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12/19/23
Artists in Schools
Patterns and Painter's Tape
Dispatches from CMA Resident Artist Niousha Kiarashi's elementary school class at Sid Miller Academy.
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Pattern making was the name of the game this week!
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During the first lesson, each student received painter’s tape to cover parts of their paper. After coloring over the tape, they lifted off the tape to reveal the pattern underneath. Some students adhered their tape without any knowledge of the composition they would make, and were delighted to see what they made.
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During the next session, students made patterns using primary colored paint. They had an amazing sensory experience feeling the touch of the brush against their palm, seeing the texture of their skin reflected in their prints, and watching how colors changed on their hand to create secondary colors on paper.
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