Animals at the Museum, 2015-2016 - PS 242 Catalogue

ANIMALS AT THE MUSEUM 2015-2016

CASA (Cultural After School Adventures) with PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School Program by the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College

ANIMALS AT THE MUSEUM CASA (Cultural After School Adventures) with PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School Program by the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College

The Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) program, provided by the Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Queens College, is made possible through the generosity of New York City Council Member Peter Koo, and is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

Cover image: Jasper Yue Above: Ryan Ting

Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, 405 Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367 718.997.4747 gtmuseum@qc.cuny.edu www.gtmuseum.org

PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School CASA Students JOSHUA BANGURA JAYDEN CABA LUCAS CHAN AARON CHEN ALEX CHEN LINA CHEN PEARL CHEN JOCELYN CHEZ FELIX CHOI AZAN DURKOWIC LUCAS FARFAN JESSIE FENG SABRINA GAO YASMIN GARCIA MIKAELA GEE AYRAM HINOSTROZA JOY JIANG BRIAN LAI NYLA LAROSE AIDEN LAU

ADA LEE JOSHUA LEE LARKIN LEONG ANTHONY LIN ENXI LIN HOWARD LIN NICOLE LIU BONNIE LUONG ZUNAIRAH NAROO ELAINE NIU JUDAH NOISETTE SASKIA SHOLD RYAN TING MATTHEW WONG ELLA XU JASPER YUE RYAN YUN RYAN ZHAO KATRINA ZHENG

Patricia Costa, Principal, PS 242 Aurora Garcia-Tunon, Vice Principal, PS 242 Amy Winter, Godwin-Ternbach Museum Director Brita Helgesen, Program Developer & Teaching Artist Mary Giancoli, Teaching Artist Fabiola Postrel, PS 242 Teaching Assistant Luz Cuellar, PS 242 Teaching Assistant Elizabeth Hoy, Godwin-Ternbach Museum exhibition design Setare Arashloo, exhibition installation

Introduction The 2015-2016 Cultural After School Art program is an arts education class designed for second graders at PS 242 Leonard P. Stavisky Early Childhood School in Flushing, Queens. During this program, students engaged with art objects from the GodwinTernabch Museum and other collections, studied cultures ancient to present day, learned elements of art through different media and styles, and most importanly explored creativity and self-expression.

Each lesson was a challenge that students approached each week with eagerness and curiosity. From watercolor and ink paintings, to drawings, collage and sculpture, and even printmaking and painting, each student partcipated in open-ended problem-solving and creative investigations through art.

We delighted in watching the growth each individual student experienced over the six month program. With each class, minds expanded, focus sharpened, and understanding of media and art making skills grew. Students engaged in close looking and observation, discussion and developing modes of expression. And each week, each individual took ownership over their final product, knowing that they will be displayed in their own “Animals at the Museum” exhibition at the end of the program! In this catalogue is just a few examples of the lessons the students participated in, more of which are on display in the exhibition.

It is our hope that this exhibition shows all of the hard and accomplishments the students achieved through the CASA program, and this catalogue and will serve as a reminder to the students to continue their creativity and art making.

- Brita Helgesen & Mary Giancoli

Egyptian Animals

Students were introduced to ancient Egypt, looking at visual elements and style, including the use of animal symbolism and hieroglyphs. Students created their own Egyptian style animal and completed their compositions by writing their names in a hieroglyphic cartouche.

Lucas Farfan

Sabrina Gao Jasper Yue

Joshua Lee

Elaine Niu

Ella Xu

Larkin Leong

Saskia Shold

Ryan Yun

Greek Vases

Students learned about ancient Greece history and the purpose of the shapes and designs of ancient Greek pottery. Students created their own vase shape, and decorated it with registers of their own geometric pattern.

Joy Jiang

Bonnie Luong

Jocelyn Chez

Brian Lai

Anthony Lin

Felix Choi

Ryan Yun

Lucas Farfan

Jayden Caba

Saskia Shold

Lucas Chan

Aaron Chen

Judah Noisette

Ryan Ting

Mola Students learned about folk-art traditions of the Kona people of Panama through Molas.

Molas are composed of brightly-colored fabric made in the form of animals or geometric shapes, and are used to decorate the blouses of Kona women. Mola designs include native animals (iguanas, lizards, parrots, fish) and vegetation. Students practiced cutting and layering in this Mola project.

Lina Chen

Zunairah Naroo

Sabrina Gao Nicole Liu

Aiden Lau

Howard Lin

Ayram Hinostroza

Matthew Wong

Jocelyn Chez

Aaron Chen

Korean style painting In February, the Godwin-Ternbach Museum hosted an exhibition of a Korean painting collective, the Hoyeon group. The students looked at the exhibition catalogue, and learned about traditional Korean painting. Each student made their own paintings of landscape, cityscape, animal or flower using ink and watercolor.

Lina Chen

Howard Lin

Anthony Lin

Aaron Chen

Katrina Zheng

Mikaela Gee

Brian Lai

Nicole Liu

Elaine Niu

Ella Xu

Zunairah Naroo

Enxi Lin

Different views of Mount Fuji Looking at Japanese artists Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige’s paintings and prints of Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji, students explored the number of different ways one subject can be depicted. Students then made their own views of the famous mountain in Japan.

Joshua Bangura

Aiden Lau

Howard Lin

Joshua Lee

Enxi Lin

Jayden Caba

Lina Chen

Sabrina Gao

Yasmin Garcia

Elaine Niu

Brian Lai

Ryan Ting

Kandinsky, Music & Art In this lesson, students explored music’s influence on visual artists including one important artist whose work was deeply impacted by music, Vasily Kandinsky. While listening to music that influenced Kandinsky, students created their own musically inspired compositions, interpreting the sounds into an abstract composition.

Katrina Zheng

Ada Lee

Ayram Hinostroza

Yasmin Garcia

Bonnie Luong

Felix Choi

Joshua Bangura

Joy Jiang

Pearl Chen

Batik Owls Students learned about the Batik dyeing process used in many cultures including Indonesia and Africa. By drawing their own owls with crayons, they then replicated the wax resist technique by crumpling and painting their composition with paint.

Felix Choi

Alex Chen

Matthew Wong

Judah Noisette

Jessie Feng

Mikaela Gee

Larkin Leong

Lucas Chan

Pearl Chen

Ryan Zhao