Friday, November 22, 2013

First GROW visit to the Nasher

Today marked the first GROW visit to the Nasher!  Participating students viewed artworks by Alexander Calder, Isamu Noguchi and Joan Miro related to the theme of  animals in art.

Visit 1 Vocabulary:
  • Assemble
  • Mobile / Standing Mobile
  • Biomorphic
  • Carving
  • Casting
  • Lunar
  • Crescent
  • Surrealism
  • Modeling



Tracing the curvy legs of Alexander Calder's Spider

Discussing how Spider might move

Writing in brand new journals - students will keep these for all 5 years

Thinking hard about an artwork response