All Day Art Days Superior Central
Liberty Children’s Art Project (LCAP) in partnership with Superior Central in Chatham/Eben Alger county completed three days of our ‘All Day Art Days’ art enrichment program in the fall of 2019.
LCAP had three artists and an assistant conducting five sessions throughout the entire school day which included all children from the elementary grades. Although LCAP teachers emphasized art production these sessions also included art aesthetics (art of different cultures) art criticism (looking closely at works of art) and art history (learning about important artists.) All children in the school participated using a wide variety of contemporary media and methods.
Lessons taught in these “All Day Art Day” sessions included:
Van Gogh Sunflowers: Spring Painting
Cold Wax: Batik and Dye
Mixed up Super Hero: Comic cover
If I had a Robot: Collage
Warm and Cool Landscapes with Chalk Pastel
“The Dot” Design in the Round.
Halloween Calaveras: Ancestors as Inspiration
Big Orange Splot: Create your Dreamhouse with Watercolor and Wax Resist
The Superior Central School is located near Chatham/Eben in Alger County 40 miles east of Marquette, Michigan an isolated part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The one school in this large rural district offers classes for grades K-12. Due to budget cuts in this economically challenged area this school has no art program. These art enrichment classes are vital to the youth of this area allowing them exposure to a creative arts experience taught by art teachers/ working artists. Approximately 75 students were served in each day. This program was made possible by the HIrvonen Foundation and MCACA/NEA
