28.11.2019

Urban art and nature inspire the Extended Day exhibition activities

Extended Day groups invited parents to visit the end of semester exhibition. Inspired by urban art of some artists, G5, G6, and Elementary School students (5 to 11 years old) brought color to the Campus spaces. The G2 to G4 children (2 to 4 years old) explored natural elements and their characteristics, serving as inspiration and material for the development of activities such as painting, collage, and drawing.

The “Gêmeos” work served as basis to start a conversation about the urban interventions with G5 to Y5 students. The artists chose a space in which painting could transform, creating a dialogue between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds, and take the characters to Vancouver to share perspectives and cultures, and establish a connection with people who visit the region, thus integrating the work with the scenario. Likewise, besides creating a rereading of the Gêmeos’ giant mural, students let the school spaces more colorful with paintings and colored wools around the Jatobá Square trees. The activity invites visitors to interact, proposing the participation in the construction of the work.

The G2 to G4 children used natural elements with different textures, sizes, and structures, which offered an opportunity of healthy learning and well-being. Besides being a background for freedom, it allowed the contemplation and appreciation of our planet – the place where we are and where we came from. The act of playing in contact with nature, using the school’s open spaces, allowed that childhood could happen naturally. The children created their narratives when they observed the sky, the insects around us, and the fruit trees.