Program Description: |
Students will become living sculptures as they challenge their bodies to interpret the geometry, angles, and balance of a dozen famous sculptures. They will be challenged to maintain stillness and sta... Read more
Students will become living sculptures as they challenge their bodies to interpret the geometry, angles, and balance of a dozen famous sculptures. They will be challenged to maintain stillness and stability in their interpretive poses for 60 seconds at a time. They will shape their bodies to mimic characteristics of the artwork's lines, forms and structure. They will hold their interpretive poses for an entire minute bringing awareness into their breath, their body, and the passing of time. They will be challenged to continue to hold the pose while learning contextual information about the artist/sculpture including the time and place it was created and the media used. Then students will discuss the work of art by describing how their bodies felt being in the interpretive pose and use visual art vocabulary as they begin to read into the sculpture's possible mood, meaning, and ideas. After this reflection, students will re-construct an interpretive pose that encompasses an insight or fluent read of the artwork. These poses can be named and used as classroom directional for stretch breaks, transition times, line ups, etc. During the second half of the visit, students will collaboratively analyze, investigate, compute scale and then measure and represent with their bodies to visualize real world size, perimeters, angles, and area as applicable to grade appropriate learning standards. This program encourages students to slow down, to interpret/process their visual world, and to look/learn with their whole body as they connect mathematics to real world applications. Students will understand that artwork conveys a story that can be read be interpreting the form, structure, media, and contextual information; reading a work of art becomes more accessible when looking with their whole whole body. Students will have exposure to several different sculptures from different cultures from different time periods inclusive of female and African American artists. Students will solve word problems based on new and interesting visual data(sculptures); data collection, measuring and problem solving, calculate actual size, area, perimeter, angles of the work of art will bring work to life. Students will work independently and collaboratively to interpret and analyze the works of art. Younger students focus on PE stability/non-locomotor standard while being exposed to visual vocabulary in their full body interpretation of famous sculptures. They will use basic measuring and grade appropriate mathematic standards to bring the scaled down sculpture images to life. Higher grades will enjoy the Mindful Minute breaks to look art art, learn about famous artists, stretch, and breath before collaborating on mathematic measuring standards as they make connections to real world applications of math.
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Cost Per Student: |
$5 |
Available to Grade(s): |
PK, K, 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Program Can Serve: |
Phy. Education, Visual Art |
Art Form: |
Visual Art |
Curriculum Focus: |
Math |
Program Type: |
Grade Level Program |
Integration Continuum Level: |
Alignment |
# of Visits: |
1 |
Length of Visit: |
60 min |
Length Info: |
Can be booked more than once. Each year offers new techniques. Each booking introduces new artists, poses, and strategies for mindfulness. |
Location: |
In-School |
Program Format: |
In-School Workshop |
Availability: |
Available all year Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Tuesday and Thursdays in December, January and May only.
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Total Number of Classrooms can Serve: |
-2 |
Program Requires Prior Meeting: |
no |
Meeting Method: |
Email |
Materials Arts Provider Provides: |
Laminated Artist Sheets that contain image of sculpture on the front and contextual information on the back including: photo of the artist, name, date, title, size, location, fun facts, etc. I will al... Read more
Laminated Artist Sheets that contain image of sculpture on the front and contextual information on the back including: photo of the artist, name, date, title, size, location, fun facts, etc. I will also supply rulers and graph paper.
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Materials School Provides: |
Pencils and photocopies when possible. |
Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: |
A classroom with space to hold 'yoga' poses, and measure as well as write mathematic equations. |
Program Learning Objective: |
I can use my body to interpret the lines, shapes, forms of a work of art. I can listen and share my interrelation to increase my understanding for a given subject. I can be curious about what I see vi... Read more
I can use my body to interpret the lines, shapes, forms of a work of art. I can listen and share my interrelation to increase my understanding for a given subject. I can be curious about what I see visually and ask questions to start an investigation/learn more. I can work collaboratively to solve real world math problems involving geometry and measuring.
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Additional Notes: |
Love the program? -Book more than once! This program can be booked as a repeat in Hartford Performs allowing each booking to offer new material and strategies! Double or Triple book Mindful Minute fo... Read more
Love the program? -Book more than once! This program can be booked as a repeat in Hartford Performs allowing each booking to offer new material and strategies! Double or Triple book Mindful Minute for a 45-60 minute session.
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Parent Engagement Opportunities: |
Volunteers are always welcome especially for PE . |