I spent one year teaching art. It was one year of pureness. Cleansing of the mind and soul. Here is a collection of my student’s art.

Let’s start with Chihuly.

Theme: Creating with Nature and Our Freshwater Ecosystems

Time: 50 minutes, 2 class periods Grade 7-8

Art Concepts: form, color, space, dimension

Motivation: Show a video of Dale Chihuly art-glass making process and his aquatic installations around the world. PowerPoint images of Chihuly’s sea glass, coral, polyps and abstract illustrations so that students can see the inspiration of nature and organic forms. Although Chihuly’s creations are largely saltwater life formations, we will observe Missouri’s fresh waterways by applying abstract thinking. Chihuly intends for his art to show feeling, so students will make decisions on color and movement with emotion in mind to create these cool amoeba-like sculptures.