Farmingdale students collaborative art project -  inspired by the artist Henri Matisse.

Check out our cut paper collage.

A great way to start off the school year!

• FOCUS: When students look at ART they learn to focus on what they see.

• HIGHER ORDER THINKING: When looking at ART, students evaluate, analyze, compare, criticize and construct meaning.

• EMPATHY: Looking at ART helps students understand and better recognize the feelings of others across social and cultural boundaries.

• CONNECTION: Looking at ART connects you to the past, to the artist, to the culture and to anyone else who has also stood before that artwork.

• RESPECT: Students can learn to respect other cultures, people and things that are different from them and their experiences.

• OBSERVATION/AWARENESS: Disciplined looking gives students a chance to notice details they may not have seen with a quick look.  It trains the student to be more aware of the world they are in.

• UNDERSTANDING SELF: Art helps us figure out our thoughts and feelings and see the world and ourselves in ways that nothing else can.  

• CURIOSITY AND WONDER: Art helps foster a sense of wonder and excitment about the world, insprining creation and creativity in all aspects of life.

Pablo Picasso