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Oct. 11, 2007

Art work!!! 10/10/2007

This year we are trying out a new class.  When we were in Ecuador for Spanish school, the girls took an art class, taught by professional artists who spoke mainly Spanish.  It was a great experience for the girls, and I began to wonder if we could do the same thing in our city. 

Well, I researched and researched but could not find an art class taught in Spanish.  There were art classes and there were Spanish classes but not a mixture.  So, I do what I always do.  I decided to create one!! 

First I had to find a teacher willing to teach!    We happened to find one at a bilingual preschool!  This was really fortunate.  The preschool is owned by one of K's former dance teachers, so we already knew her and she was willing to rent out her preschool space for afternoon art classes.  She also employed an Argentinian art teacher at the preschool, and so I asked this teacher if she would be willing to teach our girls and maybe a few other students and she said yes!!! 

So all the girls take this class on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 2 hours.  I am hoping to get the teacher to speak more Spanish.  She is bilingual, of course, but since the kids all speak English it's hard for her to switch back and forth.  We invited a few of our friends to take the class--one friend gets out of kinder at noon, and the two other friends are siblings who homeschool. 

The class has been wonderful!!!  I thought I'd showcase some of the things the girls have brought home.

I believe the first week, they worked on newspaper/masking tape sculptures. 

This L. with her dog sculpture:

And A.'s snake (she had originally wanted to make an elephant, but she realized that the elephant would have to be huge, so she took her elephant's trunk and turned it into a snake):

And last but not least, here is K.'s bird:


The second week, they worked on just drawing faces of random people or an imaginary person.

This was L's "person" or "people", I am not really sure:


And this is A's drawing:

And finally, K's picture--she named her person "Morgan M. Mainer":

The week after that, they were to use old magazines to make a collage of sorts.  They were to cut up pieces of the pages of the magazine to create a picture.  Their teacher let them use some magazine bits and draw the rest for their projects.

So L. did 3 of these, and I am not sure where her magazine piece was.  But she only used one or two magazine bits and drew the rest.  LOL  And the third picture, she didn't use the magazine pages at all, but proceeded to use construction paper to actually make a collage.  LOL


A's project was of a girl.  She used magazine pieces for the eyes, nose and mouth:

And K managed to use magazine pieces for all of her project:

All in all, I would say the girls are enjoying the class immensely.  They look forward to it every T-Th.  And what can I say.  Four hours every week either by myself or with just FQ?  I get to update the blog, go grocery shopping and run errands.  Wow!  I feel like a real person now!

Enjoy!
AH
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