Let’s go under the sea to the depths of the ocean floor and learn how to paint an eight legged octopus!
TEACHING ARTIST SESSION CATEGORIES
Middle School
VA-031 Handwriting Mythical Creatures (3-8)
Students will use their cursive handwriting skills to turn their name into creative mythical creatures or insects while learning and to recognize shapes and images that are symmetrical.
VA-001 Big Picture Math (STEAM Edition) (3-6)
In this STEAM-based mini-residency, students design and paint a collaborative mural while learning measurement, proportion, and perspective.
VA-053 Adjective, Adjective, Noun (3-8)
Each student will receive two adjectives and a noun, randomly pulled from a hat. They will then be encouraged to create an illustration or write a story
VA-055 Haiku (3-12)
After reading examples of haiku poetry and a brief discussion on the elements of a haiku poem, students will write their own haiku poems and create an illustration to accompany their poem.
VA-010 Cityscapes (3-8)
This project teaches about warm and cool colors and gives lots of practice in measurement.
VA-011 Clementine Hunter Zinnias (Grades 3-12)
Louisiana artist, Clementine Hunter, was a self-taught black folk artist known for artwork depicting plantation life in the early 20th Century.
VA-014 Earth’s Night Sky (3-8)
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.
VA-015 Georgia O’Keeffe Flowers (3-12)
This project enables us to see the parts of the flower and emphasizes warm and cool colors.
VA-017 Holiday or Nature Murals (K-12)
This project enables us to see the parts of the flower and emphasizes warm and cool colors.

