Field Trip FUN!

Today was our FIRST field trip of the year! We took a trip to the Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum (the SBISD Art Museum) and we LOVED it!

First, we watched a video about a woman named Maria who creates beautiful pottery by hand! We learned how careful she has to be when gathering materials, creating the base of the pottery, and glazing the pieces by hand! We also got to see a few examples of beautiful pottery like the ones made in the film.

Next, we headed into the Museum to take a tour of so many amazing artifacts from many different countries! We saw masks, statues, and animal tusks from Africa, clothing and art work from Peru and other countries, and had a chance to play with various instruments like those from around the world. We learned that many people around the world create art using whatever materials are found naturally in their country. It was REALLY cold in this part of the museum! The temperatures are kept low to ensure that the artifacts and art work stay in one piece!

Our last task was to create our own version of the pottery made by the artist in the film we watched! We used our imaginations and creativity to create pottery shapes and designs with black paper and gel markers! We were able to decide what shape our pottery would be and had freedom to decorate with whatever designs we chose!

Everyone seemed to enjoy their trip to the Art Museum so be sure to ask your student about their favorite part! We were also on our BEST behavior throughout the morning - I can't wait for our next field trip!