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Cooperativa Sociale La Pieve Comune di ARGENTA

Arts Arts arent' intended just to share ideas. They are intended to have ideas, make experiences

and find new shapes to our knowledgeGulbenkian Foundation

• The reasond of an educational project about artsThe reasond of an educational project about arts

Many researches point out how crucial is the “aesthetic aesthetic dimension of children's experience” dimension of children's experience” as well as education projects designed to make children experience new media to communicate their feelings and thoughts.

As Brinson said, each form of art owns a very special language in order to read the world and human feeligs.

• Visual mode makes use of light, colours, images light, colours, images

• Auditory mode makes use of sounds and rhythmsounds and rhythm

• Kinesthetic mode makes use of body movementsbody movements

• Verbal mode makes use of written and spoken written and spoken words words

• Performative mode makes use of imaginary rolesimaginary roles.

As Musaio wrote, art “helps in getting familiar with confrontation, confrontation, to encounter encounter what is unexpected unexpected and changeableand changeable”.

Art means amazement, wonder and curIosity to us.

Art means transformation and giving an interpretation of the world we know.

Art also means encouraging aptitude for observation and let children autonomously find meanings far from any stereotyped or given explanation.

Meeting arts Meeting arts

Children get closer to the word of arts playing and discoveringplaying and discovering

We created some convertible convertible settings to encourage different expressive modes:

Open-close systems or rotating panels allow children and adult to be involved in the artworks.

Shapes and movement of artworks have been observed from different points of view and transformed into :

tridimensional tridimensional reproductions, reproductions, tactile tactile works, works, olfactory olfactory works or works or suond effectssuond effects

The pictures have been experienced through the bodypictures have been experienced through the body

Any children's Any children's comment, remark and reaction comment, remark and reaction about tHe way they experienced about tHe way they experienced works of art has been recorded. works of art has been recorded.

“ “ I'm choosing a color as I could bite an I'm choosing a color as I could bite an apple or give my hand to a friend”apple or give my hand to a friend”

Emile SchumacherEmile Schumacher

We proposed a We proposed a musical reading of some musical reading of some works of art :works of art :

Black Black represents loud sounds, represents loud sounds, gray gray medium medium sounds and sounds and white white soft sounds. soft sounds.

Sounds and rhythmSounds and rhythm

Lines, shapes and movementLines, shapes and movement

Body expressionBody expression

We also use some photography beacuse, as Zuckerman says “ the art of photography is based on the CONTACT CONTACT with a human being, an animal, a scene or a situation...”

We think that art of photography also helps children in discovering new worlds, faraway beauties and creating stories.

Workshops with parents Workshops with parents

We involved parents and families in our project:

we asked them about their ideas about Art ideas about Art

as well as methods to involve children in Arts.

We tried to develop their ideas in the most practical way.

What art is to parents:What art is to parents:

A universal languagelanguage ;• Changement Changement in thoughts• Amusement Amusement and explorationexploration;• Anything beautifulbeautiful;• Expression of feelings, ideas, emotions Expression of feelings, ideas, emotions • CreativityCreativity;• FreedomFreedom- free creativity;• Using recovered recovered materials;• Expression through your bodyExpression through your body;• PhotographyPhotography.

Workshops with parentsWorkshops with parents

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Works of art Works of art Libro a parete:

Philip Taaffe Artificial Paradise 2008;Franz Marc Fighting shapes 1914;Ernst Wilhelm Nay Blauflut 1960;

open-Close panels i:P.Klee various works

Pointillism: aborigen worksArt and Nature Panel:

Vasilij Kandinskij Some Circles 1926Mamie Holst Landscape before dying 2008

Karin Davie Seeing spots n 1 2008From the book: Cielo e terra (mondi celati alla vista)

Colonie di volvoxIntestino

Polo nord celesteFor slideshows:

From the book “Creatures” by A. ZuckermanDove and KangarooProjected works:

Light Tree by M.TetesiPivot Panels:M.C.Escher

Metamorphose; Butterflies; Fishes and scales; Whirlpools;Smaller and smaller; Path of life II.Tactile Panel P.Mondrian

Sounding PanelsL.Veronesi and P.Klee

Floor tiles M. Chagall Mirò, Various works

The project took place during school year 2010/11 and has been curated by educators of Nido Dorè supervised by the

pedagogic coordination office of Argenta

Educators:Educators:Irene Saltari

Sara MonterastelliSandra Mantovani

Mariangela Martinelli

Pedagogic Coordinator:Coordinator:Ilaria Bosi