HD Operas and close to home

The Met has come up with an interesting series of "behind the scenes" movies of opera, and it is probably close to you! They have study guides online too.

Live in HD 2010-11 schedule:
Adams’s Nixon in China. Click for study guide.
New Production February 12, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride
February 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
March 19, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time
Canada Encore: Saturday, April 2, 2011, 1 p.m. ET

Rossini’s Le Comte Ory
April 9, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Strauss’s Capriccio
April 23, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Verdi’s Il Trovatore
April 30, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Wagner’s Die Walküre
May 14, 2011 at 12:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Theatres offering this in NJ include:

• Parsippany Cinema 12, 3165 US Highway 46, PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054
  
• AMC Rockaway 16, 363 Mount Hope Ave, ROCKAWAY, NJ 07866, 973-328-4255
  
• AMC Clifton Commons 16, 405 State Route 3, CLIFTON, NJ 07014,973-614-0966
• AMC Garden State 16, 1 Garden State Plz, PARAMUS, NJ 07652, 201-291-8414
• Showplace Theatre, 650 Plaza Drive, SECAUCUS, NJ 07094, 201-210-5364
  
• Hoboken Cinemas, 409 14th Street, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030,
• Edgewater 16 Multiple Cinemas, 339 River Road, EDGEWATER, NJ 07020, 201-840-6665

Montclair Art Homeschool Days 2010

All Montclair Art Museum Homeschool days (ages 4 - 13) are Thursdays, noon-2 p.m.
HOMESCHOOL DAY, 12 – 2 pm (Ages 4 – 13)
$6 per child. Adults $12.
(FREE for ADULT members)

The Montclair Art Museum invites you and other Homeschooling families for a fun and educational afternoon. These two-hour programs will include a gallery tour and studio art project led by a Museum educator.

• December 9 - Charcoal Drawing: Capturing Shadow and Light
• January 19 - Printmaking
• February 10 - Mixed Media
• March 16 - Portrait Painting I
• April - Portrait Painting II
• May 18 - Landscape Watercolor
• June 9 - 3D Design

Please RSVP to bbalsimelli@montclairartmuseum.org or (973) 259-5167.
(Note: if you are a member of channel 13, you might get a discount on admission)

To see this yourself or check for more dates, go to MAM's Family Program Page or call 973-746-5555 for more details.

Linoleum Block Print Contest

The Linoleum Block Print Contest is an annual art contest sponsored by Blick Art Materials for students in grades 4-12. (deadline March 15, 2010)

A total of 15 students will win art supplies for their schools (between $50-$400 worth) and handsome walnut mounted plaques for themselves when their prints are chosen from thousands of entries.

1st Prize:		$400
2nd Prize:		$250
3rd Prize:		$150
Honorable Mentions (x2):		$50 each

For more information on the contest visit Dick Blick's contest page.

Free Art Lesson Plans

Did you realize how many art supply stores offer free lesson plans online? and online "instructors"? Some can be be searched at least a bit, perhaps by technique (printmaking, painting, collage, etc.) and Age/grade level. I do not always see a big difference between "art projects" and "art lessons" on those sites that offer both.

You may want to try these:

• Dick Blick Lesson Plans
• by discipline (art history, collage, carfts, drawing, fiber arts, painting, sculpture, multicultural, printmaking)
• by grade level
  


• Nasco Lesson Plans
• Lesson Plans from Incredible Art
  
• From Masterpiece Art Instruction


• lesson plans for complete, "hang-on-the-wall" projects. They use many of the supplies used for the Masterpiece Art Instruction CDs, such as soft pastels, watercolor pencils and charcoal.
• Art is a wonderful medium for teaching many subjects, such as history, science and geography. These lesson plans drive home a lesson in one of these topics. Check the bottom of the page for holiday projects too!
• Teacher Lesson plans
• Free Drawing Lessons
• xx Teachy Teacher Art Lesson Plans
  

And a few lessons plans by topic:

print-making:

• (#) with pasta

medieval

• (#) history: personal coat of arms
• (#) illuminated monogram
• (#) (dick blick) monogram

Egyptian:

• (#) ancient Egyptian carving
• (#) Egyptian scarab pendant
• Egyptian style jewelry
• gold leaf fan
  
• (#) Egyptian facemask & headress
  
• website: Curse of King Tut: Fact or Myth? Award winning site by students at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx under the direction of Steve Feld.
• example of drawn King Tut death mask (6th grade)
  
• example of (#) profile (6th grade)
  

Shoes

• (*) robot shoes
• (*) Shoe Shine (with stick oil pastels)
  
• art history shoes
• ink & watercolor shoe
• xx

sculpting

• (#) poseable alien sculpture

science/tree:

• leaf rubbing / tree identification
• nasco tree identification
• sketchbook
• leaf print triptych
• Botanicalart- A forum for artists dedicated to the realistic portrayal of plants, flowers and natural science subjects.

weave/loom:

• Ribbon Weave
• (*) canvas [as] loom

Repousee:

• (#) box
• (*) Blick's colored pencil repousse
  

Marbling

• marbling
• marbling with chalk
• (not marbling) Suminagashi
• (not marbling) Suminagashi-Monoprint
• list of
  

Others of interest:

• (#) Greek columns
• (#) foil art cards
• (#) watercolor cardinal
  
  
• (#) tree examples (4th graders)
• (#) Night Sky Paintings (6th grade Webquest included)
  
• pastel Starry Night (shows a soft & a hard pastel example), also see http://teachartathome.com/starrynight.html
  
• hard pastels: Czech landscape
  
  
• (#) white glue & watercolor "Stained Glass" Flowers
• charcoal Michaelango "hand"
• (#) watercolor and ink freestyle fish
• (#) Lictenstein Inspired Self-Portraits (5th grade)
  
• Advanced "self portrait (recommended for 14 yo & up)
• online newsletter issue: unit study: folk art
• Suite 101 A Homeschool Art Lesson: Maurice Pendergrast (American Impressionism: "Salem Cove), Dec 13, 2009, by Christine Alcott
• (*) 5th grade: foreshortening
• (*) simple perspective
• Shrink Art Mosiacs
• (#) Paisley
• (#) Crazy Quilt Texture Board (recc: grades 3-8)
• painted lockets
• (#) three columns
• (#)
  
• textile painting
• (#) example of Silhouette
• (#) example of negative space animal (5/6th grade)
  

Articles that might help you with your art "classes":

• Homeschool Art History: Tapestry Making and Weaving
• list of curriculum
• Ideas to help you teach at home

and some online art (selected ideas from Incredible Arts great list)

Create your own Jackson Pollock pictures online at jacksonpollock.org




Make your own Mandala online! You can rotate, scale, and more at
girlsgotech.org





Mark Kistler's website allows you to follow along as he teaches 3D.
draw3d.com

Enjoy!

Sculpture Grounds

Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. Open Tuesdays through Sundays. 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. year-round (closed to public on Oct. 11, 2008). Admission $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students 13+, for ages 6 - 12 $6. Guided tours by appointment only. Pick up a brochure for self-guided tours. Click for directions.

Specials: Free admission (Thursday, September 11, 2008)

Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY, (about an hour from the GW bridge), Open April to mid- November, Wednesdays through Sundays. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Admission $10 for adults and $7 for students (K - 12). Docent tours 2pm daily. Click for directions.
Free children's day is: August 23, 2008

information consistent with their website entires as of: September 2007
Always a good idea to confirm.