summer 2007 |
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| Let's go to the Art Institute! |
| FIELD TRIP!!! "Let's Go to the Art Institute" was an absolute blast! For the first two classes, we met at Christine Thornton's Art Studio (see above). Students watched a short video called "How to Visit an Art Museum", then studied reproductions of the Art Institute's most famous paintings. Each student chose one painting to copy. The second class was spent finishing these drawings. For the third class, we headed to downtown Chicago for a field trip! (see photo at right). We had a scavenger hunt to search for the paintings we had studied. The excitement was contagious as each child discovered his or her "own" painting! (see photos below) |
Noelle and Henri Rousseau's "Waterfall"
| Jake and Georgia O'Keeffe's "Sky Over the Clouds" |
| Jon and Claude Monet's "Grain Stacks, Snow Effect" |
| Ryan and Rene Magritte's "Time Transfixed" |
| Hannah and Grant Wood's "American Gothic" |
| We found Georges Seurat's "Sunday at La Grande Jatte". |
Mrs. Thornton got to see her favorite Picasso.
| Hannah and Noelle examining treasures. |
| Our group studying Picasso's "Old Guitar Player". |
