Elementary School Programs
Ready to enrich arts education for your elementary students? Our elementary school program is our bread and butter, the heart and soul of Art Masters Academy, and we're eager to share our newly invigorated lesson plans with you! Read below for more information on structure, logistics, curriculum, and how you can get started...
Assemblies
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PowerPoint presentations with stories about each master artist
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Evaluating the formal qualities of various works of art
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Understanding of the time period in which the artist lived
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Introducing a skill that is the basis for each art lesson
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STEAM content related to each artist
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Age-Appropriate Assembly Scaling
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Grades TK-K – 10 minutes
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Grades 1-2 – 15 minutes
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Grades 3-4 – 20 minutes
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Grades 5+ -- 25 minutes
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Classroom Activities
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Students will create a work of art “in the style” of the master artist introduced in the assembly
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Students will have the opportunity to practice the skill introduced in the Assembly
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Art Lessons use a variety of art materials
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Collage
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Watercolor Pencils
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Tempera Paint
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Chalk
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Oil Pastels
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Color Pencils
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More Options for Classroom Activities...
We offer Full Service Classroom Activities:
AMA Studio instructor will visit each classroom and teach a 1-hour classroom hands on art activity lesson. Contract includes an Implementation Guide*.
Or In-Service Classroom Activities:
An AMA In-Service instructor will train a group of parents and/or staff how to complete the classroom hands on art activity lesson. The parent/staff group would then teach the art activity lesson to the students in the classroom
Contract includes an Implementation Guide* and a Lesson Plan** .
*Paper ordering and cutting guide, color sample photos, artist information strips, newsletter articles, worksheets
**Step-by-step instructions for each classroom art activity lesson, color photos of each step
Optional add-on: Concierge Serve
Art Masters Academy staff will cut and organize the paper for each classroom art activity lesson
The Curriculum
Series 1
ART ELEMENTS
The beginning series introduces art elements, one at a time, using master artists as examples. Students learn new expressive skills in painting and drawing with different kinds of brushes, art tissues, sketching pencils, oil and chalk pastels and black markers.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Rembrandt van Rijn, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Oscar "Claude" Monet, & Pablo Picasso
Series 2
LESSONS IN COLOR
Art elements are combined with design principles in Series 2. Students learn to apply mathematical reasoning in creating solutions to problems of scale and proportion, while reinforcing and building on technical skills introduced and acquired in Series 1.
Vincent Van Gogh, Joseph Raffael, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Georgia O'Keefe, Frederic Remington
Series 3
TECHNIQUE ART
Series 3 units add design principles and more complex studio art experiences. Depth, balance, space, perspective, shading, highlighting, and three-dimensional design techniques are emphasized.
Georges Seurat, Leonardo da Vinci, Paul Gauguin, Jacob Lawrence, Asian Brush Painting, Alexander Calder
Series 4
MULTICULTURAL AMERICA
This series investigates ‘American’ art by studying different influences, from pre-Columbian times to the present, while reinforcing and building skills.
The Art of Ancient Americas, The Mexican Muralist Tradition, Native American Historical Survey, The African American Legacy, Helen Hardin, Native American Contemporary Art
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Series 5
STYLE
Students learn to identify styles as they review and extend with Series 5 artists. The poetic and expressive nature of art is explored in new ways.
Wyeth Family, Joan Miro, Japanese Artists, Piet Mondrian, Mary Cassatt, Sobel and Pollock
Series 6
ART & OTHER DISCIPLINES
These units provide links to other disciplines as students ponder the meaning of art.
M.C. Escher, Kandinsky & Klint, Renee Magritte, John James Audubon, Storybook Illustrators, Louise Nevelson
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Series 7
ART IN OUR WORLD
These units provide links to Art we see in our modern surroundings. From urban art, to POP art, to iconic architects, students learn that art appears in many areas of our everyday life.
History of Urban Art, Charles Sheeler, Frank Lloyd Wright, Murals in the Modern World, Roy Lichtenstein, Architecture as Artistic Expression
Supplies and Media
Art Supplies
INCLUDED IN CONTRACT
Specialized Art Supplies will be ordered through Art Masters Academy
Paper & Paint
SCHOOL TO SUPPLY
Order Guide provided for paper and paint to be purchased by the school
Student Supplies
SCHOOL TO SUPPLY
Things like scissors, pencils, erasers, glue sticks/wet glue
Special Events with Art Masters Academy
FAMILY ART NIGHT
One of our Assembly Teachers will present a PowerPoint presentation with stories about a master artist of your choosing
Following the presentation one of our Activity Teachers will lead the Families in creating a work of art “in the style” of the master artist
This is a great way to introduce Art Masters Academy to your families and PTA!
STEAM NIGHT AT OPEN HOUSE
One of our Activity Teachers will attend a table during the open house to provide a “Color Wheel – STEAM” Make and Take project.
GET YOUR QUOTE TODAY
annettec@artmastersacademy.net | (949) 616-5484