March 18-21

 

I can interpret artworks for their symbolic meaning (Art, grade 6)

We have been so fortunate to host Land Eater, a travelling exhibition of artworks by Jude Griebel, right in the Andrew Sibbald Learning Commons! In grade 6, we spent time looking closely at all the pieces of art and discussed the message we think the artist is trying to convey. 

When we analyze art, we follow this format. Students are welcome to add their own thoughts and ideas outside of these guidelines, but this offers a nice starting point when we are first learning to think carefully about art. 

Everyone is really great at interpreting the art in a literal sense; the students notice details and are able to talk about how the artist created the pieces. We noticed that many students still need some practice considering the theme of the art, or the artist's message. We came together as a class and looked at some of Griebel's other art in the series and the discussion the students took us on was impressive! We have been practicing the skill of finding the deeper meaning when we read different texts in the classroom so once they got going, they shared some great ideas about our human interactions with land and our impact on natural ecologies!

We ended our week by brainstorming some ideas for our own "Land Eater" art. We are looking forward to coming back in a creative way to create some personal art inspired by Jude Griebel.

Here is some of Jude Griebel's Work: