Everyone is creative. We all dream and wish and hope. Some of us are great at tapping into that part of our mind to create works of art, while others struggle a bit more to discover their own creativity. In the 20th-century there was an intentional movement to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind. We call this movement surrealism, and one of the most acclaimed artists was Joan Miro.
Joan Miro
zhuan Mee-roe (click here for pronunciation help)
Spanish
1893 – 1983
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| Beautiful Bird Revealing Joan Miro Museum of Modern Art, New York |
We are going to be creating our own surrealistic images to help animals. In order to complete this month’s project each chid will need:
- Reeves soft pastels – 12 color set – can be shared
- Tru Ray Acid Free Construction Paper
- one sheet white – 12”x18”
- one large scrap approx 9×12″ either blue red or green
- several smaller scraps approx. 4×4″ in a combination of yellow, blue, green and red
- Sharpie markers – black only – 1 per student
- Scotch 3M clear glue stick – can be shared
- Scissors – 1 per student
- pencil with an eraser (does not need to be an artist pencil) – 1 per student
- several paper towels
See you on Friday, March 21st at 6:30!