Project Description
In this residency, students will hand sculpt a heart to hold onto for comfort inside and outside of school. This will be made out of air-drying clay and use acrylics and glazes to paint. The social-emotional theme of being in your own good hands will be a foundation of this therapeutic and meaningful art experience.
Final Product
A heart shaped hand held clay sculpture that functions like an artistic, comforting fidget.
Learning Outcomes
- Students will learn basic sculpture techniques.
- Students will learn the foundational painting technique of color building, color seeing and creating a texture or glazed overlay, if they choose.
- Students will gain the valuable social-emotional lesson that their heart is in their own hands.
Suggested Grades
- K-8th
Pricing Breakdown
- 4 visits at 45 minutes each
- Prep hours: 3 hours per classroom
- Materials: $3.00 per student
- Travel from Eugene
Meet the Artist
Why I teach art:
“To create good art and good lives, I believe we can start where we are with what we have. I look forward to helping teachers and students connect to their creative selves in an empowered way that delights them. For seven years prior to my emergence as a self-taught artist, creativity and compassion were the foundation from which I taught middle school language arts and US History. In 2007, I was honored with a student nominated Local Teacher of The Year award. From 2008-2023, I exhibited at length in the world class cities of Chicago, Eugene, and Sedona with my two full length, immersive art and writing experiences.
Before being donated to the clinic waiting room of HIV Alliance here in Eugene, my second collection which honors the resiliency of the human spirit, The Soul Success Medals for Humanity, was featured on the cover of Sedona’s Red Rock News. My first collection, Aorta Transformata: an artistic depiction of the heart through openness, love, death, rebirth and the ability to love again exhibited in Chicago from 2008-2011 where the then Mindful Metropolis, stated it “resonates on a universal plane”.
—Arianne (Air) Taylor
