Hi Ogden Kindergarteners to 2nd graders,
This will be a list of art activities for you. If you have any questions or need any help, please contact me at ltmacri@cps.edu allow 24 hours to return to you. I hope you are doing well. Best, Mrs. Macri
This will be a list of art activities for you. If you have any questions or need any help, please contact me at ltmacri@cps.edu allow 24 hours to return to you. I hope you are doing well. Best, Mrs. Macri
Art Activities 2023-2024
1st Quarter: Latin American Art Unit of Inquiry: How Do We Express Ourselves? The traditions of telling stories about caring for the environment. Amate Bark Painting and Caring for the Environment
1. Choosing an animal and it's habitat.
2. Drawing animal and environment using simple shapes.
3. Thinking of one solution to keep the environment safe for the animal.
1. Choosing an animal and it's habitat.
2. Drawing animal and environment using simple shapes.
3. Thinking of one solution to keep the environment safe for the animal.
2nd Quarter: Drawing from Life-Place and Time (Celebrations Around the World)
Activities in Art that are inspired cultural celebrations from around the world. Winter Holidays that are celebrated around the world.
Hannukah to Christmas to Kwanzaa! We celebrate with crafts that bring joy to these holiday traditions in different cultures from around the world.
3rd Quarter: Black American Art: Romare Bearden Inspired Collages
Students connect to their city, place and time in their collages inspired by the Black American Artist Romare Bearden.
Students connect to their city, place and time in their collages inspired by the Black American Artist Romare Bearden.
4h Quarter: Art of Asia
Students express themselves through the influence of Asian Art. This year we will focus on anime character building. How do we change? Who we are when we change?
We will invent a new character and it's powers through Pokemon and other anime series.
Students express themselves through the influence of Asian Art. This year we will focus on anime character building. How do we change? Who we are when we change?
We will invent a new character and it's powers through Pokemon and other anime series.
Art Activities-2022-2023
1st Quarter: Drawing from Life-Who We Are? Inspiration is Modigliani's Portraits
Self-Portrait Activities-There are many ways that we can approach creating a self-portrait.
1. Drawing the face using drawing instruction:
2. Stylizing the portrait based on the style of Modigliani.
3. Object Identity connected to ourselves
4. Collage of images.
Designing their portraits! Learn about how we identify your emotions in your face.
Self-Portrait Activities-There are many ways that we can approach creating a self-portrait.
1. Drawing the face using drawing instruction:
2. Stylizing the portrait based on the style of Modigliani.
3. Object Identity connected to ourselves
4. Collage of images.
Designing their portraits! Learn about how we identify your emotions in your face.
Latin American Art Unit of Inquiry: How Do We Express Ourselves? The traditions of telling stories of characters through masks. Lucha Libre and the Power to Be the Solution
1. Designing your mask that represents an empowering feeling.
2. Choosing patterns, textures and colors for your mask.
3. Completing the mask with materials provided from paper plates to paper mache.
1. Designing your mask that represents an empowering feeling.
2. Choosing patterns, textures and colors for your mask.
3. Completing the mask with materials provided from paper plates to paper mache.
2nd Quarter: Drawing from Life-Place and Time (Celebrations Around the World)
Activities in Art that are inspired cultural celebrations from around the world. Winter Holidays that are celebrated around the world.
Hannukah to Christmas to Kwanzaa! We celebrate with crafts that bring joy to these holiday traditions in different cultures from around the world.
3rd Quarter: Black American Art: Romare Bearden Inspired Collages
Students connect to their city, place and time in their collages inspired by the Black American Artist Romare Bearden.
Students connect to their city, place and time in their collages inspired by the Black American Artist Romare Bearden.
Art Activities-2021-2022
1st Quarter: Drawing from Life-Who We Are? Inspiration is Frida Kahlo's Self-Portraits
Self-Portrait Activities-There are many ways that we can approach creating a self-portrait.
1. Drawing the face using drawing instruction:
2. Using objects from around the household to create the face-includes everything from towels, blankets, recyclables, fruits, vegetables, plants...
3. Object Identity connected to ourselves
4. Collage of images.
Designing their portraits! Learn about what we identify as a comfort in our place around our environment can be drawn into our pictures.
