Embedded Files
Here on this WHS Art Website you will find....
Here on this WHS Art Website you will find....
- Overview of each class's lessons
- Posting of student artists' artwork
- Links to Google Classroom
- Online material support for lessons
- Class calendar
What to expect in WHS Art Classes...
What to expect in WHS Art Classes...
Being artist unlocks a part of ourselves that can’t be accessed in any other way. Harnessing one’s own creativity is not only empowering and fun, but it encourages creative problem-solving skills. Artists are ready to explore, tackle unseen hurdles, and embrace newness in a comfortable and safe environment. Winthrop Art lessons are designed to teach a child how to be creative, how to express their ideas, and develop critical thinking while bringing their individual vision confidently forward. Integration of art history and contemporary art connections, gives students a window into the lives and practices of artists around the world. Regularly sharing students’ art in the school community and beyond will showcase their creativity and growth. This art classroom is the students’ studio space. Here they can fumble, try, experiment, excel, learn from themselves, their peers, and me. It’s a positive learning environment where they will feel respected and welcomed without judgment. This means modeling creativity, keen observation, perseverance, collaboration, risk-taking, and respect. That’s a tall order, but the art classroom uniquely can facilitate the achievement of these goals
Ms. Kaiser's email is KKaiser@WinthropSchools.org
Art Classroom desk phone is 207. 377.2228 x 3021
Stained Glass Classroom is 207. 377.2228 x 3022
Go to the class's page and its dropdown menu, here on this website, for particular information
Go to the class's page and its dropdown menu, here on this website, for particular information
This website is evolving and continually being built.
This website is evolving and continually being built.
The Studio Habits of Mind (SHoM)
The Studio Habits of Mind (SHoM)
These skills a student learns in the WHS Art Classrooms have cross-over advantages with all things in life
These skills a student learns in the WHS Art Classrooms have cross-over advantages with all things in life
Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.
Engage & Persist: Learning to embrace problems of relevance within the art world and/or of personal importance, to develop focus conducive to working and persevering at tasks.
Envision: Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed, and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.
Express: Learning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.
Observe: Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary “looking” requires, and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen.
Reflect: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process, and learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others.
Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Art World Citizenship: Learning to interact respectfully as an artist with other artists (i.e., in classrooms, with instructors, in critiques, local arts organizations, and across the art field and within the broader society).
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