Students are wowing us with the work they’ve been doing in Imani’s art classes. In Art as Utility, Imani introduced them to creative practices that merge design with everyday use. Considering style, purpose, environmental factors, and their own creative intentions, students designed and constructed original building models. They also designed and sculpted models for shoes. In Painting 101, they’ve been exploring essential techniques and various painting mediums while also studying influential painters and movements of the past and present. The students are creating original paintings and honing their skills by reproducing a famous painting of their choice, drawing inspiration from the intense futurism of John Blanche, Monet’s Giverny idylls, and Albert Bierstadt’s epic masterpiece The Last of the Buffalo, among other works.
Meanwhile, the middle schoolers have been learning about public art and working on their teamwork and artmaking skills in Public Art and Mural Making with Imani. The year-long class will culminate in student-designed and produced murals on the walls here at Parkmont!
