Post Contributed by Jocelyne Adkins, Program Director
Alexander Calder has been an influential artist in Beye Discovery this year, with his amazing traveling circus as inspiration for our own Beye Discovery circus, introduced this past October by visiting artist /educator Jenny Raia of Longfellow, OP 97. Today's project was inspired by Calder's "Constellation series" in which organic forms are suspended in air, connected by linear elements that help to support the sculpture and provide interesting positive/negative space relationships.
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| Anika |
To prepare the students for this project, we showed images of Calder's "Constellation Series" and asked students to consider a personal interest to employ as a theme for their own work. We demonstrated how to simplify and abstract forms to give viewers more opportunity to interpret the work less literally, and in a way that allows for more varied responses. The colorful modeling clay is visually enticing and worked well, despite it's weight, to produce engaging and successful sculptures. Kudos students!!!
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| Anika |
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| Jalen |
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| Xavier |
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| Emory |
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| Jackson |
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| Ben |
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| Ben's sculpture, close-up |
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| Leila |
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| Leila, Norah & Emily |
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| Norah |
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| Emily |
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| Joseph |
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| Cassie |
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| Joel |
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Isaac during free play (knocking the tower down was even more exhilarating for Isaac)
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