Today, we welcomed Ms.Yvonne, our visiting artist, to Terra Luz. She did an incredible job fitting right in and the children love her! Yvonne has been a life-long student of many subjects, studying more deeply in the areas of architecture, design, biology, art history, photography and various other types of arts and techniques. As a “renaissance soul”, she has worked in fields ranging from new home design management to specialty aquatic fish sales, and everything in between!
She is currently working towards a degree in Social Work, where she hopes to later use art therapy as a tool to help people express themselves more deeply. In her spare time, she volunteers at a children’s afterschool program called Heart House. Her hobbies include cooking, painting, gardening, photography and being a voice for the environment and helpless animals. She truly loves the arts, and believes everyone has a special creative talent within, which can emerge in many forms!
Yvonne stayed a bit late to get to know our friends while they played in the yard, and enjoyed passing out lunches. She will be alternating the days she spends in the atelier each week so all the children will be able to work with her, and will be back tomorrow! :)
Today, Yvonne introduced art tape and metallic paints to the children. I will leave the details of the experience for her post, but thought I would share some snippets from my group today. When Yvonne asked Jason what color of tape he wanted, he said, “boo!" [blue] :) Mia exclaimed that her tape was bumpy, Allie and Anika both said, "I made a triangle,” and Damon announced he was making stairs with his tape (see photo above). Anika and Allie methodically painted the inside of their taped shapes, Ava was feeling grand and covered her entire paper with the metallic paint, and Mia opted for minimalist design today. :)
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In the classroom, Ava and Jason went right to the overhead and got busy drawing designs. Anika discovered the magnifying glass and used it to investigate items in the classroom and the vintage slides that were placed on the light table as a provocation. Damon found the extra magnifying glass and spent the rest of the classroom time scoping things out (including leaves that were brought in from the front patio).
If you haven't already seen the post on our upcoming focus on Family, please hop on back for details.
What an incredible start to our week.
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