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ART SMART
The Art Smart Program is an educational, fun and hands on way for students to learn about various artists’ lives and their works. The program which is run by parent volunteers began in 1999. Each year 3-4 different artists are introduced to the students. There is an 8 year cycle to ensure the students will learn about new artists each year. A 15-20 minute presentation (based on grade levels) is given to the class about the artist followed by an art project relating to the type of art or artist. Art Smart works hand in hand with the school art program by adding an important historical perspective, as well as building on the art techniques the students learn weekly.
ART SMART 8 YEAR CYCLE |
| YEAR 1 |
YEAR 2 |
YEAR 3 |
YEAR 4 |
Pablo Picasso |
Vincent Van Gogh |
Currier & Ives |
Walter Disney |
Pierre Auguste Renoir |
Edgar Degas |
Norman Rockwell |
Egyptian Art |
| Winslow Homer |
M. C. Escher |
Mary Cassatt |
Henri Matisse |
| Leonardo Da Vinci |
Fredric Remington |
Rene Magritte |
Michelangelo Buonarroti |
| YEAR 5 |
YEAR 6 |
YEAR 7 |
YEAR 8 |
Diego Rivera |
Cave Art |
3D Art |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
Georgia O'Keefe |
Grandma Moses |
Cubism |
Abstract Expression |
| Native American |
Claude Monet |
African American |
Photography |
| Rembrandt Van Rijn |
Religious Art |
Expressionism Art |
20th Century American |
For the 2008-2009 school year, the artists presented will be Rene Magritte, Norman Rockwell and Mary Cassatt.
- Students in grades 1-6 participate in Art Smart.
- Art Smart takes place in the students classrooms during regular school hours. Parent volunteers schedule time slots of approximately 45 minutes in advance with teachers.
- Parents give approximately 15 minute presentation about the life of the artist. Then students will take part in a project that introduces them to the type of art style that the artist they just learned about had.
- Completed projects are either taken home or hung in classrooms or around school.
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