Three D Construction Art at SOIT

Three D Construction Art at SOIT 

Ms Simons' STEAM students have created extraordinary works of art based on a STEAM lesson involving science, engineering and art.  Ms. Simon began this multi-media art project by discussing her own artwork entitled "Song for All Seasons" that was on public display at Paterson Museum last year (LINK)

Above: Song for All Seasons by Art teacher Marilyn Simon

This work is an example of a three dimensional construction using found objects as well as paint.  It is in the tradition of artists such as Lousie Nevelson and
Marisol Escobar who also collected and/or found objects to create their art works. 

Ms. Simon explained the process by first giving the students masks and plaster bandages to begin.

Students created three dimensional forms with these materials using the masks as the original aperture and wrapping them with the wet plaster bandage.

When the bandage was hard and the students were done wrapping, Mrs. Simon explained to the students how to attach the masks to a canvas board.  when this part was completed she asked the students to bring in meaningful objects from home or elsewhere that they wanted to attach to their artworks.  She emphasized personal meaning and creativity.  She then explained how to complete the artworks using paint

 

The results of this art project were truly extraordinary.  The student artworks have a very high degree of personal meaning and originality.  These works of art express some of the highest levels of artistry the STEAM students have achieved this during this school year.