Self-Portrait Activities-There are many ways that we can approach creating a self-portrait.
1. Drawing the face using drawing instruction:
2. Using objects from around the household to create the face-includes everything from towels, blankets, recyclables, fruits, vegetables, plants...
3. Object Identity connected to ourselves
4. Collage of images.
Designing their portraits! Learn about what we identify as a comfort in our place around our environment can be drawn into our pictures.
2nd Quarter: Drawing from Life-Place and Time (Celebrations Around the Wold)
Activities in Art that are inspired cultural celebrations from around the world.
Activities in Art that are inspired cultural celebrations from around the world.
3rd Quarter: Drawing from Life-Square 1 Art and Our Women Artists who Inspire Us: Faith Ringgold and Bisa Butler
Mixed Media Art and Choice of Creating your Art through Exploration of your materials after you created your design.
Mixed Media Art and Choice of Creating your Art through Exploration of your materials after you created your design.
End of Year: Create your own time capsule. Watch the video with Mrs. Macri and Bubbles her art assistant. See their model time capsule after 30 years! Reflect on your year and place items into your own decorated container (box, jar or bottle) that you feel will help you remember this challenging year. Don't open for 10 years!
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Wednesday, May 27 - June 9: Design a poster with a message. Watch the video with Mrs. Macri and her art assistant, Bubbles as they give instruction on how to draw an owl holding a sign with an important message of activism. Think about what your message will be. Black Lives Matter! Be Safe and Be Well!
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Wednesday, May 20-26: Create your own Household Monumental Sculpture inspired by our current Chicago artist, Alberto Aguilar's domestic sculptures. Be inspired to create a sculpture with your own household items! Let's stick to the idea of home in this art project. What does home mean to you? Arrange your household items into a monument sculpture around this question. Express yourselves in this different way! Visit Alberto Aguilar's website to his amazing domestic monument sculptures: http://albertoaguilar.org/category/work/domestic-mounuments/
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Wednesday, May 13-19: Origami: The Art of Folding Paper! Create your own origami animals. Mrs. Macri and Bubbles share their origami creations in this video.
Here is a link to Ellagami: An Ogden student created these origami instruction videos for various items such as flowers, butterflies and boxes. |
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Wednesday, May 6-May 12: Create characters of different emotions. Mrs. Macri shares how color can tell us the mood of a picture.
Links to YouTube videos that are shared in the slide show: Todd Parr's, "The Feelings Book" Mo Willams Drawing Tutorials Pete Oswald Drawing Tutorial Oliver Jeffers Drawing Tutorial |
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Wednesday, April 29-May 5: Create a portrait using fruits and veggies. Mrs. Macri and her art assistant, Bubbles demonstrate using their favorite fruits and veggies to make fun faces on their plate. https://youtu.be/CuozjY-t6kM
Wednesday, April 22-24: Learn about the warm and cool colors from Mrs. Macri in a slide show presentation. Bubbles, the art assistant discovers something in the backyard. Make a spring flower with a paper towel and other materials. See video with Ms. Cheng Laoshi.
Mrs. Macri's Video: https://youtu.be/W_DesKQV7xA
Cheng Laoshi's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j25GjcjPPkY
Mrs. Macri's Video: https://youtu.be/W_DesKQV7xA
Cheng Laoshi's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j25GjcjPPkY
Monday, April 13-17: Create a color wheel (6 colors) in your own way. Here are some inspiring ideas. See Mrs. Macri mix colors and meet her helper, Bubbles, her pet guinea pig! Click on link: youtu.be/IFpuwNdSFAg
Wednesday, April 1:
Spring Flowers Drawing Exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=2bYgLP47NCw&feature=emb_logo
Draw a spring plant with a surprise: https://www.artforkidshub.com/draw-plant-folding-surprise/
Spring Flowers Drawing Exercises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=2bYgLP47NCw&feature=emb_logo
Draw a spring plant with a surprise: https://www.artforkidshub.com/draw-plant-folding-surprise/
Wednesday, April 1: Art video of "Making a Litter Bug out of Recycled Materials."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynNN83fL2ic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYOR1v5DGpE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynNN83fL2ic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYOR1v5DGpE