2nd Grade - Visit 1

This year's second graders learned about animals in art during their first visit to the Nasher. We looked at a variety of objects in the permanent collection that were inspired by real and imaginary creatures.

Visit 1 Vocabulary:
Movement / Movimiento
Stability / Estabilidad
Assemble / Montar
Metamorphosis / Metamorfosis
Crescent / Creciente
Surrealism / Surrealismo

Looking at Isamu Noguchi's Gregory (Effigy) and discussing how the artist was inspired by the story of Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis.

Writing our own stories about what we might do if we woke up as a creature one morning.

Walking around Joan Miró's Moonbird.

 
Sneaking a peak at the Thomas Heatherwick exhibition on the way out.

Special thanks to Carey for providing transportation for all of our GROW students!