VESTUARIO PARA ASAMBLEA THIRD GRADE: THE MAGIC PAINTING

A continuación se presenta el vestuario que deberán traer los alumnos el día de la asamblea:

vestuario niñas

vestuario niños

IMPRESSIONISM IN MEXICO

Our class has been working in a Transmedia Project around Art History, we made research about Impressionism, and then we created a story.  In this blog you will find our story, our goal is to share what we learn about this Art Movement through Stroytelling.


We would like you to share and contribute building up and enhance our Story with your posts about what you know about Impressionism or just adding new ideas to the story.


Attached you will find a link about how Impressionism was extended to our country Mexico, and some paintings of this Art Period.


You can answer this questions and learn more about Arts as a way to express and understand the world.

To learn more about how IMPRESSIONIS expanded to different nations, here you will find how MEXICO was part of this movement, you can see some MEXICAN ARTIST paintings, and you can share what do you know about them and this kind of production.

Share your comments on:

1. What do you know about this movement in your country?

2. What do you know about IMPRESSIONISM?

3. Are there some painters in your country that contribute to this movement?

4. How do you feel while watching at this kind of paintings?

5. How do you "connect" to IMPRESSIONIST paintings?

You can use GOOGLE TRANSLATOR to UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING LINKS, and YOU CAN SHARE IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH.

http://claudiatello.hubpages.com/hub/impressionismandimpressionistartistsmexicanartatmuseosoumaya

JVS TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING ART PROJECT: THE STORY "The Magic Painting"

The Magic Painting

Once upon a time there were three siblings visiting their grandparents’ house. Their names were Alice, Anahí and Alexis. They decided to play hide and seek because after doing nothing interesting, they were bored.

Anahí chose to hide at the attic. Alexis, who was looking for they sisters, found first Alice and then, both started looking for their sister. They found her because they heard her screaming. They went upstairs and spotted her, who was shocked. They asked her what was happening.

Very excited, Alice started telling them that there was something, very strange in a painting, that she had found. The two kids did not understand. They asked her to explain and to be calm. She took a big breath and started saying that when she was trying to hide behind a painting that was at the attic, her hand penetrated into a weird dimension.

Alice showed their siblings the painting that caused her that strange feeling. All of the kids looked at it. They talked about the beauty and calm that it contained.  She approached her hand and it disappeared into the painting, suddenly she all was dragged into the strange dimension.

The other two kids stared at each other in amazement and they got closer to look carefully at the painting, where they saw their sister. In a flash they were dragged into it. Afterwards the siblings were in that strange new world.

The siblings looked at each other with concern because they could not understand how they had gotten to this place. The two girls started crying with despair because they wanted to get back to their grandpas’ house. Even do Alexis was worried, he tried to keep his sisters calm, but without much success.  He told his sisters that there was a person, and maybe he could help them, the man was standing next to the bridge, which they had seen in the painting. The girls stopped crying. They approached the man cautiously, who nicely with a big smile told them that he was the right person to help them.

The kids told the man what had happened and how worried they were because they did not know how come back, where they came from. The man introduced himself, telling the kids who he was. He also explained the kids, where they were. It was incredible for the kids to assimilate that they were in the 19^th century with Claude Monet a great painter in that time.

Claude Monet asked the siblings if they wanted to know more about the Impressionism period that he was living in. He promised that after that he could help them to come back to their time.

The kids, of course, were impressed and they told Monet that they did want to know Monet’ friends, information, and facts of that time. In this point, Monet took the kids to a famous cafe, where he and his friends used to gather and spend time together.

Monet introduced the kids some important painters such as: Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas, Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne and Alfred Sisley, who were famous for their works. Then, the writers such as: Marcel Proust and Octave Mirbeau. Finally, composers such as: Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

When the kids had met all Monet’s friends, they walked back to the bridge where they started that journey through the past. They were walking when they saw a play being developed in an open theatre. Alice asked Monet if the playwright there were friends of him. Monet told the kids that maybe the people, who where on stage, were their friends. They took a look and Monet saw their friends, who were interested in the kids because their strange clothes.  

Monet introduced the kids, known playwright, Ludovic Halévy and Jacques Offenbach, who asked the kids why they wearing these clothes. They said that they came from 2012 year. After that, Monet and the kids retook the way back to the bridge. The kids were talking about that great experience, when Monet asked them to do his a favor and go to his house. Monet thought that maybe they refused to go, but they were pleased to know his house and with luck, one of his current work.

Monet asked the kids to use all their imagination in a painting, in the place where they would like to be back. He provided them all the materials and with his help, the kids began painting their grandpas’ attic. After some time they finish their painting, which was amazing, with all the attic details. Monet congratulated them for their masterpiece. They realized how tired they were, that they fell asleep.

Suddenly, Alice opened her eyes and she discovered two things: that they were back at the attic, and second, she was holding their painting; her siblings were there, too. With a lot of emotion, she woke up her siblings. They opened their eyes and to their amazement, they were back at their grandpas’ house.

They talked about their wonderful experience, and Alexis proposed their sister to look for another thing that might take them to another time in art. The girls disappointed to his idea. They wanted to share that magic experience with their grandparents and had dinner with them. Maybe in another time, they would like to visit the attic, again.

