Greetings, Famous Artists Docents!
Gail and Linda have a wonderful program planned for the fall, and we look forward to seeing you in October! In the meantime, we hope you and your families are enjoying summer (despite the weather) and finding some time for art!....
There are wonderful permanent and temporary displays of sculpture in the area - at Storm King Mountain or Dia Beacon (worth the drives!) as well as some venues much closer to home:
Pepsi Sculpture Garden
Neuberger Museum Purchase College
Bruce Museum
Greenwich Arts Council (Library parking lot: RR Station Plaza; Ferry Station; Cavalier Galleries at 405 Greenwich Ave.)
Please share your experiences with us via this blog!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
FAMOUS ARTISTS: TOPICS FOR 2009-2010
FALL: Picasso, from Realism to Abstraction ("So you think he didn't know how to draw/paint?!").
The works chosen will differ markedly from those shown in 2003. This will be an engaging, interactive unit, involving the children's bodies in (modest) motion standing next to their desks.
Project will be to “make a collage,” with Picasso -- and Linda -- as the "guides."
Training Sessions will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings on Oct.13, 14 & 15.
SPRING: New York City Architecture The buildings we will study are:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art -- classical tradition, solid and strong like a bank building, lots of symmetry; many students have been there or are likely to visit there soon
- The Chrysler Building -- "art deco" style, skyscraper structure, with fascinating decorative details, including automobile parts!
- The new Yankee Stadium - how the arch enables buildings to stand high and wide; plus references to popular sport and accommodating large numbers of people, as well as to gladiatorial contests in the Roman Coliseum for comparison.)
Project will be to “design your own building” on paper.
Training Sesisons will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and thuirsday mornngs on March 9, 10 & 11.
We hope your school will join us next year and that you will pass this information on to any docents who might not receive this email and to new parents who would like to become involved in the program!
The works chosen will differ markedly from those shown in 2003. This will be an engaging, interactive unit, involving the children's bodies in (modest) motion standing next to their desks.
Project will be to “make a collage,” with Picasso -- and Linda -- as the "guides."
Training Sessions will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings on Oct.13, 14 & 15.
SPRING: New York City Architecture The buildings we will study are:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art -- classical tradition, solid and strong like a bank building, lots of symmetry; many students have been there or are likely to visit there soon
- The Chrysler Building -- "art deco" style, skyscraper structure, with fascinating decorative details, including automobile parts!
- The new Yankee Stadium - how the arch enables buildings to stand high and wide; plus references to popular sport and accommodating large numbers of people, as well as to gladiatorial contests in the Roman Coliseum for comparison.)
Project will be to “design your own building” on paper.
Training Sesisons will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and thuirsday mornngs on March 9, 10 & 11.
We hope your school will join us next year and that you will pass this information on to any docents who might not receive this email and to new parents who would like to become involved in the program!
Your Critiques Incorporated into our 2009-2010 Plans
Greetings, docents and liaisons!
We have incorporated your comments and suggestions
into our plans for next year!
WE WILL REVISE THE EMPHASIS AND TIMING AT OUR TRAINING SESSIONS TO CONSIST PRIMARILY OF CLASSROOM STRATEGIES FOR PRESENTING THE ART AND THE ART PROJECTS.
We will, of course continue to provide background material and information on museums and books about each semester's artist.
WE WILL DISTRIBUTE VISUAL MATERIALS THAT WILL NOW BE PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED(framed posters or CD's of power point presentations, as per your school's choice). The quality will match that of the Calder posters from last fall.
We have incorporated your comments and suggestions
into our plans for next year!
WE WILL REVISE THE EMPHASIS AND TIMING AT OUR TRAINING SESSIONS TO CONSIST PRIMARILY OF CLASSROOM STRATEGIES FOR PRESENTING THE ART AND THE ART PROJECTS.
We will, of course continue to provide background material and information on museums and books about each semester's artist.
WE WILL DISTRIBUTE VISUAL MATERIALS THAT WILL NOW BE PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED(framed posters or CD's of power point presentations, as per your school's choice). The quality will match that of the Calder posters from last fall.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
ANNUAL WRAP-UP
Gail and Linda thank the Famous Artists Liaisons and Docents who attended the Wrap-Up Breakfast this morning (4/28/09). Based on feedback and discussions,we have decided to make a few changes in the format of the training sessions, planning to spend more time on interactive strategies for the classroom and related art project(s).
