Today was our last class before school gets out and we had fun! The Art Carnival was in full swing. The studio was set up with the paint center, the collage center, and clay center. Since it was our last class we used play dough instead of air-dry clay. The students decided to have a contest making turtles (pictured below). I must say there were great looking turtles at the clay center. Some students used the time to finish painting their air-dry clay figures and a few decided to make mask at the collage center. We ended class by passing out our bags of art from the school year--minus the piece that is up for the annual art exhibit tomorrow night. Monday was the first week of our Art Carnival and students were excited for the fun to begin. The library housed the Inspiration Area. Games were set up to inspire us and get our brains ready to create art. Next, students moved into the Participation Area. Three stations were set up for assemblage, painting, and clay. D’Amico (1953) believed clay to be “one of the most adaptable and fertile media for satisfying a child’s creative yearnings” (p. 117). Today we investigated whether this statement was true. After instructions on creating clay figures and looking at a few examples students got right to work. They were very busy artists! D’Amico, V. (1953). Creative teaching in art. Scranton, PA: International Textbook company.
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