Welcome to Art!
My name is Alicia Kinane and I am the
traveling art teacher. I currently teach at Tibbott, McGee,
Independence and Ward. This is my second year teaching at Valley View
and my ninth year teaching.
This year I have the following classes:
5Mertes, 4Cloke, 4Jacobson, 4Kedzior, 4
Armenta and 3 Goc.
We will concentrating on the elements of art
paired with an artist. So after an introduction to art procedures, the
students will meet Pable Picasso and Alexander Calder and do a project
about line. They will then meet Henri Matisse, Stuart Davis and Romare
Bearden while creating a shape project. Color will be next and the
artists will be Piet Mondrian and Vassily Kandinsky. Creating portraits
will follow with a study of Frieda Kahlo and Amedeo Modigliani. Aztec
Sun gods and Masks will bring us to studying Ancient Artists and
Craftsman. Puppet making will introduce us to Paul Klee and Meret
Oppenheim. While creating different types of painting, we will meet
Winslow Homer and Claude Monet. Training our eyes to draw we will meet
Leonardo Da Vinci. The students will be printmaking and meet MC Esher.