April at Urban Arts

April was a busy month at Urban Arts!

Our April artists of the month were Diego Rivera and Jose Orozco. Rivera and Orozco were Mexican painters, and both created many famous murals. To learn about and celebrate thier work, the after school students painted a mural in the preschool classroom. Students were also hard at work painting backdrops for their original play!

This month Urban Arts also took a field trip to Highpoint Center for Printmaking where students were able to make thier own relief prints!

Artists of the month for April

Artists of the Month for April are Diego Rivera and Jose Orozco!

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Artist of the Month

The artist of the month for March is Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987)

Warhol was an American painter, printmaker, filmmaker and one of the most valuable leading figures in the visual art movement. Warhol also led a successful career in commercial illustration. One of his most known works would be his can painting of Campbell’s Soup.

To celebrate the works of Andy Warhol we will create self and pop art portraits as well as recreating the Campbell's Soup illustration, one of Warhol's most famous commercial art paintings.

Artist of the Month

The artist of the month for February is Hu Shen (1931-)

At a young age Hu Shen learned the local traditional Fengxiang colorful painting in clay figurine art from his father. Hu Shen learned how to use exaggerated techniques of art in his creations for Fengxiang painting which demonstrates and symbolizes a great Chinese spirit.