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Artist Keith Duncan worked with second, third and fifth grade students from Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary to create a collaborative mural representing family, neighborhood and community, as well as the sights, sounds and tastes of New Orleans culture.
Throughout the project, students worked with a variety of mediums. The first week, students chose rectangular, oval or square paper on which to create a portrait of their choice. Then they sketched images and applied watercolor paint, oil pastels and markers. During the second week, students drew images or symbols of New Orleans culture and used watercolor paint to embellish their drawings. In the third week, students chose a piece of patterned decorative paper which served as the background for a collage depicting their favorite New Orleans cultural symbols. Finally, artist Keith Duncan painted a backdrop on which the students’ portraits and collages are displayed, just like the artists who sell their work in the historic French Quarter.
During this program, students from Edna Karr High School and Audubon Charter School spent the day with local artist Rontherin Ratliff. Inspired by Leonardo Drew’s work in Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/ Giuffrida Collection, Presented by The Helis Foundation, students created a mixed media sculptural assemblage. Exploring both Drew and Ratliff’s art practices, students learned about structural integrity, spatial arrangement, composition and movement. Students then created their own assemblages, placing everyday objects in arrangements that use repetition and formal contrast to explore the artist’s role in selecting and displaying objects in unexpected or meaningful ways.
This program has been made possible by the generous support of the Ella West Freeman Foundation, the Selley Foundation and Entergy.
During this program, students from Audubon Charter School spent the day with local artist Keith Duncan. After exploring abstract collage from Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection , Presented by The Helis Foundation, students learned art-making techniques in abstraction, composition, texture and layering. Inspired by artist Shinique Smith, students created a mixed media collage that incorporated oil pastel, cloth and paper.
This program has been made possible by the generous support of the Ella West Freeman Foundation, the Selley Foundation and Entergy.