The real Picasso Museum is in Barcelona Spain, because that
is Picasso’s home country. But this week I set up a Picasso Museum right here
at Southdale. The artwork was from 3rd
grade students, and some real Picasso paintings were also displayed. The 3rd
graders learned about Cubism, a style of art the Picasso helped to come up
with. Cubism is a piece of art that includes many viewpoints or angles. Usually
the viewpoints are of a face or person.
*Besides Cubism Picasso also had many other art styles, in
fact he had more art styles than any other artist. He was always changing his
art and coming up with new ideas. That is why I think he is such a famous artist.
We talked about appropriate art gallery behavior
-No Talking
-No Touching
-Hands behind your back or in pockets.
*hold comments until the end.
We talked about what to look
for? Look for multiple view points
in the faces you see. Look for interesting colors, and look for Picasso’s real
work. Think about some words you would use to describe the artwork you
see.
After the Gallery Walk we Reflected on the work:
*What did you learn about Picasso today that you didn’t know?
*What would you tell someone about Picasso?
*What did you see that you liked?
*How is the student artwork similar to Picasso’s real work?
How is it different?
*If you had a chance to go back in time and meet Picasso,
what would you say to him? What did his artwork teach you?
*What art materials do you think these students used?
*Ask your 3rd grade student about Picasso, they should be able to teach you a lot about him!
