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DUBLIN 2015
Soqui Rojo (Menorca) Monica Briseghella (Italy) and Mariavittoria Vecchi (Italy)
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A BRIEF PRESENTATION
Why we chose Sean Scully? We chose Scully because we liked his temporary exhibition in the National Gallery of Ireland and we thought that his abstract art might be a good point to start exploring with children different concepts in different ways: shapes, colours, patterns, balance, number and measures.Scully art, as you now, was inspired by the dry stone walls of the Aran Islands. The presence of these kind of walls, in Menorca as in Italy too, motivated us to choose the work of this artist to introduce an intercultural project.Who is Scully? Starting from the presentation of the artist, the trail is designed to develop in seven different sessions. Each one of them is connected with an aspect of his paintings.
The project is interdisciplinary. The seven session altogether offer children activities concerning all areas of child development: language area, graphic pictorial area, motory and sound, music and dance activities, experiences in order to count and measure.The project will give children the chance to learn the new language as they can connect the new vocabulary with their senses, visually, aurally and physically.We are teaching in a pre-primary school, then we thought of proposals for 4/5 year old children.But all sessions are like large containers: each of them contains proposals which can be extended, or made more complex, depending on the age of the children and the school level. You can expand the experiences, the information on the work of Scully, or the vocabulary too. Well show you only just a few examples.
2. LINES AND SHAPES EXPLORING WALLS TROUGHT SEAN SCULLY
7. NUMBER and MEASURES1. ABSTRACT ART4. PATTERNS6. BALANCE
5. CONCEPT OF SPACE
3 . COLORS
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RESOURCESTO PRESENT THE CONTENT OF THE PROJECT
A power-pointInformation about the work from Sean ScullyPhotosVideosFlash cards with the vocabularyThe Irish song: What should we do with the drunken sailor
TO WORK WITH THE CHILDREN:A paper with the shape of the portrait of Sean ScullyPapers different measuresBrushesTemperasPencilsBlack markersScissorsGlueClay Different kind of materials to cut shapes,Boxes,A variety of materials (recycled material, plastic bottles, boxes) stones, potatoes, Construction setsColored beadsBody games
EXPLORING WALLS TROUGHT SEAN SCULLY
SEAN SCULLY
SEAN SCULLY IS A PAINTER WHO WAS BORN IN IRELAND IN 1945.HE HAS BEEN 70 YEARS OLD IN LAST SUMMER IN JUNE.
HE TAKES ISPIRATION FROM THE WORLD ARAUND HIM. HIS WORK IS INSPIRED BY DRY STONE WALLS OF THEARAN ISLANDS
SIMILAR KIND OF WALLS WE HAVE IN SPAIN AND ITALY .
FOR EXEMPLE IN MENORCA, IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS AND IN SARDINIA ISLAND.
MENORCA, BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN
SARDINIA ISLAND, ITALY
SASSUOLO, ITALY
ABSTRACT ART
HE STARTED OUT PAINTING PEOPLE BUT DECIDED HE LIKED SHAPES , LINES, COLOURS AND PATTERNS.
THE IDEAS FOR HIS PAINTINGS COME FROM COLOURS AND PATTERNS AND SHAPES .
HE ALMOST ALWAYS USES BLOCKS OR STRIPS.
THIS KIND OF ART IS KNOWN AS ABSTRACT ART.
VOCABULARY
ABSTRAT ART
PAINTER
STONE
WALL
DRY STONE WALLS
ACTIVITY
TO PAINT THE PORTRAIT OF SEAN SCULLY AS YOU CAN SEE IN HIS WORKS OF ABSTRACT ART
LINES AND SHAPES
HORIZONTAL
VERTICAL
STRAIGHT LINE
CURVED LINES
POINTCIRCLE
TRIANGLE
SQUARE
OVAL
IRREGULAR STONE
REGULARIRREGULAR
SHAPES
VOCABULARY
POINT
LINE: VERTICAL / HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT LINE / CURVED LINE
SHAPES: CIRCLE, OVAL, SQUARE, RECTANGLE, TRIANGLE, REGULAR / IRREGULAR
ACTIVITIESCOLLAGE WITH SHAPES MADE OF DIFFERENT TYPES, TEXTURES AND MATERIALS
TO DESIGN A WALL LIKE SCULLY WITH DIFFERENT LINES AND SHAPES
COLORSSEAN SCULLY STARTED PAINTING AND DRAWING WHEN HE WAS A LITLLE BOY. LATER HE WENT TO SCHOOL TO TRAIN AS AN ARTIST.
