Inspired by a previous post dedicated to the artist Barry McGee, the art teacher Marcella Manco with her students of Arezzo Middle School "Piero della Francesca" , created these amazing works: they … [Read more...]
Shoe Design
April 11, 2018 by 2 Comments
After designing chairs, table lamps and wall clocks I had the idea of designing a shoe. With my students of 8th Grade I had a lesson about the history and evolution of Design. We have looked at some … [Read more...]
Paintings in scale of grays, inspired by B&W photos
March 23, 2018 by 2 Comments
This activity is an idea of the art teacher and friend Alessandra Tomasi. She is teaching at the Middle School of Fondo e Revò, in the North of Italy, and her students are Grade 8th. After … [Read more...]
Emotions in abstract compositions
February 18, 2018 by 1 Comment
Composing a visual image consists of arranging and placing the elements on a support or in the composing space. This means arranging the elements of the image and giving them ORDER and UNITY. A … [Read more...]
Self-portrait in the style of Julian Opie
January 2, 2018 by 7 Comments
We started this project at the Contemporary and Modern Art Museum of Trento and Rovereto (MART) in Italy, with Grade 7 students. The Education Department of MART organize lots of interesting art … [Read more...]
Landscape and emotions
November 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Is it possible that a landscape can trigger our emotions? Facing a real landscape, photographed or painted, we can experience different moods that inspire our deeper feelings. Romantic painters such … [Read more...]
SELFIE Artist Trading cards 2018
October 17, 2017 by 4 Comments
This year for the third edition of Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2018, we thought to focus our work on ourselves, infact the topic is our SELFIE! We collected all our selfie from mobile phones and … [Read more...]
Artists Trading Cards 2017 from the world
September 2, 2017 by 2 Comments
Here we are the Artists Trading Cards we received in March 2017 from the global swap. My students were so excited to discover where them were from, which were the schools and the students who create … [Read more...]
Final Exams 2017
June 26, 2017 by 2 Comments
Paintings, stained glass, prints, drawings, mosaic, collage, plastic and wood sculptures, mixed media projects... This year for the final exams students of the 8th Grade created different kind of … [Read more...]
An experience of Active Art
May 25, 2017 by 4 Comments
This post is dedicated to the interesting work of the art teacher Giovanni Perdicchia and to his 9th grade students. The classes involved are the 3 B of Presicce-Acquarica Middle School and 3 C of … [Read more...]
