Showing posts with label field trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label field trip. Show all posts
Monday, May 21, 2018
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Empty Bowls Clay Project
Waitsfield students are in the midst of a fabulous Artist Residency with local potter Leslie Montalto.
All students, pre-K to grade 6 have worked with Leslie to make three
types of bowls. The first bowl is a simple pinch pot. The second is a
slab bowl with printed texture. The third (and most students' favorite)
is a bowl on the wheel.
In
addition to working with Leslie in the art classroom, students also
spent a day making site visits to other potters' studios or working on
specific clay projects. The various activities included:
- Building a "pit fire" kiln at Leslie's house
- Learning about the Raku process with "The Naked Potter" Luke Iannuzzi
- Visit to Noel Bailey's pottery studio
- Working on pottery wheels at Montpelier Mud Studio
- Building clay bells with Katie Babic
- Hand-building pocket planters with potter Bobbie Platt (and me!)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Field Trip to Watercolor Exhibit
Upper unit students took a field trip to the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Currently, the Art Center has an exhibition of watercolor paintings on display in the gallery. Students took a guided tour of the exhibit, where a docent gave tips for understanding watercolor paintings and techniques. They also had the chance to take a workshop with watercolor artist Sandy Nobel. We learned about negative space, hard and soft edges, geometric and freeform or organic shapes, wet and dry brush and watercolor washes.
Two pieces from the exhibit:
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