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!

3rd Grade - Visit 1

Third grade GROW students experienced the wonderful world of designer Thomas Heatherwick during their first fall visit to the Nasher this year.  Our tour focus was Form and Function.

Visit 1 Vocabulary:

form / forma

function / function

geometric / geométrico

organic / orgánico

rotation / rotación

symmetry / simetría

Discussing Heatherwick's innovative object design

Viewing part of a London city bus designed by Heatherwick Studio 

Discussing Heatherwick Studio's Spun Chair design

Spinning in the chairs!

Post-visit activity:  Cards for Thomas Heatherwick

Inspired by the Christmas cards made by Heatherwick Studio, GROW students designed their own holiday postcards to send to Thomas Heatherwick.

GROW Year 2 - Student Auditions

We held our second annual GROW audition for second grade students interested in the program.  Students completed a variety of tasks related to perceiving and responding to works of art.  Nasher and Rosemont staff made selections for the new GROW class based on student responses.

Sketching from a mannequin

Writing artwork responses

We had a great turnout!

First ever GROW family day at the Nasher

Our GROW family day was a big hit!  Carey provided bus transportation for nearly 70 guests from Rosemont who enjoyed scavenger hunts, tours of the Nasher, a "loom fort" and weaving lessons from Oil and Cotton, and block challenges in the galleries.

Each year, the GROW program will host a free day open to all Rosemont students and their families.

We'll see you next year!

GROW Gallery Teacher Lauren Yockel greeting guests

Student "experts" picking up scavenger hunts

Free transportation to the Nasher provided by Carey

Learning about weaving with instructors from Oil and Cotton

Inside the loom fort

Fun materials galore

Block challenges in the galleries

Year one, visit 3

Our theme for visit three was "faces."  Students took an in-depth work at paintings and sculptures by Pablo Picasso and David Bates and completed sketchbook activities related to portraiture.

Visit 3 Vocabulary:

• Face / Cara
• Portrait / Retrato
• Self-Portrait / Autoretrato
• Eye / Ojo
• Nose / Nariz
• Cheek / Mejilla
• Mouth / Boca
• Forehead / Frente
• Hair / Pelo

Viewing David Bates' Dog with Wagging Tail

Sketching the things we would want with us in a self portrait

Answering questions in Bettina Pousttchi's Drive Thru Museum

Creating Picasso face collages inspired by Head of a Woman

See you next fall!

Year one, visit 2

For our second visit, we focused on artists whose sculptures were inspired by a particular place and an artist who created a space as a sculpture.  GROW students viewed artworks by David Smith, David Bates, George Segal and Richard Serra.

Visit 2 Vocabulary:

• Landscape / Paisaje
• Urban / Urbano
• Rural / Campestre
• Noun / Nombre
• Adjective / Adjectivo
• Architecture / Arquitectura
• Gulf Coast / Costa de golfo
• Setting / Escenario
• Verb / Verbo

GROW students are eager to share their thoughts

Seeing the David Bates exhibition for the first time

Looking closely at George Segal's Rush Hour

Everyone got to walk through Richard Serra's My Curves Are Not Mad

Journaling in the garden

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