I was very lucky to be exposed to Native American Art by my mother at a young age. I have always had a deep respect for Native American culture and art, and am excited for my students to dive into these projects.
The 3rd Grade Artists are creating a group installation inspired by the Miqmak Wild Geese Legend. I found this project on the nativeamericanactivities.com website. After listening to the legend and having a class discussion about Native American Art, each artist started designing a goose for our migrating flock. Artists were allowed to choose any two colors of paper to work with, and were given a quick tutorial on how to fold paper to cut out many feather shapes at once.
I was also very happy to try out our new glue routine!!! Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit another local art teacher's studio. Her students were using glue soaked sponges for collage, and I quickly vowed to implement this great idea into our studio as well. It saves so much glue, and cuts down on clean up time too. The key is to have the students wash their hands first to keep the sponges clean:)
It is also important to point out to students that the feathers should go off the sides of the template and overlap nicely just like real bird feathers. Once the feathers were finished, artists colored in the head with black marker, added eyes, and added a few black feathers to their design to unify the flock.
While researching for this project, I found a great list of fun facts about migration. I shared it with the class, and they loved it! We decided to include an educational component to our installation. I gave a lesson on graphic design, and we studied cereal boxes, juice boxes etc to see which designs stood out most and why. I always love this lesson!!
Artists broke up into teams of two, and were charged with creating a well designed poster that would ENGAGE, EDUCATE, and EMPOWER our school audience. Each poster design had to include at least two elements/principles of design, and use typography thoughtfully.
We need a few more minutes to finish our posters next week, so I will upload the finished designs soon. We are also trying to find the best place to hang our migrating flock:) I can't wait to see them up!!
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