Our first artist was Frida Kahlo, an artist from Mexico. We learned a bit about her life, looked at the paintings she created, and thought a bit about why she painted what she did. We then created are own self-portraits that are now hanging in our classroom.
Our next artist is actually an architect. His name is Frank Gehry. Mr. Gehry is famous for his buildings that are very much out of the ordinary. It was so exciting to watch Ms. Hume present this artist and the reaction that each child had. They are very excited to begin their own buildings, but we will need your help!
Children were asked to sketch and then create their building much like Frank Gehry does. We have some supplies to make this happen, but the future architects decided that they would like to bring more materials.
Our list included: paper or plastic bowls, wooden skewers, pipe cleaners, aluminum foil, wax paper, heavy cloth, special papers (the heavier the better). Wire that is flexible and easy to cut, cardboard (like cereal boxes are made of), natural materials (rocks, wood, etc.). We are also hoping to borrow low temperature glue guns (I have a couple).
