Illustrated poetry
With sixth grade students we did this interdisciplinary work in collaboration with the Italian teachers and with my art colleague Maria Noemi Demaio. First, the … Read more
Murals for our School
Throughout the 2023-24 school year, students worked to create a large mural on the walls of our school. From this year we are organized into … Read more
Collage inspired by Depero’s “Plastic Ballets”
With the 8th grade students we studied the topic of Futurism in painting and sculpture and we observed the multifaceted works of Fortunato Depero. This … Read more
Red shoes to say: STOP violence against women
November 25th is the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”. This is an anniversary established by the United Nations General Assembly in … Read more
Wall painting: ideas that grow
With a group of students from the whole institute we created this wall painting to decorate a multimedia classroom which is used by many teachers … Read more
Small museum of fallen leaves
For this activity we were inspired by Antonio Catalano’s small picture book “Museum of Fallen Leaves” (advertising link). With this book the author guides us … Read more
Abstract square that tells about me
A new work inspired by the American artist Harold Hollingswort, who has always attracted us for a different approach to abstract art. In his works, … Read more
I’m an Artist!
This activity is inspired by the picture book “I’m an Artist” by Marta Altes. We read this book with the 6th grade students and we … Read more
A monochrome picture with #hashtag
I sent my students chasing colors around the house, they took a MONOCHROME photo by grouping a series of objects on a colored background, all … Read more
Practicing Chiaroscuro with colors
To practice different ways of Chiaroscuro technique we shaded the negative space of a simple three-letters word. The words (positive space) are in white, while … Read more
Artist Trading Cards 2019: Souvenir from Trentino (ITALY)
Here we are, ready for the 4th Annual Artist Trading Card Swap! This year for the Artist Trading Card Global Swap 2019 we thought about our beautiful … Read more
Words in complementary colors
In order to better understand the complementary colors we created a drawing to paint with different shades of complementary colors. We chose a three-letters word … Read more