ANIMALS AT THE MUSEUM 2015-2016
CASA (Cultural After School Adventures) with PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School Program by the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College
ANIMALS AT THE MUSEUM CASA (Cultural After School Adventures) with PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School Program by the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College
The Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) program, provided by the Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Queens College, is made possible through the generosity of New York City Council Member Peter Koo, and is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Cover image: Jasper Yue Above: Ryan Ting
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, 405 Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367 718.997.4747 gtmuseum@qc.cuny.edu www.gtmuseum.org
PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School CASA Students JOSHUA BANGURA JAYDEN CABA LUCAS CHAN AARON CHEN ALEX CHEN LINA CHEN PEARL CHEN JOCELYN CHEZ FELIX CHOI AZAN DURKOWIC LUCAS FARFAN JESSIE FENG SABRINA GAO YASMIN GARCIA MIKAELA GEE AYRAM HINOSTROZA JOY JIANG BRIAN LAI NYLA LAROSE AIDEN LAU
ADA LEE JOSHUA LEE LARKIN LEONG ANTHONY LIN ENXI LIN HOWARD LIN NICOLE LIU BONNIE LUONG ZUNAIRAH NAROO ELAINE NIU JUDAH NOISETTE SASKIA SHOLD RYAN TING MATTHEW WONG ELLA XU JASPER YUE RYAN YUN RYAN ZHAO KATRINA ZHENG
Patricia Costa, Principal, PS 242 Aurora Garcia-Tunon, Vice Principal, PS 242 Amy Winter, Godwin-Ternbach Museum Director Brita Helgesen, Program Developer & Teaching Artist Mary Giancoli, Teaching Artist Fabiola Postrel, PS 242 Teaching Assistant Luz Cuellar, PS 242 Teaching Assistant Elizabeth Hoy, Godwin-Ternbach Museum exhibition design Setare Arashloo, exhibition installation
Introduction The 2015-2016 Cultural After School Art program is an arts education class designed for second graders at PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School in Flushing, Queens. During this program, students engaged with art objects from the GodwinTernabch Museum and other collections, studied cultures ancient to present day, learned elements of art through different media and styles, and most importanly explored creativity and self-expression. Each lesson was a challenge that students approached each week with eagerness and curiosity. From watercolor and ink paintings, to drawings, collage and sculpture, and even printmaking and painting, each student partcipated in open-ended problem-solving and creative investigations through art. We delighted in watching the growth each individual student experienced over the six month program. With each class, minds expanded, focus sharpened, and understanding of media and art making skills grew. Students engaged in close looking and observation, discussion and developing modes of expression. And each week, each individual took ownership over their final product, knowing that they will be displayed in their own “Animals at the Museum” exhibition at the end of the program! In this catalogue is just a few examples of the lessons the students participated in, more of which are on display in the exhibition. It is our hope that this exhibition shows all of the hard and accomplishments the students achieved through the CASA program, and this catalogue and will serve as a reminder to the students to continue their creativity and art making. - Brita Helgesen & Mary Giancoli
Egyptian Animals
Students were introduced to ancient Egypt, looking at visual elements and style, including the use of animal symbolism and hieroglyphs. Students created their own Egyptian style animal and completed their compositions by writing their names in a hieroglyphic cartouche.
Lucas Farfan
Sabrina Gao Jasper Yue
Joshua Lee
Elaine Niu
Ella Xu
Larkin Leong
Saskia Shold
Ryan Yun
Greek Vases
Students learned about ancient Greece history and the purpose of the shapes and designs of ancient Greek pottery. Students created their own vase shape, and decorated it with registers of their own geometric pattern.
Joy Jiang
Bonnie Luong
Anthony Lin
Felix Choi
Jayden Caba
Jocelyn Chez
Brian Lai
Ryan Yun
Lucas Farfan
Lucas Chan
Saskia Shold
Aaron Chen
Judah Noisette
Ryan Ting
Mola Students learned about folk-art traditions of the Kona people of Panama through Molas. Molas are composed of brightly-colored fabric made in the form of animals or geometric shapes, and are used to decorate the blouses of Kona women. Mola designs include native animals (iguanas, lizards, parrots, fish) and vegetation. Students practiced cutting and layering in this Mola project.
Lina Chen
Zunairah Naroo
Sabrina Gao Nicole Liu
Aiden Lau
Howard Lin
Ayram Hinostroza
Matthew Wong
Jocelyn Chez
Aaron Chen
Korean style painting In February, the Godwin-Ternbach Museum hosted an exhibition of a Korean painting collective, the Hoyeon group. The students looked at the exhibition catalogue, and learned about traditional Korean painting. Each student made their own paintings of landscape, cityscape, animal or flower using ink and watercolor.
Lina Chen
Howard Lin
Anthony Lin
Aaron Chen
Katrina Zheng
Mikaela Gee
Brian Lai
Ella Xu
Zunairah Naroo
Enxi Lin
Nicole Liu
Elaine Niu
Different views of Mount Fuji Looking at Japanese artists Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige’s paintings and prints of Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji, students explored the number of different ways one subject can be depicted. Students then made their own views of the famous mountain in Japan.
Aiden Lau
Joshua Bangura
Howard Lin
Jayden Caba
Joshua Lee
Lina Chen
Sabrina Gao
Yasmin Garcia
Elaine Niu
Brian Lai
Enxi Lin
Ryan Ting
Kandinsky, Music & Art In this lesson, students explored music’s influence on visual artists including one important artist whose work was deeply impacted by music, Vasily Kandinsky. While listening to music that influenced Kandinsky, students created their own musically inspired compositions, interpreting the sounds into an abstract composition.
Katrina Zheng
Ada Lee
Ayram Hinostroza
Yasmin Garcia
Bonnie Luong
Felix Choi
Joshua Bangura
Joy Jiang
Pearl Chen
Batik Owls Students learned about the Batik dyeing process used in many cultures including Indonesia and Africa. By drawing their own owls with crayons, they then replicated the wax resist technique by crumpling and painting their composition with paint.
Felix Choi
Alex Chen
Jessie Feng
Larkin Leong
Matthew Wong
Judah Noisette
Mikaela Gee
Pearl Chen
Lucas Chan
Ryan Zhao