Art Literacy – Louise Nevelson

This year’s Art Literacy program is off to a great start! Art Lit is a fun art education program that’s sponsored by the Beaverton School District and run by parent volunteers. Every year, parent volunteeers teach six art lessons to each classroom. Each lesson focuses on a specific historical artist; we review his or her biography, look at examples of their art, and then lead an art project that is inspired by the featured artist. In this era of shrinking budgets, this is one of the few ways that our kids will be exposed to art education.

This month, students are learning about Louise Nevelson, an artist known as the “grand dame of American sculpture.” She was born in Russia in 1899, but grew up in the U.S. She used found objects to create monochromatic sculptures. In this lesson, students are learning about shape, form, and abstract art. They are each creating an abstract, monochromatic 3-D collage out of foam paper. Each one is its own work of art, but the pieces are very impressive displayed together as a larger class work. They are beautiful! Your child will be bringing theirs home this month and you can find some fantastic examples displayed throughout the school.