{"id":7490,"date":"2013-10-30T03:05:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T07:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2013-10-30T07:10:43","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T11:10:43","slug":"meet-art-creative-hands-on-art-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/meet-art-creative-hands-on-art-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Art: Creative hands-on art programs."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Matisse<\/a>
Matisse cut-outs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the Deschutes Public Library<\/a>, we offered a four week art series called \u201cMeet Art\u201d\u009d with<\/p>\n

\"Jackson<\/a>
Jackson Pollock: Colorful yarn, butcher paper the size of one of his paintings, and “Splat”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

an introduction to a new artist each week.\u00a0 Through picture books, poetry, slides, various objects, we create a hands-on activity similar to the artist work. \u00a0We danced like a Matisse painting, \u201csplat\u201d\u009d like Jackson Pollock, and turned into Van Gogh\u2019s Starry Night.<\/p>\n

Paint, yarn, toothpaste, big colorful sheets of butcher paper, cardstock paper, scissors, pencils and lots and lots of books equaled a fun day!\u00a0The library was transformed into an art gallery.<\/p>\n

Below are favorite books and a few sample ideas.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jackson<\/a>
Jackson Pollock: two colors, two objects, and one small box.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Matisse: cut out fun with Matisse by Nina Hollein (all of the Adventures in Art series are fun and great for library programs)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Art Book for Children text by Amanda Renshaw (Book One and Book Two)<\/a><\/p>\n

Express Yourself! Activities and Adventures in Expressionism by Joyce Raimondo (series) and check out her website!<\/a><\/p>\n

I Spy Colors in Art selected by Lucy Micklethwait\u00a0 (series)<\/a><\/p>\n

Picture Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Day With No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch<\/a><\/p>\n

Art Dog by Thatcher Hurd<\/a><\/p>\n

Art and Max by David Wiesner<\/a><\/p>\n

Seen Art by Jon Sciescka and Lane Smith<\/a><\/p>\n

I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont<\/a><\/p>\n

Biographies:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Name is Georgia: a portrait by Jeanette Winter<\/a><\/p>\n

Henri\u2019s Scissors by Jeanette Winter<\/a><\/p>\n

Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (I love all of Greenberg\u2019s art biographies)<\/a><\/p>\n

Oooh Picasso by Mil Niepold<\/a> (check out Oooh Matisse too)<\/p>\n

For more art books, please explore my shelfari page at www.shelfari.com\/paigeone\/tags\/art<\/a>\u00a0or email paigeb@dpls.us<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out art museum websites for more creative ideas:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/learn\/for-kids<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.moma.org\/learn\/kids_families\/visits#guides<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.seattleartmuseum.org\/Learn\/trc\/trc.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/education\/resources\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Jackson<\/a>
Jackson Pollock inside movement paint in a box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the next few months, I will be working on art projects with Mock Caldecott 2014 books!<\/a>\u00a0 Through art mediums (such as gouache-my favorite art word to say) and different art styles we will explore a variety of interactive art projects and wonderful conversations about the best of the best \u00a02014 Mock Caldecott books!<\/p>\n

I would love to hear about art projects in your library. \u00a0Do you have a favorite new children’s art book? Please share in the comments below.<\/p>\n

*******************************************<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a>Paige Bentley-Flannery is a Children\u2019s\/Community Librarian at Deschutes Public Library. \u00a0Paige worked at the Seattle Art Museum and volunteered in schools all over Washington before becoming a librarian.\u00a0 \u00a0Her interactive art workshops and programs at library and teacher conferences have been presented from ALA to Alaska to hundreds of teachers and librarians. <\/i><\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to write a guest post for the ALSC Blog, please contact Mary Voors, ALSC Blog manager, at alscblog@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the Deschutes Public Library, we offered a four week art series called \u201cMeet Art\u201d\u009d with an introduction to a new artist each week.\u00a0 Through picture books, poetry, slides, various objects, we create a hands-on activity similar to the artist work. \u00a0We danced like a Matisse painting, \u201csplat\u201d\u009d like Jackson Pollock, and turned into Van Gogh\u2019s Starry Night. Paint, yarn, toothpaste, big colorful sheets of butcher paper, cardstock paper, scissors, pencils and lots and lots of books equaled a fun day!\u00a0The library was transformed into an art gallery. Below are favorite books and a few sample ideas.\u00a0 Matisse: cut out fun with Matisse by Nina Hollein (all of the Adventures in Art series are fun and great for library programs) The Art Book for Children text by Amanda Renshaw (Book One and Book Two) Express Yourself! Activities and Adventures in Expressionism by Joyce Raimondo (series) and check out her website!…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[134,38],"tags":[217,228],"class_list":["post-7490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-blogger","category-programming-ideas","tag-art","tag-childrens-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}