Amber Mintert, art professor at Missouri Southern State University and our liaison with Crystal Bridges, has been in our classroom, this week, sharing art and history with students. We have thoroughly enjoyed her visits and the projects she has led. These pictures are from Tuesday.
Yesterday, Mrs. Mintert returned for "George Washington Day", and shared two of Crystal Bridges prized possessions - the portraits of George Washington, depicted at Yorktown and near the end of his presidency. The kids loved playing the expert to her questions about our favorite first commander-in-chief and president, and they learn a lot in the process as she challenged them to find more and more details in the portraits.
We're looking forward to just two more days with our "artist-in-residence" and for an upcoming field trip to see these and other artworks for ourselves in the spring - all of which are made possible by a grant program our fourth grade teachers participated in last summer involving a week-long residency at the Bentonville, Arkansas, museum.
We're looking forward to just two more days with our "artist-in-residence" and for an upcoming field trip to see these and other artworks for ourselves in the spring - all of which are made possible by a grant program our fourth grade teachers participated in last summer involving a week-long residency at the Bentonville, Arkansas, museum.
