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Art Programs for Co-op - 8/5/2008 6:07:00 PM
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joannepir
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Has anyone used an art program for teaching in a co-op? We teach in 3-week "blocks." Any ideas? I would like to teach something on the artists. Also it needs to be something that wouldn't need a lot of materials.
I've looked at Art & Artists through the Centuries, but only know of what I've seen on the sample pages.
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RE: Art Programs for Co-op - 8/5/2008 10:40:52 PM
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ezri
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Hi joanne- i have never taught any art program at co-op. I was looking around and found a page on About . com that had interesting lists and thought it might be a jumping off place to gather information about art history for you since what you seem to be talking about is more teaching about art than actually teaching someone to produce art.
About.com Art History 101
They also have a Artist in 60 seconds listing that gives the basic info on an artist and the names of some of their key works. They say that the
The artist bios can help you answer these important questions:
* Who was ____?
* In which discipline(s) did ____ work?
* With which movement or school was ____ associated?
* Where was ____ from? Where did ____ work?
* When was ____ born? When did ____ die?
* Which important pieces did ____ create?
* What is ____ best known for today?
Hope that this helps some.
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RE: Art Programs for Co-op - 8/6/2008 11:17:03 AM
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joannepir
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Thanks! I'll start there!
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RE: Art Programs for Co-op - 8/7/2008 5:44:47 PM
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dramagal
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I taught art for a co-op and followed a format that worked well and the kids really liked.
Each week I chose a different artist. We read a book about him/her together, looked at pictures of that person's art (libraries are great, aren't they?), discussed it, and then the kids worked on a project in that style - or somehow relating to the artist.
The two best resources I found for this were:
1. Artist's workshop by Crabtree Publishing. They have bits about art and suggestions for art projects. This helped get me started, although I found it rather young.
2. Biographies of artists by Mike Venezia. I got these all from the library, but you can buy them,, too. We have since bought some. They are fantastic! His books discuss the artist's life and also what made his/her art different. He does a good job of discussing the art. They also have lots of great pictures of the art and funny cartoons, which my students always wanted to read out loud.
At the end of the year, I gave a final exam. I made a big board with photocopies of pieces of famous art that we had studied, each labeled with a letter. The exam paper simply asked them to state the artist's name, the name of the piece (if it had one) and the time period and/or genre. Years later, my kids can still recognize a Hopper from a Rembrandt from a Remington.
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