The walking puppet inspired by Depero
In 1915, Giacomo Balla and Fortunato Depero signed the Manifesto “Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe,” a text that marked the beginning of a new phase … Read more
An “explosion book” to show your emotion!
To create this “EXPLOSION BOOK” with the 6th grade students we reflected on our emotions asking ourselves if it is possible to REPRESENT an emotion … Read more
Mail Art 2023 inspired by Paul Klee
The last spring with the 8th grade students we decided to participate in the MAIL ART PROJECT, conceived and promoted by the art teacher Federica … Read more
Expressionist Portraits with Frame
To create these paintings we were inspired by the PORTRAITS of German Expressionism. We observed the portraits painted by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, Karl … Read more
Maison d’Artiste: workshop inspired by Fabio Mauri
This workshop was realized by Claudio Cantelmi, art teacher at the middle school Alberto Manzi in Rome. The activity is inspired by the italian artist Fabio … Read more
3-D Geometric Paper Shapes with Patterns
After doing a lesson about Shapes and Forms as elements of art my colleague Francesca Dallago created these 3-D solids with Grade 7th students. They … Read more
I-cube: me in numbers
Can we introduce ourselves with numbers? We can do it on the 6 sides of a cube! We called this activity I-cube and we used … Read more
Nativity in the style of Romero Britto
For this Christmas we decided to participate in a contest of cribs that takes place in our town. With the students of 6th grade, in … Read more
Participation in the opera “Aida”
Opera Domani is a project for the opera productions, introduced by educational paths. With our school we attended the performance of the opera “Aida -Love is … Read more
Custom placemarks in the class
Again we are talking about names to learn, and faces to remember … These cards with names can be personalized with a symbol or a … Read more
Three dimensional Mirò
I thought of a way to create a three-dimensional structure with the characteristic drawings by Joan Miro, which are specifically two-dimensional. Students have copied some … Read more
Asian Inspired Fans with paper plates
With students of Year 6 we painted some fans in Oriental style, with colorful watercolors on the background and silhouettes of bamboo plants and branches … Read more