TEACHING ARTIST SESSION CATEGORIES
You LOVE to eat them, and now you will love to DRAW them! In this session, students will learn how to draw a crawfish step by step. But this will not just be any crawfish…students will be exposed to Acadiana artist Hannah Gumbo’s drawing style and discover how she takes a drawing and transforms it into lots of different things! So that crawfish is more than just good eating!
The stars are your guides…not just in astrology, but in this session that introduces students to artistic tools and concepts. Students will be asked “As you’re standing in a forest and looking up, what do you see?” Students will then utilize a collection of brushes and tools in order to paint and draw their visualization. They will learn shapes, perspective, depth, and position when viewed from a particular point of view as they paint a nighttime scene of stars, a moon, sky and tree tops.
No one saw a flower the way artist Georgia O’Keeffe did. She looked closely, depicted flowers on a large scale, and over the course of seven decades, this modernist painter changed the art world. In this session, students will draw their own flowers, large and up-close. This project enables us to see all parts of the flower and emphasizes warm and cool colors.
Let’s get to the “heart” of the matter! Students will learn to roll clay coil shapes and spirals to form heart shapes with clay. Clay hearts can be made as gifts, ornaments, or just for creative fun! Classes will complete the activity by writing a simple message about the creation to go along with their hearts of clay. Perfect for a world that needs more love!
Group project? Teamwork? Today these get a “YES!” Your class will be guided in the creation of a large group mural. Choose the theme of a holiday or something related to nature to act as our inspiration. Classes will learn drawing and collage skills as well as collaboration and teamwork. This session can be customized, so chat with the artist about options after booking!
The Louisiana coastline is fragile and ever-changing – in this session, students will cement its status in art. Students will explore the coastline of Louisiana, and discover the animals of this habitat through creating their own landscape. It’s art, wildlife, and a chance to be aware of our regional geography all in one!
Impressionism will rule the day! Students will learn about artist Claude Monet, examine and discuss one of his famous pieces, and put artistic skills to good use to create their own masterpieces in the artist’s style.
History should never be boring, and in this session, an artist’s legacy keeps it lively. Students will learn about artist Vincent van Gogh, an artist who turned his feelings of being different into a revolutionary visual style, leaving subtle personal clues tucked inside his artwork. Students will discuss one of his famous pieces of artwork, and create their own masterpieces in the artist’s style.
Something as beautiful and as fragile as a butterfly needs to be captured in art! Participants will learn how the monarch butterfly migrates to Mexico each fall, returning to Canada in the spring, and sometimes passing through Louisiana. They will create a butterfly using several art techniques, discuss art and science concepts that include animal life cycles, migration, and symmetry.
Move over, Betsy Ross! Students will show their classes’ patriotic pride and become visual artists in this session where classes will create a class flag using the basic elements of line, pattern and repetition. This session can be customized to relate to various themes and events, so let your vision fly!