Tag: Art
Squircle children’s book: Appliqué fabric murals
After writing my second book, Squircle, I thought a lot about how I could create the artwork to elaborate on the idea of interconnectedness, which is a main message in
Read MoreRagadoodles: : Masking tape dolls
Students created Ragadoodles (small dolls) out of masking tape and a other materials and created a small book that accompanies their Ragadoodle. These books used inventive words and figurative language
Read MoreImagination Running Wild: Animal Molas
School: St John the Evangelist 1st-4th grade students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Students created Mola designs which were modeled after the Molas created by the Kuna Woman from Panama. Each student represented
Read MorePipsqueaks: Masking tape sculptures
School: St John the Evangelist 5th -8th grade students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Students created Pipsqueak characters out of masking and duct tape, similarly to that of my children’s book, Snickeyfritz.
Read MoreThe Search for ‘I’ in Family: Altered Books
School: St John the Evangelist 5th -8th grade students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Some families are created by blood, while others are created by choice or circumstance, in this project students created an family
Read MoreHealing Machine: Metal etchings & assemblage sculpture
School: Whitman School Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Inspired by outsider artist, Emery Blagdon, the 1-6th graders created a Healing Machine out of aluminum, found metal, wire and beads. Over the course of this project,
Read MoreDiversity Tree: Mixed media sculpture
School: Whitman Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg 1st – 6th grade students created an 8-foot tall Diversity Tree by covering a cardboard tube is paper cut profile portraits in the style
Read MoreTwo Heads Are Better Than One: Mask making
Schools: Whitman School & St John the Evangelist Educating Artist: Andrea skyberg Throughout the ages humans have used costume & masks to communicate ideas. Creating Big Heads modeled after
Read MoreGiants & Pipsqueaks: Masking tape sculptures
Organization: Next Door Foundation: Leaders of Tomorrow Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg The Leaders of Tomorrow (1st – 8th grade students) worked with me to create Pipsqueak characters out of masking
Read MoreIt’s Written All Over My Face: Paper pulp relief sculptures
School: Cooper School 1st Grade Students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Cooperating Teachers: Roxanne Reszel & Katherine MacKenzie Funded by: Arts@Large Can your face tell a story without you even saying
Read MoreWings & Roots: The Unity of Spirit in the Arctic
Project: Milwaukee County Zoo Fantastic Forest of Holiday Trees School: Cooper Elementary Student Council Continent: Arctic Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Cooperating Teachers: Dawn Bigalk, Chris McCoy, Jackie Pollman Funded by: Arts@Large Inspired
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