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Have you heard about our Art Docent program at ME? The Art Docent program is one of the most impactful line items in the PTSA budget because it directly benefits every ME student with hands-on learning opportunities. The Art Docent program is run entirely by volunteers and entirely funded by the ME PTSA. Volunteer art docents bring fine art into the classroom by planning age-appropriate presentations and projects. These lessons are more than just crafts or directed-drawing, they introduce students to famous artists and works of art, contextual world history, art movements, different artistic mediums like tempera, acrylic, and watercolor paint; chalk and oil pastels; charcoal; and collage, as well as teaching art concepts like under-drawing/foundational drawing, color theory, perspective, negative space, texture, shading, blending, and more. It is amazing to see the beautiful art these students produce! Students also learn about the process of making art, how different artists work, and how artists study and sketch and practice and refine and repeat their work until they are happy with it. This hands-on learning teaches students resiliency and a growth mindset as they learn the value of “happy accidents,” how to work through “mistakes.” Marc Chagall - Paris Through The Window, 1913. Original on left, student work on right. Georges Seurat - The Seine at La Grande Jatte, 1888. Original on left. Students learned about Seurat's technique of pointillism, and made dots of color with q-tips and fingertips. One second-grader petitioned for a lesson on Artemisia Genteleschi after reading about her in the Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls book. The class learned about Renaissance painting by studying sections of Genteleschi's self-portrait. Pictured above is the original painting, the painting divided into sections, and then the student's work compiled into a (mostly) whole piece. The Art Docent program is entirely funded by the ME PTSA. The program Chairperson maintains the supply closet, ordering and replenishing materials. For several years, the Art Docent program has operated with a yearly budget of $1,500. That translates to $63 per classroom, or $2.50 per student FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. It is a joy to see the students' work displayed on the walls of the office, the library, and the halls, and students should be proud of the amazing art they make! Below are just a few more examples of some of the wonderful projects our art docents create. To see more of these projects as they are shared, just follow ME PTSA on Facebook and Instagram!
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