Our topics for next year will be:
Fall: "Picasso & the Human Figure"
Spring: "NYC Architecture"
(specific works TBD)
If you have photographs or verbal descriptions of your school's projects, please send them to us so we can post them on this blogsite for all to see.
Watch this site for early announcement of next year's schedule!
Thanks, everyone, for your support and input!
Have a wonderful summer!
Monday, April 27, 2009
FAMOUS ARTISTS WRAP-UP
CALLING ALL DOCENTS AND LIAISONS!
COME TO THE WRAP-UP BREAKFAST ON TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH AT 9:30AM AT THE RYE ARTS CENTER!
HEAR ABOUT OUR NEW "GREEN" OFFERINGS WITH DIGITAL FORMATS!
GET A SNEAK PEAK AT THE FAMOUS ARTISTS FOR NEXT YEAR!
REMEMBER TO LET YOUR ART TEACHERS KNOW THAT LINDA AND GAIL WILL BE CONTACTING THEM (VIA YOUR LIAISONS) FOR A MEETING TO DISCUSS OUR CURRICULUM!
COME TO THE WRAP-UP BREAKFAST ON TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH AT 9:30AM AT THE RYE ARTS CENTER!
HEAR ABOUT OUR NEW "GREEN" OFFERINGS WITH DIGITAL FORMATS!
GET A SNEAK PEAK AT THE FAMOUS ARTISTS FOR NEXT YEAR!
REMEMBER TO LET YOUR ART TEACHERS KNOW THAT LINDA AND GAIL WILL BE CONTACTING THEM (VIA YOUR LIAISONS) FOR A MEETING TO DISCUSS OUR CURRICULUM!
Monday, March 30, 2009
EXHIBITIONS RELATING TO REMBRANDT
at the Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave. (at 103rd St.)
212-534-1672; http://www.mcny.org/
AMSTERDAM/NEWAMSTERDAM: THE WORLDS OF HENRY HUDSON
April 4th - September 27th
We suggest visiting this exhibit with your children and also encouraging teachers to conisder school visits. There is a related ongoing exhibition entitled TRADE: A HISTORY OF PORTS AND COMMERCE, which would make a class visit an especially rewarding and educational experience.
Also of interest (later this year):
DUTCH SEEN: NEW YORK REDISCOVERED
(Contemporary Dutch photographers document what was once their nation's city, with echoes of New York's colonial past)
June 10th - September 13th
1220 Fifth Ave. (at 103rd St.)
212-534-1672; http://www.mcny.org/
AMSTERDAM/NEWAMSTERDAM: THE WORLDS OF HENRY HUDSON
April 4th - September 27th
We suggest visiting this exhibit with your children and also encouraging teachers to conisder school visits. There is a related ongoing exhibition entitled TRADE: A HISTORY OF PORTS AND COMMERCE, which would make a class visit an especially rewarding and educational experience.
Also of interest (later this year):
DUTCH SEEN: NEW YORK REDISCOVERED
(Contemporary Dutch photographers document what was once their nation's city, with echoes of New York's colonial past)
June 10th - September 13th
Monday, March 16, 2009
REMBRANDT: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Greetings, Famous Artists Docents!
(1) Your disk is a MS Power Point presentation. It contains images of the four works that are represented in the posters. The details will help you addrtess texture and lighting. W have added the 1629 (early) Self Portrait to the 1658 (Frick) Self Portrait [also on poster] for purposes of comparison, if you choose to use the 1629 one. There are notes baoput this comparison in your folders. You can also explore, for example, how the students might portray themselves in the future, as opposed to how they would depict themselves now. (These and other ideas are detailed int he "Suggested Projects" portion of your folders.)
