Art Day for Children 2006

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Art Day for Children 2006

• Presented by
• The CSUB Pre-Service Teachers in
• Art for the Elementary Classroom
• CSUB University Advancement

CSUB Childrens Art Institute

www.csub.edu/childrensartinstitute/
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Art Day Registration

• Children grades 1-6 register for art classes
  based on six different renowned artists
• Art Classes are taught by CSUB pre-service
  teachers in Art for the Elementary School
  course
• Children select three classes each
• At the end of the day, the children enjoy a
  family barbecue and a culminating exhibition of
  all the artwork

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2006 Featured Artists

• Georgia OKeeffe
• Frederic Remington
• Joan Miró
• Georges Seurat
• Edward Hicks
• Victor Vasarely

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Victor VasarelyOp Artist
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Georgia OKeeffeWatercolorist
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Edward HicksPrimitive Painter
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Joan MiróSurrealist Artist
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Georges SeuratNeo-Impressionist Artist
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Frederic RemingtonBronze Casting Artist of the
Old West
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CSUB Art Day Student Teachers
Georgia OKeeffe
Edward Hicks
Frederic Remington
Victor Vasarely
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Stop Smell the Roses

• Renowned artist Georgia OKeeffe grew up in
  Virginia. When she moved to New York city as an
  adult, she noticed that the fast paced residents
  of the city had little of nature to appreciate.
  So she water colored enlarged flowers.
• Children enlarged a flower in watercolor.

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More OKeeffe
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Going for the Bronze

• Remington created bronze casts scenes from the
  Old West to immortalize his works.
• Children sculpted relief pictures of horses
  then bronze them with spray paint.

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More Remington
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Que Seurat Seurat

• Seurat used the method of pointellist painting.
  He was inspired by the beaches of France and
  painted using tiny dots of color.
• Children drew on rough sandpaper to simulate the
  pointellist look of color separation.

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More Seurat
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Going in Circles

• Vasarely was a noted Op Artist. He created
  optical illusions with geometric shapes.
• Children created optical illusions using
  geometric shapes with markers.

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More Vasarely
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Weaving Through Time

• Miró created large tapestries focusing on his
  interest in astronomy.
• Children created a tapestry of their own using
  yarn.

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More Miró
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The Peaceable Kingdom

• Edward Hicks was a self taught painter who was a
  Quaker minister. To supplement his income, he
  painted scenes from the Bible and included
  political themes in theme as well.
• Children painted pictures of natural enemies
  living in harmony

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More Edward Hicks
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Special Thanks to

• Laura Wolfe of CSUB University Advancement
• CSUB Childrens Art Institute
• Mike Chertok
• Sylvia Pino
• Dean Marla Iyasere
• Margaret Nowling
• The Spring 2006 Students in Art 302

Thats Me--Laura Wolfe!
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Coming Next Year

• Art Day for Children May 20, 2007
• For more information keep checking the CSUB
  Childrens Art Institute Website

CSUB Childrens Art Institute
www.csub.edu/childrensartinstit
ute/