EXPLORING THE ROLE OF COLOR IN ART

Students in Ms. Ressler's photography classes have been using digital tools to create their own colorful masterpieces inspired by the past. The Blue Cluster’s latest project was to create their own version of a 1960s concert poster. Drawing inspiration from the rich collection found in the MoMA’s online catalog, Blue Cluster students created their own modern take on the 60’s concert poster, utilizing digital photo editing tools. Posters were required to communicate all the information a true poster would convey such as venue location and dates.

The Green Cluster has been working on two Greekthemed projects this semester, to coincide with their Social Studies unit on Ancient Greece. For their first project, students sourced images of Ancient Greek busts and replaced the original faces with their own. The project challenged the students’ editing skills, but the results were impressive! During their second project, students learned about how Ancient Greece and Rome were vibrantly colorful empires, and that what is now white marble was once rich in painted colors. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently hosting a traveling show called "Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color." The exhibition highlights scientific methods used to identify ancient color, how color helped convey meaning in antiquity, and how ancient polychromy has been viewed and understood in later periods. Green Cluster students tried their hands at re-imagining and recoloring a statue of their choosing sourced from The Met’s permanent collection.