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Art exhibit highlights CUMP students
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.The Canfield United Methodist Preschool transformed the fellowship hall of the church into an art gallery filled with pieces created by the students of the school for its sixth annual Art Show on May 14.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield United Methodist Preschool 4-year-old class members, from left, Logan Tomasic, Stella Kasten, Olivia Munson, Payten Kekel and Kiera Fitzgerald, proudly posed with their class project, String Heart Art, during the school’s annual Art Show on May 14.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Gabriella Navarro, a member of the Canfield United Methodist Preschool 5-year-old class, showed off the dancer she made for the class Treasures from Trash art project during the school’s annual Art Show on May 14.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Greta Czarnecki, a member of the Canfield United Methodist Preschool 3-year-old class, checked out her class’ group project, Recycled Flowers, during the school’s annual Art Show on May 14.
By ABBY SLANKER
The Canfield United Methodist Preschool transformed the fellowship hall of the church into an art gallery filled with pieces created by the students of the school for its sixth annual Art Show May 14. Each student displayed four flat pieces, one 3-D piece and a class project.
The pieces were created throughout the school year with inspiration from subjects the students were learning about at the time through the school’s curriculum.
Each of the three classes used a variety of techniques for their artwork.
The 3-year-old class painted colorful trees while learning about the changing colors of leaves last Fall. This was an example of directional art. It was the child’s decision of where to place the leaves, either on the tree or the ground, or both. Finally, the children counted out 10 sequins to place on their painting.
The 3-year-old class also collected lids and caps of various sizes and shapes during their Creative Curriculum unit on recycling. The children were given various sized lids and paint colors to then stamp onto their paper; examining the different sizes and shapes the lids provided when stamped. This is considered an example of process art.
The 3-year-old class’ group project was to create recycled flowers. The uniquely colorful flowers were made from the many donated lids and caps from the children’s families. Each child was given the opportunity to fasten multiple caps on the flowers and stems.
The 4-year-old class created rainbow symmetry as they learned about a new letter of the alphabet each week, and learned that R is for rainbow. Using the colors of the rainbow, the students cut out rainbows and added paint to one half of the paper, then folded the two together to see what would happen. Colors were mirrored to create their rainbows.
For the 4-year-old class 3-D art project, the students learned that N is for nest and using recycled newspapers and scrap paper, they painted the inside of a bowl with a glue and water mixture and added the paper slivers, repeating the process several times to create the nests. Using recycled plastic Easter eggs they made baby birds to add to the nests.
The 4-year-old class’ group project was string heart art. The class voted on its favorite shape, then each child took turns hammering in the nails around the perimeter of our shape. The children selected their favorite color of string and then added as much string as they wanted to, stretching from nail to nail, to create their class masterpiece.
The 5-year-old class created fabric mosaics during its Creative Curriculum unit on clothing. The students were given a choice of colors and shapes to place on their project, with only the instruction to fill the entire board. Many then chose to embellish their projects with a few buttons.
During its Creative Curriculum unit studying balls, the 5-year-old class spent time classifying and organizing balls by size and shape. In this art project the children chose the colors of their circles, cut them out, then placed them largest to smallest on their paper in any manner. The project was used as an example of abstract art exhibiting the students’ fine tuned fine motor skills.
The 5-year-old class’ group project was titled I Wish…. The children discussed wishes and dreams through various stories in class. They talked about some things they could wish for, both realistic and unrealistic. The children then helped to take pictures of each other outside as they made a wish on a dandelion. The class then wrote down some of their wishes on the journal prompt pages, with teacher guidance. The children made their dandelions in the photographs three-dimensional with sticks and yarn. The dandelions in the center were painted with forks dipped in paint.
As with any high-profile art exhibit, hors d’oeuvres were served to the patrons. Each family brought a dish and the school provided punch.