Cultures, Themes, and Processes for Saturday Classes 2009 – 2012
Culture/Clay
2012
2011
2010
2009
K
Egypt
Clay cartouche, jewelry,
Nigeria
Wind chimes
Nigeria
Self in clay
Navajo Occupations:
Small objects
Sioux, Navajo, Hopi
Identity vase
Arabia
Vessel for preserving
and protection
China
Clay Animals that reflect
personal traits
India
Moving clay toys
Aztec
Personal ID Pinch Pots
Egypt
Sculptures of prized
possessions.
Celtic Irish culture
Mythological animal
PreColumbian cultures
Animals, & pattern slab
tiles, tamborines
India
Pattern texture tiles
figures
German
Carnival mask
India
Possession box
w/Rangoli designs
Egyptian
Medalion inspired by
Hyroglyphics
Inuit
Carved clay animals
Maori
Pendants & Storytelling
Masks
China/South Asian
Personal ID Windchimes
Australian Aboriginal
Animal w/personal
symbols
Japan
Personal identity tea
cups
Mexican
Mola inspired vessels
Caribbean
Narrative lanterns
Greece
Narrative Vessels
Inuit
Personal Identity Masks
inspired by shaman
masks
Egypt
Gaurdian Figure Vessels
Scandinavian
Mugs influenced by the
Environment
1
2
3
4
5/6
7/8
Chinese
Narrative/Slab Plates
1
Cultures, Themes, and Processes for Saturday Classes 2009 – 2012
Interrelating
2012
2011
2010
2009
K
Egypt
Crowns. Music/movement
Nigeria
Instruments/movement
Rhythms & Patterns
Composing a song and
Dance Performance
Nigeria
Celebrations
Yam Festival
Arabia
Shadow puppets
Nat. Am. Plains
Identity/Parflatch
pouches
Aztec
Identity masks
Legend based on animal
Printed animal
costumes and masks,
performance
backdrop Black Forest
& German music
Story & act out fairy tale
Abstract painting
inspired by music.
China
Shadow Opera animal
puppets
Chinese
Storytelling/Props &
Costumes
India
Personal Identity
Harappan seals
Inuit
Personal identity or
inner spirit masks
Caribbean
Personal Identity
Reposé animals
Egypt
Emotion Paintings that
reflect music that are
cut to create pyramids.
Maori
Narrative 10 panel
comic
China/South Asian
Shadow Puppets
1
2
Native American
Personal identity pillow case.
Rain sticks, music, movement.
Egypt
Personalized Pharoh masks
for performance
5/6
Irish Celtic
Illustrated stories about their
mythological monsters
India
Holi celebration
Music inspired paintings.
Aboriginal body art
Nylon identity design.
7/8
Japan
Music inspired Sumi painting
3
4
Maraca inspired Plaster
Shakers
Musical performance
Abstract paintings
based on music and
movement
Greek
Heroes Hero Masks
Scandinavian
Celebrations Food
Sculptures
2
Cultures, Themes, and Processes for Saturday Classes 2009 – 2012
Living Artists
K
1
2012
2011
2010
2009
Eric Carl
Color paper Torn
animals
Dale Chihuly
Etched Glass Plates
Drawing w/colored
Pencils
Edgar Meuller
Chalk drawings
Banksy
Stencil & collage self
portraits
Per Kirkeby Illustration
Expressive drawing,
painting, sculpture
Elizabeth Knowells
Geometric and organic
designs on rocks.
Bill Waterson Future
Occupation self portraits
Sandi Skoglund
Sea life installation
Barry McGee
Urban art
Stencil prints
Mark Bradford
Personality collages
Harold Gregor
Vibrascapes
Andy Goldsworthy
Environmental sculpture
Sylvia Ziontz
Collage & painted figures
Tim Burton
Batman
Comic books
Yarn Bombing
Finger Weavings
Steve Lohman
Continuous line
drawings.
Faith Ringgold
Accordion Book
illustration
Terry Winters
Wire & nylons Organic
Sculptures -- Biology
Faith Ringgold
Fabric self-portraits
Matt Lamb
Outsider artists
Wire & nylon painted
using Nontraditional
Methods
Nick Cave
Head to foot costume
Rebecca Embry
Torn paper monsters
3
Amy Shackleton
Non-traditional drip
paintings
Dick Termes
Drawing on 3d objects.
4
Phil Lewis
Abstract Landscapes
2
5/6
7/8
Chuck Close
Collage self portraits
Quentin Blake
Narrative
Vik Muniz
Self Portraits
w/unconventional
materials.
3
Cultures, Themes, and Processes for Saturday Classes 2009 – 2012
Community
K
1
2
3
4
5/6
7/8
2012
2011
2010
2009
Eric Carl
Community collage on
environment.
Rebecca Embry
Community Torn paper
monsters “You are what
you eat.”
Amy Shackleton
Collaborative book
Sea creature in
constructed
environments
5 page community book
Banksy
Stencil & collage self
portraits
Elizabeth Knowells
Geometric and organic
designs on rocks.
Abstract Expressionism
Collage
Abstract pattern
paintings part of a larger
collaborative work.
Short stories
Wire sculptures inspired
by the stories
Collaborative exquisite
corpse
Bill Waterson Future
Occupation self portraits
Community Sculpture
Wire Sculpture maquette
Harold Gregor
Vibrascapes
Collaborative installation
Sylvia Ziontz
Collage & painted figures
Collaborative paper quilt
Yarn bomb group
installations
Steve Lohman
Community wire
sculpture.
Design fantasy cells
based on biological forms
inspired by Terry
Winters
Painted umbrellas
representing peace hope
& tolerance.
Nick Cave
Sound suit performance
Environmental Art
Built collaborative
sculpture in teams using
recycled materials
Dick Termes
Maquette for community
sculpture
Phil Lewis
Collaborative abstract
mural paintings
Tim Burton
Corpse Bride
3-d character using
Exquisite Corpse
Faith Ringgold
Collaborative quilts on
community
Marine life &
Community – Sea
creature
4
Cultures, Themes, and Processes for Saturday Classes 2009 – 2012
Cultures
K
2013
2014
Aztec
Mexico – Day of the Dead
Greece & Rome
England, Ireland, & Scotland
Paleolithic
Art–Clay
Objects & Pastel “Cave
Paintings”
Pioneers – Hope Chests
Inuet
China -- Masks
Cowboy Culture
Taiwan – Puppets
Russia
Northwest Coast Native
American -- Totems
Greece – Narrative
Vessels
1
2015
2016
2
3
4
5/6
Thailand
7/8
5
Cultures, Themes, and Processes for Saturday Classes 2009 – 2012
2014
2015
2016
2017
Interrelating Music, Emotion, and Pattern
Drums and Wind Chimes
K
Mood and Music
Lyres & Toga Designs
1
Knights, Shields, Coats of
Arms
2
Personal Animal Masks
3
Personalized Guitar Designs
4
Fairy Tails and Costumes
5/6
Music Inspired Collage
Paintings
7/8
6
Cultures, Themes, and Processes for Saturday Classes 2009 – 2012
2014
2015
2016
2017
Living Artist
K
1
2
3
4
5/6
7/8
7
Cultures, Themes, and Processes for Saturday Classes 2009 – 2012
2014
2015
2016
2017
Community
K
1
2
3
4
5/6
7/8
8