool/saw thingy.

Paper Mache Masks

Newspaper Copy Paper Balloon Paper or Plastic Bowls Glue Towels and / or rags Large tarp to cover floor Plastic covering for tables

What you need

Prep your room by covering all surfaces with tarps or plastic tablecloths

Blow up balloons first. Takes too long to do with kids in room.

Place each balloon on a plastic bowl. Mix your glue (I used: 1 part Elmer’s, 1 part

water, and about a ¼ part corn starch). Place a bowl, bucket, or bin of glue for

every set of four children

Step by Step Paper Mache

Have several hand-cleaning stations where children can rinse their hands off. I just used a couple of towels spread on the floor with a bucket of warm water on sitting in the middle. Have lots of towels or rags available to dry off.

Children should not have any jewelry on their hands or arms and should pull all hair back.

Step by Step Paper Mache

Now you are ready. Bring the kids in. Put them in their paint

shirts or smocks (I use old tee shirts). Have the “rules” talk. I sit them on the floor

away from the glue. Start by having them tear a lot of paper.

We used a small baby pool to hold it all.

Step by Step Paper Mache

Do a demonstration of paper mache while the kids are still not by the glue

Have kids take armload of paper to their table and begin

Be sure to explain that they only have to cover one side of their balloon

Use newspaper only for first session

Step by Step Paper Mache

You will need a method for putting kids names near their work.

I used paper hotdog holders to put the kids names on and tape on the table

This will go quicker than you think. My session was an hour and we could have been done in ½ hour or 45 minutes.

As the children leave the room, have them wipe their feet. The glue will be everywhere.

Step by Step Paper Mache

Set up for 2nd Session

This time, use white computer paper. It’s lots easier to paint over

Repeat all process of day one

2nd Session

For the painting session, you will be really happy not to be gluing. Just have the kids paint away. If you are cutting holes later, be sure to clearly mark those with a marker before the kids leave.

3rd Session

http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/how_to_paper_mache.htm

http://ultimatepapermache.com/paper-mache-recipes

Paper Mache Online Help

Researchers find that sustained learning in music and theatre correlates strongly with higher achievement in both math and reading.

Source: Education Fund / NYSFLT

Fun Fact

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2010/01/bernard-hoyes-inspired-dancing-lady.html

Once again, I’ve used the above website. Picture based on Bernard Hoyes Dancing

Lady You need zero creativity for this.

Pastels

Multiple studies have concluded that curricular and extracurricular art studies and activities help keep high-risk dropout students stay in school.

Source: Education Fund / NYSFLT

Fun Fact

Eric Carle Fruit Bowls Color sections with crayons (hard) Go over with water colors Cut out shapes Paste into “bowl” Share Eric Carle’s books. Once again, you

need no creativity for this.

Some other art projects we have done

Prints…◦ Take a piece of cardboard and cover it with items

that give it texture like gluing string, buttons, craft foam.

Other Ideas…

Cover this with paint and press a piece of paper on top of your “stamp.”

Let the kids go wild. Talk about abstract art. Guess how much creativity you need for

this.

Still Life◦ Create an interesting group of objects and have

kids draw what they see

Quick and easy…

Take them outside and have them draw your building

Have them copy the real thing!

Rubbings◦ Leaves◦ Shoe bottoms

Drawing with Different Mediums Finger Painting Collages Working with clay Painting objects

Other ideas…

Crayons Watercolors Decent Paint Brushes Paper – I use card stock for water colors a

lot Consider half sheets Consider other mediums…pastels, charcoal,

acrylic paint, colored pencils, poster paint Art smocks/old tee shirts

Things to have

New brain research shows that not only does music improve skills in math and reading, but it promotes creativity, social development, personality adjustment, and self-worth.

Source: Education Fund / NYSFLT

Fun Fact

This is the part where Suzanne talks about theatre!

Do a play

Thanks for listening!

Suzanne WalkerIndiana State Library

suwalker@library.in.govTwitter: @suzieecw

Your ideas?