Saturday: BMore Inspired
SEL Warm Up: "Some Things Change, Some Things Stay the Same"
IMG_3213.movWhen we have a lot of changes it can be scary and confusing! But... some things never change! Like how your teachers and family care for you! Watch this video and think of some things have stayed the same for you. Could music be one of those things?
Today, we're going to focus on how art connects with mindfulness. We can do this together as a family or by yourself!
How does mindfulness help us find our calm? Monica Caluda, Baer's Music Therapist will lead us in a music therapy intervention that examines socio-emotional learning for elementary-aged children. Mindfulness helps us focus on one thing at a time and this helps us find our calm.
Today's Videostream: Jessica Parton Chambers' Family Paint Night
Regina Sanchez
BMore Inspired at Home:
Land Art Explorations
There are so many ways you can make art outside as a family! Look at how these artists made art from nature walks. Walks promote mindfulness because we focus on what is in front of us and then the details as they appear down the road. Every step we take changes the space we enter. How can we transform the space around us in small ways?
Want to learn more about the history of Land Art?
PBS Digital Studios
coffee_watercolor.pdfBMA Home Learning Resources
Learn how you can transform household materials into artist tools like Baltimore artists Shinque Smith.
She also creates installations from found objects in her home and dyes them to emphasize their color and change their form. Her work was recently featured in the Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art show at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Educator Toots:
Jessica Parton Chambers
Jessica Parton Chambers is a mixed media Artist, working with drawing, photography, and encaustic paint. She finds inspiration in the youth she teaches in Baltimore City Schools, and her own children. She is currently exploring the theme of time and nostalgia in parenting. Follow Mrs. Chambers' Blog at Lilscootscoot.com It will launch Monday May 4, 2020
UPDATE! Ms. Chambers has been recently promoted as Fine Arts Education Specialist II and now works in City Schools' Office of Fine Arts
Welcome to the team, Ms. Chambers!
Monica Caluda
Did you know that Monica Caluda is Baltimore City's only music therapist? She brings a wealth of knowledge from her experience in Virginia Public Schools and professional network! Music therapists undergo the same clinical hours as a liscenced therapists, so she brings a unique skill set to the VPA team.
Kathleen Mazurek
Ms. Mazurek was recently featured in Krystal Mack's collaborative e-zine "How the Take Care." This guide offered recipes for meals, teas, and beauty products for self care routines. Proceeds supported survivors of domestic violence and it was recently featured in the New York Times. The call for submissions was posted on an Instagram story. She also used to to showcase her pop up design workshop Decode Me Space, as it enters its next phase of online events.
Natalie Estelle
Currently, Ms. Estelle teaches visual art at the Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys. Ms. Estelle released her first book "52 Self-Care Tips for NICU Moms" in April 2020.
Natalie Estelle started her NICU journey in 2015. Based on her personal experience she is the Co-Founder and President of a non-profit, Preemie Moms Rock (Now NICU Parent Project). She provided healthy food, therapeutic crafts and in-person parent-to-parent conversation about her experiences and helping ease the roller coaster ride of the NICU.
We congratulate Ms. Estelle's rock star accomplishment!
