The fifth graders are learning about the Mexican culture and specifically the Day of the Dead. Also, they are studying the history and the purpose of this celebration.
Students now are working on drawing and designing their skulls using lines, patterns, and symmetry.
The fourth graders are learning about the history of the Mexican sombrero.
They are creating their own using clay. Students had to practice how to make a pinch pot and a slab with oil clay before they start using earth clay. They have to learn how to score and add slip in order to attach the upside down pinch pot to the slab. At the end, the students design their sombrero using different tools.
The students are asking me everyday if I fired the sombreros or not.
The answer is: We have to wait until they are all dry before we put all of them in the kiln.
Second graders watched a video on how to make a paper weaving. They made their own using different colors to show a pattern. They learned how to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
DEARBORN YOUTH IN ARTS FESTIVAL
APRIL 22
OPENING RECEPTION 4-5:30
DEARBORN PUBLIC SHOOLS
This year, it was very difficult to select only ten artworks of Miller students to be showcased at the Performing Arts Center in Dearborn to represent the school.
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Congratulations to the ten participants from Miller school in the district wide art show for the 2014-2015 school year.
Also, congratulation to Mehrshad for winning a gift card to Blick Art Store because his mask was selected for the 3rd, 4th, 5th grades 3 dimensional artwork category.
Before the visit to the Performing Arts Center in Dearborn to make a sculpture using recycled materials, the photographer Teresa Lousias showed two fifth grade classrooms a power point presentation about the the 3 dimensional artworks displayed all over the city of Dearborn and taught them about the elements of photography. We thank her for the wonderful presentation. We also thank the DCAC for funding this fun field trip.
Before working on their sculptures, Students visited the gallery at the Performing Arts Center in Dearborn to check out the photography exhibit.
The artist Eugene Clark guided the two fifth grade students to create a sculpture out of recycled materials. Then, they wrote poems about them.
The sculptures of four students were selected by their classmates to be displayed during the Art show reception opening on April 22.
Masks Around the World
Choose a Mask from a 1 country of the world- NO DUPLICATES-
your chosen mask should have a purpose other than to disguise the wearer.
The following web site if very helpful:
https://gallery.sjsu.edu/masks
Write:
See: Describe- the mask and write which country in the world it is it from.
Think? What do you think the mask represents?
Wonder? What it is used for in that culture? Purpose?
