Last Sunday I had the opportunity to get to the Museum of the UPR and become a Francisco Oller and Jose Campeche for a few hours. The Museum every Sunday is open so that not only can appreciate art, but take a few hours of it, creating your own work in a relaxed and calm in which you can share with your family some leisure time out of routine. The creative adventure began with a brief explanation of what we had to do in this case, the adventure was called "Tree Campus." It was to visit the square Eugenio Maria de Hostos adjacent to the museum and pick a tree that would be the reason for our artwork, then we would use oil crayons on a surface that would prepare ourselves collage.
The action started when we begin to take pieces of construction paper and white paper to glue the pieces start over each other, starting with large pieces and then with the children. This was a fun activity for kids and not so young too.
Then to complement our journey through art, we had the opportunity to see an animated short, some 15 minutes, called "Wise Trees, Tree Magic" (1986). It was written by Ines Mendoza, Irene Delano animation and music by Jack Delano. The film though short, greatly impacts as it brings a very current problem with excessive pruning of trees and its negative impact on the environment. Now to the square Eugenio Maria de Hostos to implement our skills as artists and begin to paint the tree previously selected on the role that we prepare with the collage. This was the most exciting afternoon as we started to see how our tree and took shape with the background collage figures emerged, contrasting colors and shadows that never we were thinking.
By late afternoon it was a small exhibition of the work and the teachers and Marilyn Agnes Torrech, excellent in others, began to study the drawings and share their views on the results of our artistic proposals. Best of all this is that the workshops are offered every Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Museum of the UPR and are free of cost. It is a tremendous opportunity for families to share some entertainment with art and nature.
Here are the upcoming workshops for the month of October:
family workshop Sunday 12: Self-Portrait. We draw our profile with the help of light and shadow projected on a wall. The colors you choose to paint the figure and background plus the inclusion of biographical details, add interest to a very special portrait, which can be framed. Professor Olga Charneco.
family workshop Sunday 19: A stained glass paper. It explores the art of symmetrical design in creating a "stained glass" paper. Participants create a design with simple shapes on construction paper. After folding the paper and cut it, reveals a symmetrical design, which is decorated with colored paper. The window sticks to a rigid frame painted previously. Professor Olga Charneco.
family workshop Sunday 26: Inking relief. Participants build a white image in relief using cut and paste. After a tour of the Museum's exhibits, is inked with a roller surface worked in relief before. The picture becomes contrasts, changes in graphic design very original. Ines and Marilyn Torrech teachers. Flickr Creative Commons
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