What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hoursAssessment
Each learner will leave class with a tessellation of their own creation! Not as easy task, as it takes patience and planning. Learners of all levels will enhance drawing skills, scale and proportion through this informative, interactive project.Class Experience
M. C Escher achieved success later in his career, and had at that point already established a number of memorable phases. This course will take a broad look at the artist’s body of work, and will use visit thinking strategies to define the most iconic pieces. We will then focus on tessellations as a concept, and then as a practice, as we create our own inspired by Escher’s work, nature, and other patterns. Drawing techniques will be refined particularly in the areas of proportion and perspective, as learners make connections between mathematics and art.
Learning Goals
Students will be able to identify and execute a tessellation, as we examine M. C. Escher’s body of work, nature, and other patterns around us. Participants will have a deeper understanding of the artist’s most iconic works, as well as biographical information.
Other Details
Supply List
**Please have paper and pencil handy! Also recommended: an eraser and a straight edge or ruler for best practices
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Teaching Certificates
New York Teaching Certificate
New York Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Hello, Art enthusiasts! I am a multi-disciplinary artist working in New York City. As a teaching artist, I have been working in Public school in-school residency programs for the past nineteen years(!)...most recently with a concentration in Visual Arts. Many of these partnerships involved very direct coordination with students’ academic teachers, so that the Art projects enriched comprehension. I prioritize recyclable materials, and their environmental importance. I have extensions experience with literacy, and STEM-based residencies, in particular.
Over the past few years I have worked with every age, from early childhood to high school. I have seen first hand, how the affects of arts education through residency partnerships transform and enhance students’ lives. I am often very inspired by the creativity and commitment young students bring to these projects. In addition to Visual Art, I teach music composition, ‘Cello, and Guitar.
I am an alumna of the Juilliard School and the Teaching Artist Project. My supporting teacher experience at the Rudolph Steiner School in Manhattan combines Waldorf ideology with these other skills. I am on the NYC DOE substitute teacher roster. This mixture of public and private practice has prepared me to serve students from a wide range of backgrounds.
I try to incorporate physical balance into art making, often a skill that is considered “inactive”. Over the past two years my mindful Art workshops have been requested by public schools and administrative teams across NYC. I have worked extensively with groups and individuals on the spectrum, and as a Visual Art Consultant for students dealing with trauma.
I am a 2020 Legacy Arts Project recipient, and recently received the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable Teaching Artist Grant.
Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$14
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 71 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
3-13 learners per class