DATE
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ARTIST
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BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
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ART
PROJECT/
MEDIUM
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MEDIA/
TECH
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Sept.
27
9:30am
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Rembrandt van Rijn
(1606 - 1669)
Rembrandt website
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Rembrandt was born in Holland in 1606. He was
an important artist when he was alive, and his
fame has grown greater through the years. The
paintings, drawings, and prints he created are
priceless.
Rembrandt liked to practice by making self
portraits. He would look in a mirror and draw what
he saw. He especially enjoyed making faces at
himself and drawing his wild expressions, such as
shocked, fearful, angry or happy. *
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Draw funny
faces—like
Rembrandt!
Learn facial
proportion.
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Movie - 24
minutes
(VCR and dvd
format
available)
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Oct. 25
9:30am
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Egypt is perhaps the most fascinating of the
ancient civilizations and ancient Egyptian
writing used more than 2,000 hieroglyphic
characters. Each hieroglyph represented a
common object in ancient Egypt. A hieroglyph
could represent the sound of the object or it
could represent an idea associated with the
object.
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You may want to prepare a list of student’s first names, by entering names
into this site and printing off the results: "your name in Egyptian"
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Copper foil
cartouches with
name
List of students'
first names
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Power point,
poster of
hieroglyphs
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Jan.
10
9:30am
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Henri
Toulouse-Lautrec
(1864-1901)
Toulouse-Lautrec
website
Toulouse-Lautrec
bio
Toulouse-Lautrec
powerpoint
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Toulouse-Lautrec was a French Impressionist painter
who, as a child, loved drawing and horseback riding.
When his legs were severely injured during his teen
years, he discovered he had a magnificent artistic talent
that would become his career and his life.
Toulouse-Lautrec spent a lot of time at the circus, noisy
French cafes and carnivals drawing the people and
animals in colorful Impressionistic works of art. He is
well known for painting over 300 posters to advertise
performances in his favorite cafes and theaters. The
critics of the day did not think much of his work, but today,
he is considered one of the great artistic geniuses of all
time.
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Event Poster
(You may want
to consider
making this a
service project—
a poster
supporting
Community Cat
Care, etc.)
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power point
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Feb.7
9:30am
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R. C. Gorman
(1932 – 2005)
Gorman website
Gorman biography
Gorman powerpoint
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Gorman was a Navajo born on a reservation in Arizona.
He loved to draw and make sketches in the dirt and on
rocks around his home. He made sculptures from the red
mud in Chinle Wash near his home. Gorman enlisted and
served in the US Navy and took art classes while there as
well as later at a college in Flagstaff, AZ. He was inspired
by Rembrandt, Dali, van Gogh, and Gauguin; however it
was Mexican art that had the greatest impact on his work.
Gorman produced hundreds of lithographs in an effort to
make his work available to a wide audience. Students will
learn about the Navajo culture and about the art of
lithography.
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printmaking
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Power
point
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Mar. 6
9:30am
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Lyle Nichols
(1948-present)
Nichol's website
Nichols biography
Nichols powerpoint
Online MAP of
Nichols' sculptures
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Lyle Nichols is a Grand Valley resident who can
turn sandstone and rusted metal into unusual and
often humorous works of art. As soon as students
see the images of his work you will hear “I’ve seen
that one!”
The secret of creating a great sculpture is
starting with a good “junk” pile. Clean out
drawers full of screws that don’t fit anything.
Raid your button box. Students will use a glue
gun for adhesive, so please choose small items
that will glue well.)
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STUDIO TOUR!
Art Heritage volunteers are invited to tour Lyle Nichols'
studio on Saturday, March 3rd, 9:30am. Because the
studio is also Mr. Nichols' home, we ask that the tour be
limited to adults and children over 12 years old.
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"Junk" sculptures
using found
items and glue
guns.
Please encourage
your classroom to
collect the
following supplies
for this year’s
"Nichols-style"
sculptures: (non-
food items please)
cardboard tubes,
cylinders, drink
holders, and small
items that can be
glued to create a
larger, classroom
sculpture.
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Power Point
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Apr.
17
9:30am
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Paul Klee
(1879 - 1940)
Klee website
Klee bio
Klee powerpoint
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Klee (pronounced “CLAY”) came from a musical family
and lived a musical life. He was born in Switzerland to a
German father who was a church organist. Klee was a
trained violinist and studied music in Germany. It was
hard for him to decide between a career in art or music,
but he chose art. His wife was a music teacher.
Because he did not have an art studio, he painted at his
kitchen table while his wife taught piano lessons.
During these years, his drawings, etchings, and
watercolors were small due to the size of his table. Klee
was deeply interested in the art of children and tried to
capture the creativity of children's art in his own
paintings. Klee felt children's art held mysteries about
creativity…*
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One Line
Designs using
markers,
sponges and
color
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Power Point
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* From "Discovering Great Artists" by Kim Solga and Mary Ann F. Kohl. This book is available in the Visual Arts Resource Library at BTK,
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