ABSTRACT LESSONS STUDENTS LEARN ART, PERSPECTIVE.Byline: Amy Raisin Staff Writer CALABASAS - Before art teacher Lynn Coleman began her unit on Picasso, most students at Indian Hills High School Indian Hills High School may refer to:
But now the teen-agers are familiar with the celebrated artisan's abstract portraits and with the times in which he lived. Coleman's lessons at the continuation high school A continuation high school is an alternative to a comprehensive high school primarily for students who are considered at-risk of not graduating at the normal pace. The requirements to graduate are the same but the scheduling is more flexible to allow students to earn their credits include videos and other tools that provide an historical perspective and help students better understand the artist's works. Seventeen-year-old Diana Colvin said this is vastly different than her former school. ``We didn't really learn anything about art. We just did our own projects and I didn't learn about this stuff,'' Colvin said. Most of the students transferred to Indian Hills Indian Hills can refer to:
``All the teachers here are definitely gifted teachers,'' Mike Haro, 17, said as he worked on a special cubism cubism, art movement, primarily in painting, originating in Paris c.1907. Cubist Theory Cubism began as an intellectual revolt against the artistic expression of previous eras. project. ``I truly think that I'm learning more here than I did at Agoura (High) because the teachers make it more interesting.'' Coleman said she structures her lessons on themes, each that teaches a different artistic principle. ``We likened Picasso to the immigrants from Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. , Mexico,'' Coleman said. ``He brought his bullfighting bullfighting, national sport and spectacle of Spain. Called the corrida de toros in Spanish, the bullfight takes place in a large outdoor arena known as the plaza de toros. with him just as the Mexicans brought us the Day of the Dead.'' Her students recently finished creating masks in the spirit of the Mexican holiday, a primitive art that led nicely to cubism. ``Picasso kind of put one idea into his head and it always turned out to be something solid that you can understand, even though it was so abstract,'' said Aaron Goldstein Aaron Goldstein (born 1972) is a Canadian-born author and political commentator who, although a longtime member of the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP), changed his party affiliation to the Republican Party in the United States following the terrorist attack on the World Trade , 18, an aspiring artist and composer of music. Of all the types of art he studied in his class - masks, Polynesian sculptures - ``I'll remember cubism the most, the abstract art,'' Goldstein said. ``It's more my style.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Indian Hills High School teacher Lynn Coleman, left, works with Jessie Quevedo on a project. Phil McCarten/Staff Photographer |
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