As part of the
Learning Through Art Program of the
Guggenheim Museum
Third Graders
asked
What is the ideal environment in which we can
grow and thrive?
We looked at environments we knew well: home, school, playground. We looked at the ways in which Native Americans who lived here 400 years ago valued and used the environment. We looked at the things our planet needs to be a good home for us. We thought about what we need to grow and thrive.
Then we created a mini ideal environment starting with a box which we transformed in our own ways and symbolic objects which we sculpted out of clay and painted.
And then we listened to what our artwork said. Be sure to read our writing.
Guggenheim Teaching Artist: Jenny Bevill
Classroom Teachers:
Ms. Browning, Ms. Hayes, Ms. Jerry, Ms. Tollhurst and Mr. Jansen
Artist’s Assistant: Chelsea Bahr.