We have been having such a wonderful mini-week of art camp with your students, celebrating the art of Beautiful Bugs! Week Three is only three days, but we packed a lot of fun into making and moving!
In 2D, instructor Suzanne Archibald showed examples of two-dimensional terrariums and discussed the differences between insects and bugs. Did you know they weren’t the same thing? Using images of insect line drawings, students drew their own terrarium and have included lots of crawling creatures.
What kind of critters would you put in your terrarium?
In 3D, our instructor Ola Aksan is guiding the students in creating paper mache beetles and bugs. They’ve begun this process by using a balloon to help form the shape of the shell. They’ll continue working on this structure this week by adding legs, wings, and antennae using pipe cleaners and wire. And of course, painting designs and different colors on their bugs will bring them to life!
The Warhol group used the shell of a ladybug for inspiration in 3D class.
Instructor Valerie Szmurlo has been showing students many different ways clay can be used to construct and create. Together, they made little critters out of air dry clay, using carving tools and their hands to create designs, as well as adding googly eyes and pipe cleaners. These interesting insects will be painted on Friday – can’t wait to see them in color!
Check out the eyes on that spider (sorry to all the arachnophobes out there)!
Theater instructor Danny Bolton is hard at work directing our student performances. Some groups are working off a pre-written script based on classic stories and folktales, such as the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Other groups have chosen to write their own original script. We are all looking forward to watching the plays as a camp on Friday!
Students in the Matisse group silently act out different locations and environments – can you guess where these two students are?
Riley Borst has been getting our students jumping around like grasshoppers this week in their Movement class. They’ve been having fun in the sun as they play games like Blob Tag, Fishy Fishy Cross my Ocean, and doing lots of tableau work. It’s always great to move your body in between studio classes!
Students work together to create frozen images of objects – this looks like an airplane to us!
Check out our upcoming weeks – spots are limited! If you have any questions, please call the front office at 617-964-3424. Next week, we are entering the world of cartoons and comic strips!
