Exploring Sculpture

School:: Pelican Marsh Elementary
Subject:: Art
Teacher:: Deborah Harloff
Students Impacted:: 225
Grade:: 5
Date:: August 28, 2023

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

A Champion for Learning - $738.00

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 203

Pelican Marsh Art students in grades 4 and 5 had the opportunity to work in various sculptural materials including paris craft, soft sculpture and wire sculpture. There are 102 students in 4^th grade and 101 students in 5^th grade. A total of 203 students benefited from this grant opportunity. This grant was able to purchase art making supplies that provided student artists with art making opportunities that they would not have had otherwise. The school budget does not allow for the purchase of “extra” art making supplies.

The 4^th grade students created an armature out of aluminum foil and then covered it with paris craft. Once the sculpture was dry, they then painted it with acrylic paint and decorated it with found objects. The second sculpture project the students worked on was soft sculpture. The art students created a pattern for their soft sculpture, cut the fabric, sewed it together and decorated it with other fabrics and googly eyes. This was then followed by a fabric collage project based on works that I saw at the Baker Museum. The exhibition at the Baker Museum featured fabric pieces that looked similar to collage, so I developed a lesson around that so the children could have an additional fiber art lesson that directly related to their soft sculpture project. This became an extended learning experience for the 4^th grade PME art students.

Art students in grade 5 created sculptural paris craft masks. The masks were made, painted and then decorated. The Pelican Marsh art students in Grade 5 then created two wire sculptures. The first wire sculpture that they made was a turtle and the second was a fish. The students had to learn to successfully attach the wire pieces together and then to bend the wire into the desired forms. This proved to be quite a challenge for them since they had never worked with wire before.

Art students at Pelican Marsh are very creative and diligent workers. Exposure to new (for them) sculptural materials expanded their understanding of sculpture. Additionally, the opportunity to work in these new materials (for them) provided them learning opportunities which support the Florida State and National Art Learning Standards.

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Grade 5 Paris Craft Masks

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4th grade soft sculpture

Original Grant Overview

Goal

The goal of this project is to have art students in grades 4 and 5 experience new sculptural materials such as soft sculpture, paris craft and wire sculpture. Art students at PME have had a few experiences with papier mache sculpture, these new opportunities will expand their knowledge of sculpture.

What will be done with my students

Students in grades 4 and 5 will look at sculptures from various periods in history and cultures. The art students will have the opportunity to work in various sculptural materials including paris craft, and wire sculpture. Students will see demonstrations on how to make an armature and cover it will paris craft. Art students will also see demonstrations on building a wire sculpture. students will plan and then construct their own wire sculpture. Fourth and fifth grade art students will plan and create their own individual sculptural works.

Benefits to my students

Art students at Pelican Marsh are very creative and diligent workers. Exposure to new (for them) sculptural materials will expand their understanding of sculpture, both from a historical and cultural perspective. In addition, the opportunity to work in these new materials will provide them with learning opportunities which support the Florida State Art Learning Standards.

Budget Narrative

this budget will provide the needed supplies for students to expand their learning in the area of sculpture. Fourth and Fifth grade students will create 3 dimensional sculptures in both wire and paris craft. This budget allows for the purchase of the needed sculpture supplies.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	paris craft (6 boxes)	$420.00
2	wire	$263.00
3	googly eyes	$25.00
4	aluminum foil (for armatures)	$30.00
	Total:	$738.00

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