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Image created by Maritza Lohman for Art Sphere Inc. Explore three artistic movements through the works of one artist: Lyubov Popova, a Russian woman who was born in 1899 and died in 1924. Today’s project is inspired by Popova’s work with Suprematism, an artistic movement that focuses on geometric forms …
Elizabeth Catlett is an African American artist who worked in a lot of different mediums, including prints, woodcuts, and linocuts. Her work focuses on themes of social injustice, the human condition, historical figures, and the relationship between mother and child. She was born in 1915 and died in 2012 at …
Laurel Burch was a self-taught American artist from San Francisco. She suffered from osteoporosis throughout her life, a rare disease that makes bones fragile, and therefore very easy to break. Because of her disease, she spent a lot of time in the hospital, where she made much of her art. …
Yayoi Kusama Exhibition, Image by Lizzy Shaanan Pikiwiki Israel, (CC BY 2.5), via Wikimedia Commons Image created by Maritza Lohman for Art Sphere Inc. Yayoi Kusama, born in Japan in 1928, is a multimedia artist who does performances, writes poetry, and creates installations, sculptures, and paintings. Throughout these varying mediums, …
Image created by Maritza Lohman, for Art Sphere Inc. Alma Thomas was an African American woman born in 1891 in Georgia, and she moved to Washington D.C. later in life. In 1924, she became Howard University’s first fine arts graduate and the first African American with a fine arts degree. …
Lesson: Students will learn about artists that influenced the Cubist movement, such as Picasso. By creating a simple bouquet of flowers, they will be able to learn the characters of Cubism and how to create art in this style. Materials: Paper, crayons, or oil pastels; construction paper Directions: Step 1: With a black crayon, …
Image from book, Expanding the Creative Mind through Mixed Media Book-2, by Greta Heeb Your Destination: (objectives) The goal of this lesson is to teach the students about the process of embossing as well as show them how you can think outside the box and use creative materials. …
Image from book, Expanding the Creative Mind through Mixed Media Book-4, by Greta Heeb Your Destination: (objectives) The students will be ableto practice impressionist style techniques by recreating Monet’s “TheWater-Lily Pond”. Travel kit: (materials) Acrylic paint, paint brush,something to paint on! (canvas, wood, thick paper, title, panel). On the path …
