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Madison Thompson, a senior at Park Rapids, is fascinated by tigers. “I really like painting tigers. It’s one of the main things I’m good at painting,” she explained. This oil painting is labeled “Psychedelic Tiger.”
YOUTH ART EDUCATION NURTURES CREATIVITY AND OTHER VITAL SKILLS
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outh Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art and art education for all children and to encourage public support for quality school art programs. Art is for all youth, not just the especially gifted. Art activities stimulate creativity, imagination, perception and selectivity so necessary for our future decision makers, business people, engineers, scientists and teachers. Art education develops self-esteem, appreciation of the work of others, selfexpression, cooperation with others and critical thinking skills – all skills vital to the success of our children as they continue their education and enter the working world. Yet, art education is often considered a “fringe” program. In reality, it provides students skills they will need as adults. Our fast-changing environment requires future leaders – today’s children – to be creative and imaginative in problem-solving. These skills are learned by students involved in art.
Tips to nurture creativity
► Encourage intuition and spontaneity. Not everything has to Sydney Koppelman’s oil painting is be planned; encourage your child entitled “Statue.” She’s a senior at Park to act on his creative thoughts and Rapids Area High School. actions spontaneously. If he feels like a superhero one minute, run around and save stuffed animals from burning buildings with him. If he is sad or scared about something, encourage him
Senior Juliana London captured imaginative photos of her sisters. She discovered the unique lighting effect in Sophomore Evelyn Guajardo devoted a lot of time to “VS,” her first-ever painting. She’s the bottom photo by having her sister giving it to her brother. “My brother and I have always bonded over Spiderman. He used stand in front of a projector. “It looked to say, when he was little, that he was Spiderman. We both equally loved it,” she said. really cool,” London said. “It was a lot of fun to do. It took me a long time, but the end result made me excited.”
to draw or color to express his feelings at that moment. ► Remove the pressure of performing. Your child’s creativity isn’t about performing for parents, teachers, or friends. It isn’t about who came in first or last; who is better or worse. A child should be free in his creative thinking. By removing pressure to perform, you allow creativity to flow in every direction. Your child shouldn’t feel the need to always excel; he should feel at ease to express, create, and imagine. ► Allow mistakes. Children often fear ridicule if they make a mistake. This fear inhibits higher order thinking: creative problem- solving. ► Start “blank book” drawings. Each day put an interesting object next to a notebook with empty pages for your child to draw in. Make it a surprise. For example, ask him or her to draw shells, a small new toy, a miniature household item, an interesting flower, a feather or fossil. Provide at least two different mediums for experimentation, such as colored pencils and oil pastels. ► Experiment. Be willing to tolerate a little messiness while family members experiment with new flavors and original recipes, design new clothing fashions from old favorites, personalize letterhead and stationery, or try out various paint or color schemes in personal spaces. In an atmosphere of increasing peer pressure, growing children, especially young teenagers, need a chance to assert their identities and their uniqueness in a safe environment.
Senior Kaelei Olson, a fan of superheroes and villains, drew all of the actors who portrayed The Joker. She’s a senior, and her piece is entitled “Joker Hall of Fame.” Sophomore Simone Wolff aimed to “go above and beyond your normal portrait,” in this photograph. “I’ve always been fascinated by lights and their illumination,” she said. After her subject entwined herself with lights, Wolff said, “We had so much fun just playing and admiring their shine. In the photo, you can see the fascination in her eyes.”
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Danielle Brakefield, a Park Rapids senior, said she was going for a Greek theme in her water color and pencil drawing. “I wanted to do a stone garden. Half of it is Medusay, and this turned into stone, but half of it isn’t,” she explained.
Arianna Englund blends calligraphy and color pencil in this piece, “Gadsden Snake.” She’s a junior.
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This colored pencil and watercolor illustration, called “Garden,” was made by Nevis freshman Breanna Boushee. Submitted Photo
Marley Whitaker, a Nevis ninth grader, describes these marker illustrations as “Monster Mash.”
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Nevis ninth grader Amy Brownfield captured this digital photo, “Hoodie.”
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Micah Klein, a Nevis sophomore, opted for computer-based art to craft “King of the Hill.”
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Menahga sophomore Clara Buchner drew this amazing likeness of herself. Menahga High School art teacher Dawn Rossbach explains, “Students take photos of each other to use for reference and then using the skill sets acquired during the previous weeks of the semester to tackle the challenge of creating a self-portrait. These were done on a 20-by-30-inch Rives BFK (printmaking paper), Submitted photo using graphite or charcoal or a combination of both.” Eighth grader Maci Tretbar crafted this “Art Shack.”
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Menahga art students were challenged to explore asemic writing through trial and error. Asemic means “having no specific semantic content.” It is a wordless, open semantic form of writing. This is Abby Blair’s interpretation for her art project.
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“The blue reminds me of the high-tech future, and the Submitted photo Submitted photo red and yellow bring me back to old Egypt days,” Macey Riley Schauer, a ninth grader at Menahga School, Menahga seventh grader Nolan Makela created this piece. Laulainen, a freshman, said of her asemic project. completed this self-portrait.
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Elizabeth Larimer, also a seventh grader, calls her Menahga senior Devon Haverinen created this scroll in artwork “Donuts.” art class.
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Laporte third graders hold their embroidery wall hangings they worked on in art class this winter.
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Kavara Kingbird and Owen Backus, both fifth graders at Laporte School, learn how to Digital art is one of the centers in a choice-based art class offered to Laporte students. create 3D spheres and bowls using clay. Hailey Hallet, a seventh grader, explores a drawing app.
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Laporte seventh grader Maribel Portillo worked on a mixed media doll in art class. She designed the doll, made the parts and sewed clothes. She was inspired to make a doll after taking a class at the Bemidji State University’s Creativity Fair last fall.
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Laporte fifth grader Brooke Hunter shows examples of two different skies she has painted in art class.
Laporte fifth grader Aubree Katzenmeyer chose to spend an art hour drawing and shading cartoon characters. She followed drawing tutorials online and could work at her own pace.
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