Artist of the Month - December 2011

Pablo Picasso
(1881-1973)


Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor and draughtsman. Picasso was born in 1881 in the city of Malaga, Spain. At the young age of 14, Picasso was accepted into the prestigious art school called La Coruna. However, he disliked the formula structure so decided to quit. In 1900, Picasso moved to Paris where he began to gain recognition from art collectors. He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement, a style of painting which shows the subject from many different viewpoints at the same time. Today, Picasso is recognized as one of the most influential artist of the 20th century.

Summer Camps at Urban Arts Academy

Summer Camps at Urban Arts Academy Ages: 6-12

We've started our summer out with a bang. We began our summer camps with Mural Madness and Cigar Box Guitars. Then continued with Backpack Creatures and Old Man Dance. We just finished last week with Archaeology class and Graffiti Skateboards. This week we are featuring African Drumming and Duct Tape.

Mural Madness

In Mural Madness we learned about different mural artists and even looked at some murals in the neighborhood. We painted two large murals as a class project and they are on view for the whole school.


Cigar Box Guitars

In Cigar Box Guitar class we learned how to make our own guitars out of simple materials. We learned how to play a few songs on our new guitars and performed for the whole school.


Backpack Creatures

In Backpack Creatures we learned how to make life size puppets/costumes. We had a monkey, a monster, a dragon, an eagle, and a wolf. We created our creatures out of paper mache, wood, nails, screws, paint, and fabric. We performed a short play for the whole school.




Old Man Dance

In Old Man Dance we made old man
masks, ponchos, canes, and learned
a dance routine that we performed for the whole school.





Archaeology

In Archaeology class we mummified barbies, dug in the dirt, found fossils, had an excavation for lost items. We got really dirty and made a big mess.




Graffiti Skateboards

In Graffiti Skateboards we learned
about different graffiti artists and
tagged our own skateboards and tested them in the park once they dried. I'm sure we'll be pros in no time.

Artist of the Month (May)

Salvador Dali ( 1904-1989)

Salvador Dali was a Spanish Catalan surrealist and also an expert draftsman. His works consist of film, sculpture and photography. He was known best for his peculiar images in his surrealist works.

Artist of the Month

Louise Bourgeois (December 1911 – 31 May 2010)

Louise Bourgeois was a French American-Artist and sculptor who is best known for her contributions to modern and contemporary art (Spider Structures). Today she is known as the founder of confessional art.

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!