The conversations at our first two stops were full of thoughtful observations and questions that illustrated the insight and curiosity of the GROW students. For the sake of time, everyone except for the fourth graders skipped the originally planned third tour stop and jumped ahead to the final work of art on the tour.
The fourth graders encountered the next two sculptures and were asked if they thought they had more similarities or more differences. In lightning round fashion, we listed ways the sculptures are different and ways the sculptures are similar. During a few quick minutes, we named more differences than similarities. (However, I am convinced the students could add a lot more to both lists if we had taken more time.) What similarities and differences do you see?
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| Zaar by John Chamberlain |
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| Untitled by Raoul Hague |
Some major differences are the materials and techniques used by the artists. John Chamberlain is often recognized for his sculptures made of welded car parts, while Raoul Hague carves his sculptures from trees that either fell down or were cut down near his home in Woodstock, New York.
Students finished by drawing a small symbol for each sculpture on their natural to manmade spectrum. They added another word to their textwork, describing something that they saw, heard, thought, or felt at that moment.
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