Learning
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DRAWING ME AND MAYBE YOU
Proportions of the Face and Eye, c. 1489 by Leonardo Da Vinci Week 6 FLASH ART CAMP April 20-24, 2020 We’ve been spending a lot of time —six weeks now — sheltering alone with the people in our homes. Seems like a good week to take a close look. How do we really look? How are our eyes shaped, where do they sit on our head, and what about the complicated build of our nose and the way our lips sit, one on top of the other…? And what happens to our faces when we’re mad? Or happy? Or sad? We’ll be drawing all week and at the same time…
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Making the Pictures in your Head
Week 4 FLASH ART CAMP April 6-10 & 15-17, 2020 In the process of creating an illustration, artists think about (and often research) the settings, the characters and the history behind the story. To this point, we will consider a series of questions about the country Ghana where our particular story, LAZY ANANSI, originated before we begin our own illustrations. The conversation will include a discussion about how folk art, like folk stories, are created from things at hand, springing directly from the lives people live. That Anansi the spider/demi-god/trickster originated in a culture that is known for its exceptional woven cloth speaks of the close ties between art and…
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Legends
above image: Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging, ca. 1420–30 The Cloisters Collection, 1990 Metropolitan Museum of Art Week II FLASH ART CAMP March 23-27, 2020 Hey parents! In response to the challenge of sheltering at home with all your kiddos hanging around the house, we’re offering a flash (remember flash parties?) art camp to help keep everyone creative and engaged. We’re doing it live on Facebook every weekday from 2-2:30pm until we’re back to our normals. Anne Cornell, our Pomerene Community Studio Artist and the Ohio Arts Council TeachArtsOhio artist at Keene Elementary—whose genius lies in spinning ideas out of common stuff laying around the house—will lead the camp. #TuneInAt2. Resources…
