Pizza Project Collages: A group project that inspires team building. Age appropriate for preschool through elementary school. Project Ideas: responsibility, health, non traditional materials, interpersonal, team building Vocabulary: Basic shapes, including circle, square, triangle, and rectangle, pattern, texture, repetition, collage Materials: Large brown paper (large paper bags or butcher paper), scrap construction …
Hey Everyone! My name is Candice, and I study painting, with a minor in drawing. I currently gravitate towards interiors and landscapes, but I still enjoy doing little figurative studies in pen from time to time. I make art because of the processes it involves. A work of art is …
Off go the shoes! While I may have felt a little vulnerable at first, now I’m wondering why I don’t go barefoot everywhere. The Tzu Chi Foundation in Philadelphia’s Chinatown is slowly becoming home to us Art Sphere volunteer teachers. Each Sunday, we come out of the cold and are …
Project Title: Harold and the purple crayon bookmaking project Description: Book making Author: Mary Hager Grade level or Target Age Range: Preschool Vocabulary: imagination, problem solving Materials: Large construction paper, crayons. Anticipatory Set: Read Harold and The Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Story line: The protagonist, Harold, is a curious …
Here is a little flashback to a Valentine’s day themed lesson at Tzu Chi Center from 2014! We are so excited to start our classes this spring and hope everyone is having a great start to the new year! Previous Next
“The things to do are: the things that need doing, that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done.” – Buckminster Fuller I believe we can make the world a better place …
Level: Elementary School Duration: 2, 45 minute class periods Historical Overview: August Rodin and France (For Adults: Judy Chicago) Goals and Objectives: To introduce sculpting techniques. Vocabulary: positive and negative space, carving additive and subtractive methods, proportion, scale Materials: clay, carving tools, wire and washer clay cutting tool, sponges, water containers, …
