2013 Art Festival: Pop Op Art

We celebrated the Prior Lake-Savage Elementary artists on May 6, 2013 showcasing Pop & Op art.

Check out this article in the Prior Lake American!

Thank you to the amazing artists!

Kindergarten: Andy Warhol Flowers

1st Grade: Jasper Johns Alphabets

2nd Grade: Andy Warhol Prints

3rd Grade: Robert Indiana LOVE

4th Grade: Bridget Riley Op Art

5th Grade: Wayne Thiebaud Cakes

Art Adventure: Kpele Kpele Masks

The Art Adventure Program through the Minneapolis Institute of Art introduces K-6 students to works of art from a variety of cultures. Trained school volunteers visit classrooms with posters of art relating to a common theme, such as animals, celebrations, or relationships

The kpele kpele mask represents the junior male element in a series of four mask types that appear in pairs in the Goli ceremony.The Goli dances are performed at elders' funerals and as village entertainment. The dance was introduced to the Baule by the neighboring Wan people around 1900. The four sets of dancers are symbols of the structure of society and the inter-relationships of men, women and the social order.

4th grade students used paper plates, raffia, egg cartons, and other mixed media for their masks.

4th Grade Op Art drawings

When it was time for a project with the theme for this year's Art show (Pop Art-Op Art), I found this amazing idea from Deep Space Sparkle's blog. 
We started with a step-by-step of how to make the drawings:





Next, we talked about ANALAGOUS colors (neighbors on the color wheel) and colored.

Art Adventure: Family Crest

The Art Adventure Program through the Minneapolis Institute of Art introduces K-6 students to works of art from a variety of cultures. Trained school volunteers visit classrooms with posters of art relating to a common theme, such as animals, celebrations, or relationships.

The images they saw this lesson:

Place du Theatre Francais, Rain by Camille Pissarro

The Tudor Room, c. 1600

Students in 4th grade learned about family crests (coat of arms) similar to the family crest seen in the Tudor room.  They saw a few images of famous family crests, and then learned a little about the symbolism used as they created their own.