Andy Goldsworthy is coming to Massachusetts!

In preparation for our Junior Arts Day Field Trip to the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Junior artists learned about the work of Andy Goldsworthy.

Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings.  He has been commissioned to do a piece at the deCordova this winter. The creation of the work will be open to the public. I don't think the exact date is set yet, but if your family would like to attend, you can find out more here:
http://www.decordova.org/snow-house
http://www.wbur.org/2011/05/29/decordova-snowball

Below are a few Goldsworthy-inspired artworks that were created in our very own Sage School woods.

Ms Stewart! I AM the sculpture!

Work continues in the drawing, painting, sculpture, and paper studios. Here's a sampling of recent work:

"Ms. Stewart! I AM the sculpture"

This living sculpture is complete with goggles, tool belt, and arm and leg protection from ray guns.

Recycled materials have been a huge hit. Thank you to all the parents who send them in!

A Kindergartener's mixed media building.

A collaborative painting with tempera by two Junior students

A second grader's abstract landscape rendering.

The drawing station remains popular.

In the Middle School, spray paint has become a popular method for painting sculptures.

In the Middle School, creating plaster casts of faces has been one way to address our theme of "Identity".

A Sculpting Challenge was given to Junior Group B: What can you make with only cardboard and scissors?

The traditional craft of metal tooling is an open option in the sculpture studio now and a great way for drawings to become three dimensional.

A metal tooling sculpture by a Junior artist.

The paper studio is open!