Miro Stickers for Emergency Vet Office

It is always sad when a pet gets hurt.  I'm sure that the children who have to spend time waiting at the emergency vetrinarian office will appreciate having your stickers to distract them.

Complete project instructions available here.

Joan Miro Extension Activities

Joan Miro's life and art really do seem to be in contrast to one another, don't they?

Online activities:

• Play pinball online as you navigate through Miro’s paintings
• View an animated Miro painting
• Watch a short video showing many of Miro's works

Books:

• Read more about the fascinating life of Joan Miro in Miro, Famous Artist by Antony Mason
• Color your own Miro in this book by Annette Roeder 

Create:

• Play a game with dice to create your own Miro inspired artwork.

Consider:

As we discussed in class, Miro’s Catholic faith was important to him, and drove him to be very concerned about the common people around him.  In his words he saw the role of the artist  “to be someone, who amidst the silence of others, uses his voice to say something and who has the obligation that this thing not be useless but something that is of service to mankind.”  

One of his favorite symbols to use in his work was the ladder.  It represented not a means of escape, but a means of reaching something greater.   Consider this in light of Isaiah 58:10 which says 

"If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday."

So what does that mean?  In short, God promises to reward  those who offer help and compassion to the poor and needy around about them.  

To be clear, Christianity isn't all about behaving perfectly (anyone who says that is possible is a hypocrite).  We all sin, and that grieves our savior, but he has offered us forgiveness.  Our only obligation is to believe.  Out of that belief we then show mercy and love to others as an act of love for God.  We need to humbly serve those around us.  No pious belief can justify treating others poorly.  Instead, our faith should push us toward sincere good works motivated by right motives.   Out of that mercy and kindness God will provide us with comfort. 

Joan Miro

Everyone is creative.  We all dream and wish and hope.  Some of us are great at tapping into that part of our mind to create works of art, while others struggle a bit more to discover their own creativity.  In the 20th-century there was an intentional movement to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind.  We call this movement surrealism, and one of the most acclaimed artists was  Joan Miro.

Joan Miro

zhuan Mee-roe (click here for pronunciation help)

Spanish

1893 - 1983

In preparation for class please place the image below where it can be viewed often.  For a printable image click here.

Beautiful Bird Revealing
Joan Miro
Museum of Modern Art, New York

We are going to be creating our own surrealistic images to help animals.  In order to complete this month's project each chid will need:

• Reeves soft pastels - 12 color set - can be shared
• Tru Ray Acid Free Construction Paper 
• one sheet white - 12”x18”
• one large scrap approx 9x12" either blue red or green
• several smaller scraps approx. 4x4" in a combination of yellow, blue, green and red 

• Sharpie markers -  black only - 1  per student
• Scotch 3M clear glue stick - can be shared
• Scissors - 1 per student
• pencil with an eraser (does not need to be an artist pencil) - 1 per student
• several paper towels

See you on Friday, March 21st at 6:30!