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| Henri Rousseau |
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| Georgia O'Keefe |
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| Salvador Dali |
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| Andy Warhol Butterflies |
Showing posts with label Chairs for Charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chairs for Charity. Show all posts
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Chairs for Charity-- The Rest of Them!
All nine art history-themed chairs are painted and delivered for Saturday's auction! Here are the final four:
Monday, November 5, 2012
Chairs for Charity
If you enjoy art events and/or need a place to sit, read on!
On Saturday, November 10, the Rahr-West Art Museum is hosting the annual Chairs for Charity event. This is my first-ever year as a participant in the event, albeit vicariously through the skills and artistic vision of my 7th and 8th grade Art Gallery class. Here's how it works: local artists (that's us!) design and donate chairs for the event. After the auction, 50% of proceeds are presented as scholarships to local students in the visual and performing arts. Students are excited to have their artwork be part of such an important event at the Museum!
Here's what we started with-- behold the bounty of 4 thrift stores, 2 estate sales, and 4 garage sales! In one Saturday, nine secondhand chairs were acquired for a grand total of $19.
Students worked in groups of 2-3, chose an artist from a list I had prepared, then researched and reproduced the artist's style on the chair using acrylic paint.
Our nine groups are working hard and putting in extra time to complete these spectacular works of art! Here are the first five finishers:
On Saturday, November 10, the Rahr-West Art Museum is hosting the annual Chairs for Charity event. This is my first-ever year as a participant in the event, albeit vicariously through the skills and artistic vision of my 7th and 8th grade Art Gallery class. Here's how it works: local artists (that's us!) design and donate chairs for the event. After the auction, 50% of proceeds are presented as scholarships to local students in the visual and performing arts. Students are excited to have their artwork be part of such an important event at the Museum!
Here's what we started with-- behold the bounty of 4 thrift stores, 2 estate sales, and 4 garage sales! In one Saturday, nine secondhand chairs were acquired for a grand total of $19.
Students worked in groups of 2-3, chose an artist from a list I had prepared, then researched and reproduced the artist's style on the chair using acrylic paint.
Our nine groups are working hard and putting in extra time to complete these spectacular works of art! Here are the first five finishers:
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| Jackson Pollock |
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| Wassily Kandinsky: Color Study: Squares with Concentric Circles |
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| Vincent van Gogh |
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| Roy Lichtenstein |
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| Henri Matisse |
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Will this fit in a Corolla?
Time once again to play one of my favorite traveling-teacher games! Perhaps other multi-school Art teachers out there can relate. Over the years I have found myself carrying a wide variety of cargo to, from, and between schools that must raise the eyebrows of surrounding motorists.
Q: How many wooden chairs will fit in the back seat and trunk of a Corolla?
A: If you really mean business, the answer is five.
Q: How many wooden chairs will fit in the back seat and trunk of a Corolla?
A: If you really mean business, the answer is five.
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