CAHTS has plunged into STEAM!

At CAHTS this fall, Art Teacher Ms. Vivian Reyes is working on an art/math project with her STEAM students to create inspiring black and white artworks on paper.
Students are using a numerical sequence 5-35-5 to construct perspective-like compositions on their large white papers using pencils, rulers, compasses, and permanent markers.  The sequence refers to the fact that they must use 5 points, 35 lines, and 5 circles to create their compositions.

Art PIR Triada Samaras interviewed Ms. Reyes about this project:

Ms Reyes spoke:

"It is a pre-lesson on perspective and on op-art.  I start this lesson by explaining to students about the artist Escher, and how his work is based on mathematics.  Then I tell the students this lesson has the same origin as a perspective lesson in which you use vanishing points and orthogonal lines. It uses elements of art, and principles of design.