ANIMALS AT THE MUSEUM2015-2016

CASA(Cultural After School Adventures)

with PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School

Program bythe Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College

CASA(Cultural After School Adventures)

with PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School

Program bythe Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College

The Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) program, provided by the Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Queens College, is made possible through

the generosity of New York City Council Member Peter Koo, and is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of

Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, 405 Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367718.997.4747 gtmuseum@qc.cuny.edu www.gtmuseum.org

ANIMALS AT THE MUSEUM

Cover image: Jasper YueAbove: Ryan Ting

PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School CASA Students

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ADA LEEJOSHUA LEELARKIN LEONGANTHONY LINENXI LINHOWARD LINNICOLE LIUBONNIE LUONGZUNAIRAH NAROOELAINE NIUJUDAH NOISETTESASKIA SHOLDRYAN TINGMATTHEW WONGELLA XUJASPER YUERYAN YUNRYAN ZHAOKATRINA ZHENG

Patricia Costa, Principal, PS 242Aurora Garcia-Tunon, Vice Principal, PS 242

Amy Winter, Godwin-Ternbach Museum DirectorBrita Helgesen, Program Developer & Teaching Artist

Mary Giancoli, Teaching ArtistFabiola Postrel, PS 242 Teaching Assistant

Luz Cuellar, PS 242 Teaching AssistantElizabeth Hoy, Godwin-Ternbach Museum exhibition design

Setare Arashloo, exhibition installation

Introduction

The 2015-2016 Cultural After School Art program is an arts education class designed for second graders at PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School in Flushing, Queens. During this program, students engaged with art objects from the Godwin-Ternabch Museum and other collections, studied cultures ancient to present day, learned elements of art through different media and styles, and most importanly explored creativity and self-expression.

Each lesson was a challenge that students approached each week with eagerness and curiosity. From watercolor and ink paintings, to drawings, collage and sculpture, and even printmaking and painting, each student partcipated in open-ended problem-solving and creative investigations through art.

We delighted in watching the growth each individual student experienced over the six month program. With each class, minds expanded, focus sharpened, and understanding of media and art making skills grew. Students engaged in close looking and observation, discussion and developing modes of expression. And each week, each individual took ownership over their final product, knowing that they will be displayed in their own “Animals at the Museum” exhibition at the end of the program! In this catalogue is just a few examples of the lessons the students participated in, more of which are on display in the exhibition.

It is our hope that this exhibition shows all of the hard and accomplishments the students achieved through the CASA program, and this catalogue and will serve as a reminder to the students to continue their creativity and art making.

- Brita Helgesen & Mary Giancoli

Egyptian AnimalsStudents were introduced to ancient Egypt, looking at visual elements and style, including the use of animal symbolism and hieroglyphs. Students created their own Egyptian style animal and completed their compositions by writing their names in a hieroglyphic cartouche.

Lucas Farfan

Joshua Lee

Larkin Leong

Sabrina Gao

Elaine Niu

Saskia Shold

Ella Xu

Ryan Yun

Jasper Yue

Greek VasesStudents learned about ancient Greece history and the purpose of the shapes and designs of ancient Greek pottery. Students created their own vase shape, and decorated it with registers of their own geometric pattern.

Bonnie Luong Felix Choi

Jocelyn Chez Lucas FarfanRyan Yun

Joy Jiang

Jayden Caba

Anthony LinBrian Lai

Lucas Chan Aaron Chen

Saskia Shold Judah Noisette

Ryan Ting

MolaStudents learned about folk-art traditions of the Kona people of Panama through Molas. Molas are composed of brightly-colored fabric made in the form of animals or geometric shapes, and are used to decorate the blouses of Kona women. Mola designs include native animals (iguanas, lizards, parrots, fish) and vegetation. Students practiced cutting and layering in this Mola project.

Ayram Hinostroza

Sabrina Gao

Aiden Lau

Zunairah Naroo

Aaron ChenMatthew Wong

Howard Lin

Nicole Liu

Lina Chen

Jocelyn Chez

Korean style paintingIn February, the Godwin-Ternbach Museum hosted an exhibition of a Korean painting collective, the Hoyeon group. The students looked at the exhibition catalogue, and learned about traditional Korean painting. Each student made their own paintings of landscape, cityscape, animal or flower using ink and watercolor.

Ella Xu

Howard Lin Zunairah Naroo

Lina Chen

Anthony Lin Enxi Lin Nicole Liu

Mikaela Gee

Elaine Niu

Katrina ZhengAaron Chen

Brian Lai

Different views of Mount FujiLooking at Japanese artists Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige’s paintings and prints of Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji, students explored the number of different ways one subject can be depicted. Students then made their own views of the famous mountain in Japan.

Jayden Caba

Sabrina GaoLina Chen

Joshua Bangura

Elaine NiuYasmin Garcia Ryan Ting

Enxi Lin

Aiden Lau

Joshua Lee

Brian Lai

Howard Lin

Kandinsky, Music & ArtIn this lesson, students explored music’s influence on visual artists including one important artist whose work was deeply impacted by music, Vasily Kandinsky. While listening to music that influenced Kandinsky, students created their own musically inspired compositions, interpreting the sounds into an abstract composition.

Ada Lee Ayram Hinostroza

Bonnie Luong Felix Choi Pearl Chen

Joy Jiang

Katrina Zheng

Joshua Bangura

Yasmin Garcia

Batik OwlsStudents learned about the Batik dyeing process used in many cultures including Indonesia and Africa. By drawing their own owls with crayons, they then replicated the wax resist technique by crumpling and painting their composition with paint.

Alex Chen Jessie Feng

Matthew Wong Mikaela Gee

Felix Choi Judah Noisette

Larkin Leong Lucas Chan

Pearl Chen Ryan Zhao