During the last few weeks, the Hillel students have been working on a project in conjunction with Wright Memorial Library called The Art of Invention. Using American masterworks of art and Dayton's history of invention, students were inspired by art to create sculptures out of cardboard using child-safe tools.
To help them practice "being inspired" by artwork, the primary students completed a collaborative sculpture using inspiration from the drawing "Sans Arc Lakota" by Black Hawk.
"Sans Arc Lakota" by Black Hawk:
"Primary Class" by Hillel Primary Class
The primary students created another class-wide work in Art class with Mrs. Martin. They were inspired by the painting, "Allies Day, May 1917" by Childe Hassam.
The students were inspired by the original painting to create a celebration for Israeli Independence Day.
Now that they had practice being inspired by art, they set off to create their own!
Students looked through a folder of great American artworks until they felt inspired by a piece. They sketched their inspiration and got to work building it using cardboard and tools. They painted their sculptures and typed out an explanation that will be displayed with their piece.
Here are a few shots from Sunday's reception! If you were not able to make it on Sunday, don't worry! Their cardboard masterpieces displayed with the masterwork inspiration and explanation will be on display at Wright Memorial Library until June 1st!
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