Self-Portraits on Display in Kahala Mall!
Please come and view the hard work of our Elementary students!February 17th - 24th, 2008.
THE CONCEPT OF SELF-PORTRAITURE:
A MULTI-MEDIA CELEBRATION OF IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY
Mid-Pacific Institute Preschool and Elementary School
Children are continuously shaping their individuality and identity from their interactions with the world around them. The art curriculum of Mid-Pacific Institute Preschool and Elementary School encourages each child to engage in meaningful, explorative, and contemporary modes of investigating oneself within his/her environment. The children are exposed to a variety of mixed-media techniques as a means to develop a deeper understanding of concepts.
With a concept such as self-portraiture, the children identify different ways to depict personality, mood, interests, or visual likenesses of oneself. The children are encouraged to incorporate the technical elements of visual art such as line, shape, color, texture, pattern, or light/shadow. The children begin to recognize their developmental progress through creation, comparison, and written reflection on “how he/she has improved as an artist.” Documentation of the artwork is kept in an art portfolio so that the children can readily assess their progress over the years.
The self-portraits in this exhibit were created with drawing and painting, as well as with photographic, sculptural, and collage techniques. While each artwork depicts the personal characteristics that the children chose to represent, each piece evokes a sense of authenticity and honesty and becomes a re-creation or re-invention of “the self.”
-Jordan Guillory, Art Educator, Preschool and Kindergarten
-Jill Brooks, Art Educator, Grades 1 - 5
Mid-Pacific Institute Preschool and Elementary School
Children are continuously shaping their individuality and identity from their interactions with the world around them. The art curriculum of Mid-Pacific Institute Preschool and Elementary School encourages each child to engage in meaningful, explorative, and contemporary modes of investigating oneself within his/her environment. The children are exposed to a variety of mixed-media techniques as a means to develop a deeper understanding of concepts.
With a concept such as self-portraiture, the children identify different ways to depict personality, mood, interests, or visual likenesses of oneself. The children are encouraged to incorporate the technical elements of visual art such as line, shape, color, texture, pattern, or light/shadow. The children begin to recognize their developmental progress through creation, comparison, and written reflection on “how he/she has improved as an artist.” Documentation of the artwork is kept in an art portfolio so that the children can readily assess their progress over the years.
The self-portraits in this exhibit were created with drawing and painting, as well as with photographic, sculptural, and collage techniques. While each artwork depicts the personal characteristics that the children chose to represent, each piece evokes a sense of authenticity and honesty and becomes a re-creation or re-invention of “the self.”
-Jordan Guillory, Art Educator, Preschool and Kindergarten
-Jill Brooks, Art Educator, Grades 1 - 5
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