Celebrating Odyssey through the Arts: Mid Century Chicago Architecture

This week we celebrated Odyssey through the Arts: Mid Century Chicago Architecture in most grades (K-8 except 6th and 7th, who will participate next week).  Students learned to distinguish modern architecture from classical, while recognizing subtle nods from architects such as Mies van der Rohe to Daniel Burnham. Students enjoyed learning stories about the architects themselves and how they drew inspiration.  It was especially fun seeing our towering skyscrapers that many students have visited! 

***Many thanks to our committed parents for putting together this learning experience for our students! ***

See below for pictures of select grades this week.

Kindergarten 

Students in kindergarten, who have a longer art period, experimented with different materials in order to see what constructed the strongest or tallest skyscrapers after the Odyssey presentations.

Here is a team that worked together, just like Skidmore, Owings and Merrill!

This kindergarten friend created a double-decker hexagonal prism!

Also, here is our Penguin display!

Second Grade 

Mrs. Johnson discusses the variety of Lego constructions made by students in Ms. Garcia and Ms. Malaney's class following their Odyssey presentation.

Sixth Grade

Sixth grade students will have their Odyssey discussions next week.  This week, they continued working on their "Greek" vases inspired by their gods and goddesses of research for Language Arts!

Seventh Grade

Seventh grade learned about folk art around the world but in particular Mexican folk art.  Students used tooling foil and techniques of embossing to make the famous symbol of a heart with flames, the Sacred Heart devotion.  Take a look below for photos of this as well as photos from the recently completed Variety Seascapes.

Eighth Grade

Eighth grade did a great job participating in discussion, sharing their knowledge and analyzing architecture!  Here is a look back at their negative space paintings.