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Show Js- -7M' nl Bitsy Salomon's first grade class. Art Appreciation at Marsac Bitsy Salomon's first grade class at the elementary school has been studying the elements of art lately as well as various well known artists including Marc Chagall, Juan Miro, Paul Klee, Jean Renoir, Matisse, Modigli-ani, Modigli-ani, and sculptor Paul Rodin. The students have been reading about one artist a week and Bitsy Salomon said they have already learned to appreciate Art more especially regarding color, shape, and line. The first grade teacher at' Marsac said she is trying to encourage an integrated education educa-tion combining geometry with the various elements of art. She added that she began the art appreciation course with the man who is probably considered the master of all: Pablo Picasso. The students are trying their own hands at art in class, following a discussion of a particular artist. "They just go right to the easel after we talk," said Bitsy Salomon. David Johnson of Johnson Art Gallery loaned the class original prints to use for the art program and also various art books dating from 1865 to the present. "It (Art) is a good way to combine different subjects," the first grade teacher said, adding "The students are really excited about it. I don't think they're ever too young to learn something of value." |
