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Art
Art classes emphasize good drawing technique, learning about the elements of art and using the principles of art, practicing shading and using values to emphasize realism, gaining a sense of art history and aesthetics. Students work their imagination muscles during art class. At a beginning level, students learn about creating landscapes using crayon resist techniques, how to create three dimensions on a two dimensional piece of paper and they work hard drawing from their imaginations.
Middle school students learn about art in ancient cultures such as cave painting, aboriginal bark painting, x-ray painting, Egyptian tomb painting, Greek vase painting, Roman mosaics, medieval gargoyles, Gothic rose windows and Renaissance linear perspective. Judaic art lessons consist of wood burned challah trays and silk painted challah covers. The works and movements of Pop artist, Andy Warhol, and Op artist, Bridget Rilley, are studied by creating linoleum prints and drawings. Middle school students add to the beauty of the school’s hallways with group mural projects.
The Art curriculum includes units on:
- Maurice Sendak
- Picasso
- Henri Rousseau and Grandma Moses.
- Pastel pictures of Georgia O’Keeffes.
- Monet, Vincent Van Gogh and Post-Impressionism
- Henri Matisse and Edgar Degas
- Pointillist Georges Seurat, Fauvist Franz Marc, and Expressionist Wassily Kandinsky
Students develop skills in:
- Color theory and painting
- Ceramics
- Printing techniques
- Weaving, rubbing, and mask making
- Crayon resist techniques
- Abstract art
- Stop action animation
