Maura Galante BFA University of Massachusetts
Visual Arts Instructor MS Southern Ct State University, New Haven/ University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Grades 5-8
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MEET THE TEACHER:
I came to Betsy Ross in the spring of 2000, after several years in other arts-related fields. I am a working artist who specializes in printmaking, collage, and painting. I am active in the New Haven arts community, and am a member of various area arts organizations. I keep a home studio, and I have been a faculty member in the printmaking department at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven since 1998, and I taught ceramics and visual art at the Shubert Summer Theatre & Arts camp for grades 5-8 for two summers. I participate in City Wide Open Studios (CWOS), New Haven's annual art festival which takes place each October, and exhibit my art locally and regionally. I continue my professional development through Yale University Summer Institutes, NHPS offerings, and I take workshops in various art media as often as possible. I am the teacher facilitator of the Betsy Ross Museum Club, an after school club which partners with the Yale University Art Gallery to explore Response to Art activities and independent study for students. I am a huge fan of punk rock, animals, Spanish and Asian food, and I am an avid cook and gardener. |
Visual Art classes at Betsy Ross are guided by the National and CT State Standards for Art Education. Students will:
- Understand, select and apply various art media, techniques, and processes.
- Understand and apply elements and principles of art.
- Consider, select and apply a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas.
- Understand the visual arts in relation to history and culture
- Reflect upon, describe, analyze, interpret and evaluate their own work and the work of others.
- Make connections between the visual arts, other disciplines, and daily life.
- Understand, select and apply various art media, techniques, and processes.
- Understand and apply elements and principles of art.
- Consider, select and apply a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas.
- Understand the visual arts in relation to history and culture
- Reflect upon, describe, analyze, interpret and evaluate their own work and the work of others.
- Make connections between the visual arts, other disciplines, and daily life.
What We're Working On: (Emphasis Classes)
8th Grade 8th graders are learning about the art movement Surrealism, and artists Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. They are gathering images to juxtapose in themed collages that show strange, nightmarish, comical or dreamlike scenes or statements.
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7th Grade7th grade students are finishing clay relief tiles which include geometric and organic shapes. When the tiles are dry, they will be fired and glazed in our kiln.
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6th Grade Grade six students are finishing their unit on color. They have chosen a color scheme, such as primaries, secondaries, complementary, analogous, and created wood assemblage relief sculptures that they will paint their chosen colors.
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5th GradeGrade 5 students are learning about the mask tradition of ancient Egypt. They are planning papier mache masks
to show various characters from Egyptian history. |