(2) Re: Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer:
(a) The image of Alexander the great in the medallion hanging from Aristotle's chaion is clear in the poster
(b) In presenting this work to younger students, you might consider omitting discussion of the Alexander medallion and focus on how Aristotle is shown to feel about Homer
(3) Re: The Mill
Consult the "Terms of Art" in your folders, and use the "bird's eye view" and worm's eye view" vantage points to discuss how Rembrandt composed this painting (in the studio; remember that it is not an actual scene he observed but, rather, pieced together from various studies. Students can observe an object or picture by lying on the floor (if clean and carpeted!) or by viewing it by looking down from a seated or standing (if safe!) position on a chair or desk, or in a stairwell. How does their viewpoint -- and the object/picture change with their relative positions?
(4) Reminders:
(a) Please distribute the "Letter to Families" (in your folders) via your school or class newsletter or by sending copies of it home
(b) Please reproduce & distribute the "Certificate of Participation" to all students
(5) If you have any questions regarding the materials in your folders, please contact Gail Roman via email: puddle625n@aol.com
If you have any questions regarding the "how to create a portrait" demonstration, which took place at the end of the training sessions (and we apologize for running over the time limit on Tuesday!), please contact Linda Goldstein via email: lindasgoldstein@optonline.net
(6) SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, April 28th at 9:30am -- Wrap-Up Breakfast with discussion of the year, future plans, and whatever you or we have to share at that time!
(1) Your disk is a MS Power Point presentation. It contains images of the four works that are represented in the posters. The details will help you addrtess texture and lighting. W have added the 1629 (early) Self Portrait to the 1658 (Frick) Self Portrait [also on poster] for purposes of comparison, if you choose to use the 1629 one. There are notes baoput this comparison in your folders. You can also explore, for example, how the students might portray themselves in the future, as opposed to how they would depict themselves now. (These and other ideas are detailed int he "Suggested Projects" portion of your folders.)
(2) Re: Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer:
(a) The image of Alexander the great in the medallion hanging from Aristotle's chaion is clear in the poster
(b) In presenting this work to younger students, you might consider omitting discussion of the Alexander medallion and focus on how Aristotle is shown to feel about Homer
(3) Re: The Mill
Consult the "Terms of Art" in your folders, and use the "bird's eye view" and worm's eye view" vantage points to discuss how Rembrandt composed this painting (in the studio; remember that it is not an actual scene he observed but, rather, pieced together from various studies. Students can observe an object or picture by lying on the floor (if clean and carpeted!) or by viewing it by looking down from a seated or standing (if safe!) position on a chair or desk, or in a stairwell. How does their viewpoint -- and the object/picture change with their relative positions?
(4) Reminders:
(a) Please distribute the "Letter to Families" (in your folders) via your school or class newsletter or by sending copies of it home
(b) Please reproduce & distribute the "Certificate of Participation" to all students
(5) If you have any questions regarding the materials in your folders, please contact Gail Roman via email: puddle625n@aol.com
If you have any questions regarding the "how to create a portrait" demonstration, which took place at the end of the training sessions (and we apologize for running over the time limit on Tuesday!), please contact Linda Goldstein via email: lindasgoldstein@optonline.net
(6) SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, April 28th at 9:30am -- Wrap-Up Breakfast with discussion of the year, future plans, and whatever you or we have to share at that time!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
UPDATE FOR SPRING: REMBRANDT
We are excited about presenting Rembrandt and his world in mid-March!
Join us in celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Dutch settlement of New York, a testament to the adventuresome and progressive spirit that also nurtured Rembrandt's life and work.
LIAISONS: Please watch your emails for information concerning new procedures at RAC.
DOCENTS: We are hoping to get some feedback from your classroom presentations on Calder and Miro. Let us know, via this blog, what did and didn't work; and send us your ideas and suggestions. Since this program is a team effort of docents, teachers, students, and coordinators, we would like to hear from all quarters about Famous Artists experiences!
Join us in celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Dutch settlement of New York, a testament to the adventuresome and progressive spirit that also nurtured Rembrandt's life and work.
LIAISONS: Please watch your emails for information concerning new procedures at RAC.
DOCENTS: We are hoping to get some feedback from your classroom presentations on Calder and Miro. Let us know, via this blog, what did and didn't work; and send us your ideas and suggestions. Since this program is a team effort of docents, teachers, students, and coordinators, we would like to hear from all quarters about Famous Artists experiences!
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