Global Folk Art

June 12th 2025

Today we worked towards completion on our Tiki Totem paintings. Next we began our next lesson learning about Latvian artist, Vilhelm Purvitus. After learning about his beautiful landscapes that he painted students were inspired to create their own take on landscape paintings. We also got to learn a bit more about the country Latvia by watching a couple of travelers that visited Riga, Latvia and shared with us their experience. It was a very busy day of working on some art!

June 13th 2025

To celebrate the completion of our Tiki Totem paintings we started out our morning with eating delicious tropical fruit and learned how to cut up a pineapple. Students enjoyed the sweet taste of pineapple, golden kiwi, sour limes, and oranges. Today we worked towards completion on our Latvian inspired landscape paintings. We listened to classical music while painting. Students did recognize the masters Beethoven and Mozart. It was a very busy day of working on some art! Look at them landscapes y'all! Our studio space was deep cleaned and prepared for Monday's upcoming day of hard work. 

June 16th 2025

Today we finished up our Latvian landscape art and progressed into our next project which we learned about Tajiki artist, Farrukh Negmatzade. We learned what it would be like to travel to Tajikistan and explore it's rich history and learned about its tradition of patterns in textiles. Students created an artwork inspired by this culture from Asia.    

June 17th 2025

Today we finished up our Tajikistan art and progressed into our next project featuring Japanese artworks. We learned what it would be like to travel to Japan by watching a couple of travel vloggers and explored it's rich traditions and learned about its city Tokyo. Students are creating both a painting and a block print inspired by this culture from Asia.    

June 18th 2025 Extended Day

Today we had our awesome extended day and focused on creating some fun abstract art. Students began by learning about a great number of techniques from other abstract artists before doing some of their own practicing of techniques. After well practiced students had the opportunity to paint an enormous collaborative abstract canvas together out side in nature beneath the canopy of trees while listening to upbeat inspiring music. We enjoyed our lunch outside shortly after completing our painting. We surely had an entire day filled with excitement and fun!

June 20th 2025 Extended Day

Today we did some Japanese inspired block printing and also worked with the asian brush and some sumi ink!

June 23rd 2025 

Today we created some Japanese suminigashi and then we began our Jamaican village art projects as we watched Ras Mokko create a tasty Jamaican rundown dish and listened to some jamming raggae. 

June 24th 2025 

Today we worked more on our Jamaican Village and are near completion! Some of us have began the process of Art Show preparations for the upcoming show on Thursday night during our Open House.

June 25th 2025 

Today we are setting up the Art Show for tomorrow! See you for open house! 5-7PM

June 26th 2025 

Today we had our Art Show, and Open House! We also created Indian Henna Mehndi Art, and learned about Mongolia and their culture. It was a busy day to say the least!

June 27th 2025 

Today we had our last day! We watched two performances today and ended with some Origami which we made a bunny, a boat, and a fox. Then we parted ways for Summer!