Meet Alyssa Laverda!
Hello Everyone! My name is Alyssa Laverda and I a recent graduate of the Coordinated BFA program with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania. I received my Certificate in Painting from PAFA in 2013, and studied a minor in Art History at Penn finishing in …
Meet Alexander!
Hello everyone, I am Alexander and I will be teaching a poetry course for high school students this summer. With Team Rubicon I worked on the mural at the Alexander Adaire School kindergarten and was introduced to Art Sphere Inc. I’m not much of a painter; I love to read …
Healthy Pizza Project at Farmer’s Market
Healthy Pizza project at the first spring Farmer’s Market in Media Pa.This drop-in art activity was inspired by Lesson 12 of ArtSphere’s new Creating Legacies through Art book. More than 20 children had a great time making unique pizzas using brown paper bags for the crust and construction paper for the veggie, fruit and special toppings. Every pizza …
3D Hands
Objective: to teach not judging by having students create art based off the outline of their hand Prep: Provide an example of a 3D hand. Start by tracing your hand. Start creating the lines horizontally. Have the lines outside of your hand be straight, arch the line inside the hand, …
Collection Jars
Collection Jars Objective: To have students showcase what they value through developing collaging skills and remembering acceptance. Prep: Have enough white computer pages with a jar drawn on them. Also bring in different pages from magazines and catalogs that have things the children in their age group would likely value. …
Puppets and Puppet Show
Class One: The Puppets Objective: To have students create puppets with clear differences and have the class later perform a play about accepting the differences. Prep: Create a puppet from a brown paper bag with a trait that makes the puppet unique. For this class I made a princess with …
Treasure Map
Treasure Map Goals: To have kids think about what they treasure and the obstacles they are willing to overcome to reach this treasure. Have children reach this goal by using sequential thinking, directionals skills and displaying emotional intelligence. Prep: Make a treasure Map on construction paper with a start, at …