State Bird
Western Meadowlark
POP ART
Northeast Regional Artist ANDY WARHOL
Students learned about American artist Andy Warhol and his Pop Art style. Warhol called his studio “The Factory” and mass produced fine art prints of everyday objects from popular culture like the Campbell’s soup can and celebrity images. Fourth grade artist looked at the popular Kansas City image of the Shuttlecock sculptures on the Nelson-Atkins lawn and created a linoleum cut block for printmaking using traditional gauges and printing inks. They had to really think about the negative and positive spaces as they carved away the parts of the block that they did NOT want to print.
Blue Dog
Southeast Regional Artist GEORGE RODRIGUE
Fourth grade studied the art of New Orleans artist George Rodigue and his famous “Blue Dog.” They learned about Cajun culture and the legend of the Loup Garou that the Blue Dog is partially inspired by. Students then created their own blue dog giving them a personality or character of their own choosing! Students had to break down the contour of the dog into basic shapes to create their compositions. They also studied color theory and learned how to create secondary and tertiary colors using only primary!