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01 Mar 2021

Self-Expression Through Storytelling

August-June

Artists produce memorable works of art from their interpretations of the world around them. Experience how stories are shared through art, music, and theatre, and how you can use that knowledge to develop your own storytelling style.

Standards:

  • SL.3.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
  • VA.3.1PE Observe and compare similar themes, subject matter and images in artworks from historical and contemporary eras.
  • TH.3.2PR Use voice, movement, and space to communicate a storyline and a character’s thoughts, feelings and ideas.

Vocabulary:

Expression, personality, tone, pace, volume, theme, details, circumstances, confidence

01 Mar 2021

From Story to Stage

August-June

Storytelling is best known from the pages of a book. Visit the Arts Center to become a part of the process of transforming a tale from words into action. Full of characters and creativity, test your imagination with performance, and bring new life to telling a story. Explore the various ways storytelling makes an impact on people and culture.

Standards:

  • RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
  • TH.2.3PR Listen to and convey familiar stories, sequencing events and identify characters, settings, and conflict.
  • VA.2.3PR Create artworks based on imagination and observation of familiar objects and scenes.
  • MU.2.3CE Listen to and identify music of various styles, composers, periods and cultures. 

Vocabulary:

Character, setting, conflict, script, blocking, motivation, actor, plot

01 Mar 2021

Collaborative Storytelling

August-June

We work together in many ways every day. Join us at the Arts Center to work as a group of artists to create your own story through team building, music, theatre, and art.

Standards:

  • SL.1.1 Participate in collaborative conversations about grade 1 topics and texts with diverse partners in small and larger groups
  • MU.1.2RE Describe how music communicates feelings, moods, images and meaning
  • VA.1.1PR Demonstrate beginning skill and craftsmanship in the use of art materials and tools

Vocabulary:

Collaboration, character, setting, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, teamwork

01 Mar 2021

Exploring the Senses

August-June

Have you ever considered how a color could smell? Or how a sound could move around? At the Arts Center, we are ready to explore the connections between our five senses, the artmaking process, and how one person changed the meaning of “art.”

Standards:

  • SL.1.5 Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
  • VA.1.6PR Engage in artmaking to produce a work that combines music, movement or dramatic play with visual art.
  • MU.1.1CO Discuss how music communicates feelings, moods, images and meaning.
  • TH.1.6PR Work cooperatively to present a tableau, improvisation or pantomime.

Vocabulary:

Senses, taste, touch, smell, sound, sight, feelings, synesthesia, Wassily Kandinsky

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