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. 28
9:30am
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Albrecht Durer
1471-1528
Durer Website
Durer Bio
Durer powerpoint
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Albrecht Durer (pronounced DER) was fascinated by
detail in all aspects of his work -- in oil painting,
portrait drawing, watercolors, and woodcuts. Durer
grew up in the city of Nuremberg. His father was a
goldsmith and Durer spent much of his childhood
learning to make jewelry, engrave metal ornaments
and build fine sculptures.
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Drawing by
observation
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Powerpoint
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Oct. 26
9:30am
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Navajo Weavers
Navajo unit info
student reflection
Navajo
powerpoint
Art Project Video
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When the conquering Spaniards marched into New
Mexico in 1540, they were surprised to find Puebloan
people wearing high quality woven cotton clothing.
The cloth, decorated with geometric designs, was
woven on a simple upright loom. Archaeologists have
since found the art of weaving cotton was well
established in the Southwest by 700 AD - and even
possibly several centuries earlier in southern Arizona.
Students learn about Navajo historical culture and the
art of weaving.
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Weaving with
Twigs
Items to consider
gathering:
y-shaped twigs,
yarn, thick string,
beads or things to
string with LARGE
holes --bits of bone,
metal nuts, etc.
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Powerpoint
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Jan. 11
9:30am
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Joan Miro'
1893 - 1983
Miro website
Miro biography
Miro powerpoint
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Joan Miro' (pronounced JO-wan MEE-ro) was an artist of
many different techniques and medium. Miró used
painting, sculpture, textiles, pottery, theater, and enormous
public monuments to express his ideas, which have a
lasting, influence and show him to be a truly international
artist. Miró was poet and magician, storyteller and seer.
His creativity never failed him. He could do anything, and
he could start from anywhere. The stars could set him off.
So could what he called “the preposterous heads of
mushrooms and the 77 shapes of the calabash” (a type of
gourd).
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Creating with
lines and shapes
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power point
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Feb.8
9:30am
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Frank Lloyd
Wright
1867 - 1959
Wright--kids
website
Wight bio
Wright ppoint
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Frank Lloyd Wright is well known for the
uncluttered, clean-cut, strong, and natural
architecture he designed, especially homes.
Wright believed the interior and exterior of a
home should go together as well as suiting the
people who would live in the house. Two of his
most famous designs are the Guggenheim
Museum (1960) in New York City and his own
home in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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"A Treehouse of
My Own" drawing
buildings
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Power
point
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Mar. 7
9:30am
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Eric Carle
1929 - present
Official Eric Carle
website
Carle Bio
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Eric Carle is known for his work as illustrator and creator
of picture books for young children. His best-known work,
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the
hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and
has been translated into more than 30 languages and
sold over eighteen million copies.
OPTION: Ask the classroom teacher to play the video
prior to your visit to allow additional time for art-making.
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Collage
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DVD--25
minutes
Need
computer or
dvd player,
screen
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Apr. 18
9:30am
(please note
correction--it IS a
Wednesday!)
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Rene Magritte
1898 - 1967
Magritte museum
Magritte bio
Magritte powerpoint
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Rene' Magritte lived in Belgium. He led a simple
ordinary life, following a schedule that many people
would think was fairly dull. However, his artworks
show the most remarkable images, such as a
painting of a person's eye filled with a cloudy sky, a
pair of boots that turn into feet at the toes, and a
woman's face patched together as if it were made
out of puzzle pieces. Magritte painted everyday
objects but turned them into magical images that
make us stop and think.
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Magic Realism
Collage
Collect magazine
and catalog images
for students
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powerpoint
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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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