On Exhibit: Litchfield Montessori School
“Expressions of Art” – Mixed Media
January 6 – 31
Litchfield Montessori Winter Art Show, Expressions of Art, features work from their students. The exhibit offers a look into the power of creative expression. Through different artists and art mediums, the children bring forth their marvelous imagination.
The exhibit opens with Henri Matisse, a French visual artist. The elementary students mimicked Matisse’s collage process by painting pieces of paper and then designing a composition on canvas with cut paper. From fun, colorful, whimsical forms to intricate
patterns, the students created their own unique compositions.
From the world of collage, they moved into the three-dimensional art form of mosaic work. The elementary students are introduced to creating an image made with small regular and irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic. The pieces are held in place on a surface with a mortar and grout. As a class, we sourced our designs from the natural world and the divine nature of patterns. The children designed intricate pictures and carefully placed the pieces in the mortar to create their mosaic. The pieces are abstract, colorful, and a thing of beauty.
Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator, embraced the happenings of everyday life. The children were asked to sketch a moment from their life that embodies a time of love, joy, or gratitude. Once sketched, they drew the final piece on watercolor paper and then used mix media (colored pencil, crayon, watercolor, and black sharpie.) to bring their image to life. The drawings speak to what is truly important in this world.
The children of Litchfield Montessori School are encouraged to be independent thinkers as well as good citizens of the world. As seen through their artwork, the children express their unique qualities as well as their love for the world around them.
Oliver Wolcott Library
160 South Street
Litchfield, CT 06759