PEOPLE LIKE HIS COLORFULL PAINTING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tssYKyfsB_Q
WITH THEIR GRIDS OF STRIPES AND SQUARES, THE PAINTINGS OF SEAN SCULLY RESEMBLE PLAYING BOARDS FOR GAMES NOT YET INVENTED, OR THE FLAGS OF IMAGINARY COUNTRIES.
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VOCABULARY: COLORSRED ORANGE YELLOW GREENPURPLEPINKGREY BLACK WHITEBROWNBLUE
ACTIVITIES
TO PAINT STRIPES WITH COLORS LIKE SEAN SCULLYTO FOUND OUT THE DIFFERENT TONES OF GREY WATCHING DRY STONE WALLS
PATTERNSA PATTERN IS A DISCERNIBLE REGULARITY IN THE WORLD OR IN A MENMADE DESIGN
DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF IRISH CULTUR
THE ELEMENT OF A PATTERN REPEET IN A PREDICTABLE MANNER
(Floor of St. Patricks Cathedral)
ANY OF THE FIVE SENSES MAY DIRECTLY OBSERVE PATTERNS
VOCABULARY
TO MAKE SERIES
TO COMPOSE
TO REPIT
TO CONSTRUCT
TO DANCE
TO WRITE
TO THREAD
ACTIVITIESTO CREATE A NECKLACE: THREAD 4 ELEMENTS (COLOURED BEAD) OF DIFFERENT SHAPE AND COLOR AND THEN REPEAT THEM A ROLL OFTO PAINT A WALL WITH FINGER PRINTS WATCHING THA PATTERNSTO PLAY MAKING RHYTHMS MAPPING A TYPE OF SOUND AN ELEMENT OF VIEW
IN ALL THE DANCE WE CAN DISCOVER SOUND AND MOTORY PATTERNS. LET DANCE WITH IRISH MUSIC !
DANCING
CONCEPT OF SPACEOUTNEARUNDERDOWNUPINBEHIND
ONUNDER
IN
OUT
UPDOWN
WAY NEAR
FRONTBEHIND
VOCABULARY
UP, DOWN, IN, ON, OUT, OVER, UNDER, NEXT TO, CORNER, BESIDE, BETWEEN, NEAR, WAYVideo
ACTIVITY
BODY AND MOTORY GAMES
TO BUILD A SCULPTURE WITH BOXES AS SEAN SCULLY
BALANCE
WITH BODY
VideoVideo
AND WITH OBJECTS OF DIFFERENT SIZE , SHAPE AND WEIGHT
VOCABULARY: BODY, HANDS , FEET , HEAD , LEGS , BACK, BELLY.BALANCE, LIGHT / HEAVY, BIG/ SMALL,
ACTIVITIES:MOMENTS OF FREE EXPLORATION FOR TO KNOW MATERIALS AND AND THEIR FEATURESBALANCE GAMES WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALSBODY GAMES
NUMBERSAND MEASURES
ONE
TWO
THREE
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AND SO FOR ALL OTHER NUMBERS UP TO 10
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VOCABULARY:
NUMBER, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN.MEASURE , LONG , WIDE , HIGH, LOW , ...
ACTIVITIES:
COMBINE NUMBER AND QUANTITY THROUGH GAMES AND MOMENTS OF ROUTINES
WE ASSOCIATE A COLOR TO EACH NUMBER AND THE KIDS HAVE TO PAINT SO MANY TRACES OF THAT COLOR AS THE NUMBER INDICATED
TO COMPARE THE SIZE OF OBJECTS.TO DO SIMPLE MEASUREMENTS USING HANDS , FEET , OBJECTS ,
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