{"id":1192,"date":"2013-12-12T15:49:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T20:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2015-04-28T10:49:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T14:49:03","slug":"art-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/?p=1192","title":{"rendered":"VAST Activities: Art Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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. \u00a0The activity concluded with a field trip to the Vassar Art Museum, the Loeb, at the end of the semester. \u00a0Everyone had a great time learning about art!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1172\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/12\/Nov-22-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1172\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1172\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/12\/Nov-22-7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The eighth graders work on their drawings.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/12\/Nov-22-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/12\/Nov-22-7-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/12\/Nov-22-7-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The eighth graders work on their drawings. Are their faces part of their art?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1174\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/12\/Nov-22-9-e1387313212588.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1174\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1174\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/12\/Nov-22-9-e1387313212588-290x290.jpg\" alt=\"Darius works on his nature collage\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Darius works on his nature collage<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1173\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/12\/Nov-22-8-e1386881254869.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1173\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vast\/files\/2013\/12\/Nov-22-8-e1386881254869-290x290.jpg\" alt=\"Jamily, one of our mentors, made a collage too\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamily, one of our mentors, made a collage of a face<\/p><\/div>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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