F.A.M.E. for May
May’s Fine Arts Mini Experience (FAME) was taught during the week of April 30th-May 4th and featured the artist Helen Frankenthaler’s “Blue Atmosphere”, and the composer Maurice Ravel’s music “Bolero”.
Students were led to think of visual art as falling into three categories: Representational, Abstract and Nonobjective. They learned about how Frankenthaler, a nonobjective painter, used a unique method of applying paint to canvas, and we were all able to take part in some experimental “color stain” painting as a class.
As we looked at both art and music, we discussed how the two artists achieved balance in their compositions, and we tried to create our own balanced compositions with shapes and colors.
Ravel’s most famous work – “Bolero” , is an excellent example of a meticulously balanced musical composition, and the students listened to the piece carefully, to hear how various orchestral instruments blended melody, harmony, rhythm and dynamics into a pleasing and exciting composition.
May’s Fine Arts Mini Experience (FAME) was taught during the week of April 30th-May 4th and featured the artist Helen Frankenthaler’s “Blue Atmosphere”, and the composer Maurice Ravel’s music “Bolero”.
Students were led to think of visual art as falling into three categories: Representational, Abstract and Nonobjective. They learned about how Frankenthaler, a nonobjective painter, used a unique method of applying paint to canvas, and we were all able to take part in some experimental “color stain” painting as a class.
As we looked at both art and music, we discussed how the two artists achieved balance in their compositions, and we tried to create our own balanced compositions with shapes and colors.
Ravel’s most famous work – “Bolero” , is an excellent example of a meticulously balanced musical composition, and the students listened to the piece carefully, to hear how various orchestral instruments blended melody, harmony, rhythm and dynamics into a pleasing and exciting composition.