VAST Activities: Art Talk

Every Friday, VAST welcomes special guest mentors to teach an Art Talk activity. Three Vassar students who are docents in the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center came to VAST to run the activity: Sophie, Olivia, and Angela. The scholars looked at historical paintings and made their own unique works of art based on the styles and techniques used in the famous pieces.  The activity concluded with a field trip to the Vassar Art Museum, the Loeb, at the end of the semester.  Everyone had a great time learning about art!

The eighth graders work on their drawings. Are their faces part of their art?

Darius works on his nature collage

Part of the activity included going outside to find things from nature to use as art. Above, you can see Darius thinking about the best way to use what he found to create something unique.

Jamily, one of our mentors, made a collage of a face

Thank you to Olivia, Sophie, and Angela for volunteering your time to come teach the VAST scholars about art. It was great to have student docents teach the middle school students what they know about art history. They shared their accomplished art skills with the students and even invited us to visit the Vassar art museum. We are very grateful for their work this semester!