Art-O-Rama: Masterpiece Edition
About the Teacher
Ana Esteve Llorens was born in Valencia, Spain. She earned a MFA in Sculpture in 2011 from VCU, and a BFA in 2007 and a MA in 2008, both from Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain. She has received numerous awards and fellowships including a Fulbright Fellowship, an Arte y Derecho Foundation Award, a Grand Tour 2011 Fellowship among others. She has been and artist in residency at Yaddo in NY and Casa de Velázquez in Spain. Her work has been shown widely nationally and internationally and is held in private and public collections both in Europe and the Americas.
A note from the teacher & some of the things the campers learned while in camp
Dear Parents,
First, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Ana and I have been the teacher of your children during the Art-o-Rama Camp last week. I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to get to know them and share time and ideas with them. I have to say that your children made the most out of this art camp, and turned their and my experience as an artist into one of the most enriching I have ever undergone. All of my beloved students, Miller, James, Kena, Grady, Hollister and Evan contributed to the success of the group with their valuable and unique ideas.
They will be great artists if they choose to. Their expressiveness, creativity, freedom and talent are tools they all have, tools that will help them reach whatever they imagine, in the field of art or in any other field they choose. These are amazing fellow travelers that will help them succeed in whatever they undertake. And these are tools I have tried to strengthen through each of the activities we have done this week.
In Art-o-Rama we explored our relationship with the environment by carefully choosing environmental friendly and recycled materials. Notions about color and composition drove each activity.
While presenting the work of artists Katarzyna Kobro, Tony Smith, Anne Truitt, Alexander Calder and John Chamberlain, the children learnt about different artistic movements and technics. As I mentioned above, self-expression was encouraged during the decision making process and production of each piece.
Through the process of building a large scale sculpture and a mobile, using recycled boxes, clay, and other materials, students learnt about composition, balance, weight, symmetry, scale, functionality, color, and its relations and interactions within the piece.
Sketches were made prior to the completion of each piece.
Again, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to work and meet your sweet and amazing children. I really look forward to work with them soon again and to their future achievements and successes.
All the best,
Ana Esteve Llorens
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