Project Snapshot: Identify: Objects & Patterns
Art Shuffle®: Kids Identify: Objects & Patterns Grades 3-5 Overview: Students made an autobiographical assemblage consisting of objects and spaces that represent them. Students learned about: creating a diorama of a room or space that represented them. They learned various techniques including plaster, collage, and acrylic painting. Artist Inspiration: Njideka…
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Tell us a little bit about you and your background. Teaching art is something that happened entirely by accident. I was always interested in creating since I was a young girl, taking apart old shirts to see how they were made, so I could fashion patterns to create new ones.…
Read MoreEducator Showcase: Kate Annen
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. My name is Kate, and I was born and brought up in South Africa, where I had a comprehensive education in Fine Art and History of Art! My marriage took me to Germany where I lived for 7 years and…
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Educator Showcase – Robyn Phelps
Tell us a little bit about your and your background. I am an illustrator, designer, educator, and maker of things from Northern NJ. I love to create illustrations that solve problems using visual metaphors and enticing visuals. After graduating from Montclair State with a BFA in illustration, I have had…
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Team Showcase – Victoria Navarro
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I am a Yonkers native with a big family and strong love for the arts. I graduated from Manhattanville College in 2020 with a BA in Theatre Performance. I have been performing both in Westchester and in NYC for over…
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Project Snapshot – Intertwined Entities
Art Focus®: Drawing Intertwined Entities Grades 3-5 Overview: Students learned to establish texture for form through inking, and how to convey nature realistically. Students learned about essential fundamentals in drawing, including creating a balanced composition and using inking techniques to convey nature realistically. They also learned how to incorporate elements…
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Student Showcase – Meet Ella!
Ella B., 9th Grade One River School Clark (NJ) How long have you been a student at One River School? 1 year. Tell us a little bit about your journey as a young and developing artist. My Aunt is an artist so I always went to do projects with her…
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Yasmeen Abdallah Part 2
Yasmeen Abdallah Part 2 The following is a conversation I had with Yasmeen about her work, life, and influences, along with images of her new works. John: To get started, could you tell us something about your work and background as an artist, and if there’s any advice…
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Drawing Hoaxes
Drawing Hoaxes In our current political environment, fundamental scientific truths are often called into question for political gain, through propaganda fueled by a biased media and the proliferation of journalistic sensationalism. The president says something that is blatantly untrue, and people believe it, despite the facts. When something false…
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Leslie Roberts – ‘Drawing Instructions”
Leslie Roberts – ‘Drawing Instructions” Leslie Roberts makes diagrammatic works that revel in the space between drawing and painting. They also excitingly explore the spaces between looking, seeing, and thinking (or decoding, problem solving, “figuring out”). Her works translate often serendipitously found texts into patterns. Within the parameters of…
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