Happy New Year and … Resolutions
What are your resolutions for the new year? Simon’s cat has got some ideas for you. Watch and find out here: For educational purposes only!
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Catégorie : Arts visuels
One month, one painting : « The Protector » by Steven J. Yazzie, Navajo – Diné culture, USA
Steven Yazzie (born 1970) is a Native American artist, who is enrolled in the Navajo Nation and of Laguna Pueblo descent of his father’s side. He is a painter and creates video art and installation environments. Yazzie’s protector in the painting is the rainbow. He explains, “A title for the painting came to me after the completion of the work.
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Un mois, une œuvre : il mito di Amore e Psiche (scultura + video)
Amore e Psiche è un gruppo scultoreo di Antonio Canova, realizzato tra il 1788 e il 1793 ed è conservato presso il museo del Louvre, a Parigi. “La favola di Amore e Psiche”. (Dal romanzo di Apuleio del II secolo d.C.) Questa storia classica, raccontata attraverso statue e dipinti, narra l’amore tra il dio Amore e la mortale Psiche. Tra
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Make art, not war : L’Art se mobilise aussi dans notre quartier! (JEL 2024)
Votre professeure d’Arts Plastiques Mme Violo vous présente une fresque murale en lien avec le thème de la JEL 2024. Cette fresque monumentale visible sur une des façades de notre quartier représente une jeune fille jouant à la corde à sauter au milieu d’une cible. À première vue, elle semble souriante et joyeuse, le ciel est bleu, mais lorsque nous
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« Il bacio » di Francesco Hayez (JEL 2024)
Votre professeure d’italien Mme Delcleve vous propose aujourd’hui une peinture typique du mouvement romantique italien. Découvrez avec elle la présentation de cette œuvre, symbole d’amour et de liberté, mais aussi de l’indépendance de l’Italie.
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Make art, not war : « La colombe sous les balles » de Banksy (JEL 2024)
Votre professeure d’Arts Plastiques Mme Violo vous propose de découvrir des oeuvre de l’artiste Banksy. Banksy est un artiste d’art urbain qui travaille sous pseudonyme. Son véritable nom et son identité exacte sont inconnus. Apparemment britannique et actif depuis les années 1990, il utilise la peinture au pochoir pour faire passer ses messages aux quatre coins du monde, qui mêlent
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Obras de Picasso : la paloma blanca (JEL 2024)
Mme Moreno vous propose des oeuvres de Picasso : La imagen de una paloma blanca con una rama de olivo en el pico ha trascendido a lo largo de la historia como símbolo universal de paz.
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One month, one painting : Sports in Barbados
Sheena Rose (b. 1985) is a visual artist from Barbados whose practice includes painting, drawing, performance art, … Rose’s works, painted with her signature bright colors and featuring retro graphic patterns, deal with issues related to politics, stereotypes, gender, and identity in historical and contemporary contexts, whether she’s painting celebrated athletes or a landscape featuring a vibrant sunset in Barbados.
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One month, one sculpture : Celebrating the Paris Olympics, « Salon » by Alison Saar
The opening of the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024 marked the unveiling of a new public artwork by Saar in the Charles-Aznavour Garden on the city’s Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The monument, titled The Salon, depicts a Black woman holding an olive branch and a golden flame, surrounded by a circle of chairs that viewers are welcome to sit upon. It
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One month, one painting : Summer in Central Otago by New Zealand artist Rita Angus (video)
Summer is here! Rita Angus ( 1908 – 1970) is regarded as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century New Zealand art. She worked primarily in oil and watercolour, and became known for her portraits and landscapes. Angus has captured the vastness and variety of the Otago landscape, as well as the shifting effects of summer heat, light, and wind.
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One month, one painting : Labour Day, « Detroit Industry Murals », USA
Hannah, our American teaching assistant, is from Detroit 😉 ! In November, our ELC students learned about the history of Detroit and Hannah had them work on « Detroit Industry Murals ». These murals (1932–1933) are a series of frescoes by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, consisting of twenty-seven panels depicting industry at the Ford Motor Company and in Detroit.
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One month, one painting : Dublin’s Liffey swim by Jack B. Yeats, Ireland
This expressionist painting from 1923 captures the excited crowd attending The Liffey Swim – an annual swimming event that continues in Dublin to this very day. First run in 1920, the Liffey Swim is the oldest annual swimming race in Europe. Over 500 swimmers of all ages, abilities and nationalities compete to win the Cup! The scene shows ordinary spectators
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One month, one painting : sport in March and celebrating diversity
Can you name all the sports activities represented by the artist ?
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One month, one sculpture : Rosa Parks Memorial
There are more than 10 Rosa Parks memorials in the United States. The statue, by artist Jay Warren, depicts Parks sitting on a bus seat, with the inscription, “You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.” The statue is a reminder for all of the children and grandchildren who continue to benefit from the
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One month, one painting : February and Black History Month in the US
Imagine that you are six years old and it’s your first day in a new school. You are wearing a special outfit. (…) Official-looking men in suits are there to escort you to the building. A wild, screaming crowd is gathered outside. Could it be a parade? Your teacher greets you warmly, but where are your classmates? Why are you
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Video (Arte FR) « The Problem We All Live With », Norman Rockwell, USA
Les vidéos décalées de l’émission « À Musée Vous, À Musée Moi » sur Arte vous présente en français ce célèbre tableau sous forme de saynètes humoristiques.
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February is Black History Month
The Black History Month 2024 theme, “African Americans and the Arts,” explores the key influence African Americans have had in the fields of « visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary and other forms of cultural expression. »
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One month, one sculpture : « The Embrace », a striking MLK’s memorial to capture the feeling of Love
Located in the oldest public park in the US, The Embrace is a 20-foot-tall monument in Boston by artist Hank Willis Thomas, two sets of bronze arms forever locked in a hug, representing Coretta Scott King and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., captured during an intimate moment in 1964 when Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Option LCE anglais 5e – Video : in November, explore your feelings with Art !
Here is the video you can watch on Tate Kids. « Sometimes feelings are tricky! We might not know exactly how we feel at times, or what to say to the people around us when we’re going through something a bit difficult and would like them to understand. Luckily, making (or looking at) art is a great way to help us
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