ANIMALS AT THE MUSEUM 2015-2016
CASA (Cultural After School Adventures) with PS 84 Steinway School Program by the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College
ANIMALS AT THE MUSEUM CASA (Cultural After School Adventures) with PS 84 Steinway 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 Costa Constantinides, 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: Ideal City by Tazmir Shaikh
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 84 Steinway School CASA Students
EMILIA ABAD VALENTINA ARCUCCI DENISHA AYALA MOSTAFA CHEBBAK ZACARIA DAOUAOU JOSUE DURAN ADEL ALKHOULI TANIA GARCIA NAIMA GHNAIM RAYAN HAMDAOUL ZOE KOSTOPOLOUS MARIA KONTONCIOLAOU ELSA KULA MEHDI MANSOURI MOHAMED MOHAMED ZAIRA MONTES
DALMA OJEDA JORDYN OKSTENSTEIN JOSEPH OKSTENSTEIN ASHLEY ORTIZ GEORGE PAPADAKIS MARYHELEN PAPADAKIS KAYLA PENAFORT OLTIAN PILANA GIOVANNA RIZZI MELANIE ROMERO RANDY ROMERO LEILA SARACENI COSTADINA SCOUFARAS TAZMIR SHAIKH KAREN VELECELA MARIA VERDUGO
John Buffa, Principal, PS 84 Dominic Armano, Vice Principal, PS 84 Amy Winter, Godwin-Ternbach Museum Director Brita Helgesen, Program Developer & Teaching Artist Mary Giancoli, Teaching Artist Setare Arashloo, Teaching Artist and exhibition installation Andrea Achilles, PS 84/CASA Parent Teacher Coordinator Elizabeth Hoy, Godwin-Ternbach Museum exhibition design
Introduction The 2015-2016 Cultural After School Art program is an arts education class designed for fourth and fifth graders at PS 84 Steinway School in Astoria, Queens. During this program, students engaged with art objects from the Godwin-Ternabch 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. Teaching artists Brita Helgesen, Mary Giancoli and Setare Arashloo 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 art-making and 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 catalogue will serve as a reminder to the students to continue their explorations in art making. - Setare Arashloo, Mary Giancoli, Brita Helgesen
Egyptian Animals, Hieroglyphics & Landscapes After our preliminary exploration of cave painting and early writing forms, students were introduced to ancient Egypt, looking at visual elements and style, including the use of animal symbolism and even hieroglyphs. Students created their own Egyptian style animal and completed their compositions by writing their names in a hieroglyphic cartouche. Afterwards, students explored the the use of perspective, making their own Egyptian landscapes which include vanishing points, foreground, middleground and background. Joe Okstenstein
Zoe Kostopolous
Giovanna Rizzi
Dalma Ojeda
Karen Velecela
Maryhelen Papadakis
Mohamed Mohamed
Emilia Abad
Jordyn Okstenstein
Ideal Cities
Students learned about ancient Rome and the development of early cities based creating the ideal layout to make for happy citizens. They thought about their own ideal cities, drawing then painting them with watercolor paints.
Mostafa Chebbak
Naima Ghnaim
Tania Garcia George Papadakis
Leila Saraceni
Costadina Scoufaras
Kayla Penafort
Tazmir Shaikh
Manuscript Illustrations and Illuminations Students learned about manuscript illuminations, looking at illustrations and listenting to stories from the Shahnameh (Persian Book of Kings). They also learned other ways to embellish manuscripts, such as the Medieval tradition of illuminated letters. Students chose a story from the Shahnameh to illustrate. The next week they created their elaborate illuminated letters.
Denisha Ayala
Mehdi Mansouri
George Papadakis
Oltian Pilana
Tazmir Shaikh
Ashley Ortiz
Kayla Penafort
Valentina Arcucci
Maria Verdugo
Mandalas
A mandala is a geometric design meant to symbolize the universe. In this lesson about the meditative function of Buddhist mandalas, students incorporated math into art, using compasses to create their own mandala designs, then decorating them with patterns and color.
Oltian Pilana
Ashley Ortiz
Melanie Romero
Josue Duran
Zoe Kostopolous
Maria Kontonciolaou
Adel Elkhouli
Elsa Kulla
Mohamed Mohamed
Mostafa Chebbak
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.
Randy Romero
Elsa Kulla
Joseph Okstenstein
Maria Verdugo
Adel Elkhouli
Melanie Romero
Mehdi Mansouri
Tania Garcia
Josue Duran
Different views of Mount Fuji Looking Japanese artists Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige’s Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji, students explored the number of different ways the same subject can be depicted. Students then made their own views of the famous mountain in Japan.
Valentina Arcucci
Karen Velecela
Naima Ghnaim
Leila Saraceni
African Masks Students learned about the function of masks in many African cultures including Baule, Biombo, Dan, Goma, Kota, Lulua, Pende and Teke. Looking at mask examples from each of these cultures, students created their own collaged mask, with geometric forms and patterns.
Rayan Hamdaoul
Oltian Pilana
Naima Ghnaim
Joseph Okstenstein
Kandinsky, Music & Art
P.S. 84’s history is intrinsically tied to music, as it is named for the Steinway family, who built the school to serve the education needs of the piano factory workers’ families. In this lesson, students explored visual artists for whom music was also of importance, including Vasily Kandinsky. While listening to music that inspired Kandinsky, students created their own musically inspired compositions, interpreting the sound into abstract compositions.
Randy Romero
Maryhelen Papadakis
Dalma Ojeda Zacaria Daouaou
Zaira Montes
Indonesian Shadow Puppets Students learned about the Indonesian dramas and Javanese shadow plays. Looking at the variety and mechanics of the puppets, they crafted their own puppets and decorated with designs and patterns and even moveable parts.
Assyrian Lamassu Students learned about ancient Assyrian lamassu, which are protective deities that are hybrid creatures with human and animal parts, and most often times are winged. After listening to the ancient Mesopotamian story of Gilgamesh, students made their own hybrid winged creatures.
Costadina Scoufaras
Ashley Ortiz
Maria Kontonciolaou
Karen Velecela
Giovanna Rizzi
Adel Elkhouli
Still life by Maryhelen Papadakis