Where Could Mr. Callicotte's Missing Socks Be?

1^st graders' sock artworks are on their way home!

1^st grade artists have spent their last 5 art classes learning the fundamental blocks of art education. The first foundational block that students explored was workspaces. Artists work in a variety of different artmaking environments and it is important for Chapman’s artists to identify and understand what kind of space works for them.

1^st grade artists worked on a creative drawing challenge in 4 different types of artmaking spaces and identified the best space for them as artists.

The second foundational block that 1^st grade artists worked on was idea generation and imagination. In the art program here at Chapman, creative ideas hold much more value than the visual aesthetics of an artwork.

1^st grade artists were introduced to E. Paul Torrances framework for creativity (fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration), chose a path to developing a creative idea, and experimented with building materials in order to practice generated creative ideas.

Finally, I told students a story about a problem I have been having. Every time I do my laundry, I am missing socks! Sound familiar? Students were asked to set a goal for which path to creativity they would choose to help me generate ideas of where my missing socks could be. After generating ideas, sharing and receiving feedback from peers, 1^st grade artists drew their most creative idea. Each artist then experimented with watercolor resist, texture rubbing, and various drawing supplies in order to decide how they would color their sock drawings. I hope you will take the time to ask your artist about their ideas and celebrate their artwork!

Watch me revisit prior content, introduce the problem, and set goals with Ms. Jone's class!