Visual+Arts+Residency+-+Cambridge+Springs+Spring+2011

// What evidence was collected to capture student learning? //
Tom Ferraro, Nate Horstman and Camille Dempsey are working on documenting evidence of the Spring 2011 Cambridge Springs Visual Arts Residency with 2nd and 3rd grade classes. This page includes virtual galleries, sketchbook examples, movies and interviews using appropriate technologies to support the residency.

**Sample lesson plans and other visual arts residency work/processes -** //Coming soon....//

**Artist Representations (Art History/Aesthetics, Science Speaking/Listening)**- The residency began with a discussion about how other artists represented clouds: //"I wanted the children to get the sense that atmosphere and clouds were universal themes in Art, so we started in England with Turner. We then went to France with Van Gogh, then crossed the Atlantic to the USA and looked at Winslow Homer, Martin Heades, who while not a common name, did some dramatic scenes of impending storms and of clearing after storms. He used high contrast in his work to emphasize the drama of the weather event. We then looked at Georgia O'Keefe and in particural the painting "Sky above the Clouds". The kids really responded well to her work especially when we looked at some abstract pieces that could be interpreted as atmospheric studies or floral details. We finished with Alfred Steiglitz's "Equivalant" series that he photographed in Lake George that showed abstract compositions of clouds and sky. I wanted the children to see that photography could be another creative art medium, also the fact the he was married to O'keefe helped to reinforce that these were two different people who were influenced by the same subject in different ways. I also started the powerpoint with a music and video adaption of jazz musician Chuck Mangione's "Chase the Clouds Away."// - Tom Ferraro

**Digital Drawings** **(Technology and Visual Arts)-** This evolved into students working with the web2.0 tool.This free program allowed the students to choose a cloud, imagine how they would create an image in the cloud, and draw over the cloud image online. This tool also allows individuals to collaborate with other artists online.
 * [[image:klowdz7.jpg width="407" height="315" align="center" caption="Click here to draw into this cloud." link="http://www.klowdz.com/"]] || [[image:klowdz6.jpg width="1" height="1" align="center" link="http://www.klowdz.com/"]]

|| **Translating Digital Drawings into Pencil Sketches** - Using their digital "Klowdz" drawings as a reference, students created interpretative drawings in their sketch journals.

= Clouds Drawing Gallery = media type="custom" key="9747212" (Visual Art, Science) - Students learned about the different types of clouds through drawing in their sketch journals.

= **Gallery of Landscape Environment Drawings** = media type="custom" key="9745914"

(Visual Art, Science) Students created a series of landscape drawings that demonstrate their understanding of the elements of landscape environments. This was also uploaded to TeacherTube and SchoolTube. It is currently being reviewed for permission.

= Movie - Arts Residency at the Playground = media type="custom" key="9745938" (Visual Art, Technology, Science, Environment, Speaking/Listening, Communication Skills) - Students worked on the playground studying elements of the environment. Some used handheld technologies to take pictures, record each other in interviews and other conversations. This was also uploaded to TeacherTube and SchoolTube. It is currently being reviewed for permission.

Students also worked on the football field and went to Mr. Jardina's Bluebird farm in a series of observation/imaginative drawings.

media type="custom" key="9747048" (Art History/Aesthetics, Science Speaking/Listening) - Students created a series of tempera paintings that demonstrated appropriate content related to the lesson. This was also uploaded to TeacherTube and SchoolTube. It is currently being reviewed for permission.

**Dandelion Paintings (Visual Art, Environment) -** //Interviews and more info. coming soon...//

**Cloud Baseball** **(Visual Art, Science & Physical Education)** - This was a lesson that combined the scientific names of the clouds with a collaborative baseball game and lesson in the physical education classroom. Paintings of clouds were used as the bases which helped reinforce cloud names. //More coming soon...//

**Painting Response to Children's Story - //Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs// (Visual Arts, Reading, Science)** //More coming soon..//