Teacher Art Exhibition

Teachers have been getting creative for our Teacher Art Exhibition last week. You may have seen some odd look creatures in last weeks newsletter and around the playground. 

On Monday, the students took a tour of these pieces as we explained the inspiration behind them. It was really cool to see this and we also saw some work in the office inspired by stories we know well like Maui and Mahuika and the Māori creation myth. 

In the afternoon on Monday following our tour we returned to the idea of the 'inspiration book'. We started some big brainstorms with big picture thinking, what learning did we want to share about? What is possible? We will be exploring these in our Art Celebration.

Home learning:

• Arts Celebration planning has begun.  On Monday we began with our Inspiration Book.

This includes Who inspires me, (artists, writers, musicians, thinkers, politicians, mums, dads, etc. What inspires me, ideas, issues, concerns, amusements ( Our history, family, gender roles, racism etc.) and How I could use these inspirations to make artworks. (materials, methods, styles etc.)  The next step is to do a series of sketches of the ideas.  Don’t settle on the first idea or on just one idea but let your mind wander and explore a range of options.  This will be a kind of visual brainstorm, building on the Inspiration Book.

Cleo's Art- inspired by Cloe's Art!