JVS TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING ART PROJECT: DRAMA PLAY "The Magic Painting" (Script)

Student                                              Character                                                             

Rodrigo Acevedo                            James Dick                         Narrator

Andrés Alcalá                                   Paul Cezanne                    Painter

Santiago Altamirano                      Ludovic Halévy                 Playwright

Tamara Bado                                    Alice                                     Sister

Edmann Blobaum                           Jacques Offenbach        Playwright

Ian Canchola                                     Alfred Sisley                      Painter

Dara Enríquez                                   Auguste Renoir                               Painter

Vanessa Flores                                Edgar Degas                      Painter

Faida Gómez                                    Christine Wolf                  Narrator

Ilie González                                     Marcel Proust                   Writer

Ximena Juárez                                 Anahí                                   Sister

Nahomy Mendoza                         Maurice Ravel                  Musician

Eduardo Miranda                            Francoise Bergman        Narrator

Omar Muñoz                                    Alexis                                   Brother

Rodrigo Puig                                     Octave Mirbeau              Writer

Chelsea Ramírez                             Claude Debussy                              Musician

Sandra Treviño                                Claire Huet                         Narrator

Sofía Valverde                                 Claude Monet                  Painter

Camila Velasco                                 Camille Pissarro               Painter

THE MAGIC PAINTING

Welcome parents and friends, we are third graders and we will present our work representing the Impressionism period. We hope you enjoy it.

Narrator: Once upon a time there were three siblings visiting their grandparents’ house. Their names were: Alexis, Anahí, and Alice. They decided to play hide and seek because they were bored. One of the girls chose to hide at the attic.

Alexis, who was looking for his sisters, found Anahí. Afterwards, they were looking for Alice. After some time, they heard her screaming. They went upstairs and spotted her, she was shocked.  They asked her what was happening.

 Very excited, Alice started telling them that there was something, very strange, in a painting. The two kids did not understand. They asked her to explain and to be calm. She took a big breath and said:

Alice:  I found a beautiful painting and when I tried to touch it, I realized that my hand penetrated into a different dimension.

Anahí:   A different dimension, what do you mean by that?

Alice:  Yes, come and see.

Narrator: All of the kids stared at the picture and one of them said.

Alexis:  Look, there is a bridge in this painting.

Anahí:  Where do you think this bridge takes you?

Alice:  To a wonderful place, I think, look at the beautiful trees and the pond seems so calm.

Alexis:  I wish we could go to a place like this!

Anahí:  Maybe we can, look at what happens when I try to touch this painting!

Narrator: Alice approached her hand and it disappeared into the painting, suddenly she was dragged into the strange dimension.

The other two kids stared at each other in amazement and they got closer to look carefully at the painting, where they saw their sister. In a flash they were dragged into the painting. Now the siblings were in this strange new world.

Alice: Where are we??

Alexis:  What happened to grandpa’s attic?

Narrator: The siblings looked at each other with concern because they couldn't understand how they had gotten to this place. The girls started crying with despair because they wanted to get back to their grandpa's house. Even though Alexis was worried, he tried to keep his sisters calm, but without much success. Then, Alexis saw a man who was standing next to the bridge. When he told his sisters that there was a person, and that maybe he could help them, the sisters stopped crying. They approached the man cautiously, who nicely with a big smile told them that he was the right person to help them.

Monet: May I help you?

Alexis: We need to know where we are, we were at our grandpa’s attic, where we found this painting.   (he points to it with his finger around the place)

Anahí:  And suddenly we landed inside the painting. Could you tell us where we are? We are worried about it. We don’t know how to come back to our grandparents’ house.  Could you help us?

Monet: Yes, of course, but since you are here, wouldn't you like to know more about this time?  I could take you into a wonderful journey through Impressionism!

Alice: We'd love to, but could you help us get back home?

Monet: Yes, but let me introduce myself.

Monet:  Yes, I can, as a matter of fact this is my painting.  I am Oscar Claude Monet, a painter. I am one of the founders of French Impressionist Painting and the most consistent practitioner of the movement’s philosophy of expressing one’s perceptions before nature. Specially as applied to plain-air landscape painting. I was born on November 14^th, 1840 in Paris, France. I have done some important works called: Impression Sunrise, Water Lilies, Haystacks and Poplars.

Alice:  Wow, you really did this painting, did you imagine it?

Monet: No, actually I lived in the late 19^th century, and this is how things looked, would you like to visit my time?

Anahí, Alice, and Alexis:  YESSSSSS!!!!!

Narrator:  Monet and the siblings started walking and the landscape became a European city of the late 19^th century. They find the Guerbois café, where painters and writers spent time together and inside, there were a lot of people.

Monet: This café is a gathering place for many artists such as painters and writers.  Most of them are my friends. Let’s sit down with James Dick, Christine Wolf, Francoise Bergman and Claire Huet, they can tell you more about this time, which is called IMPRESSIONISM.  I see a friend sitting over there.  May I go to salute him?    (Monet separates from the group)

Alice: Yes, of course.

Anahí:  Good afternoon, we are from a different time, and we would like to know more about this place and time.

Alice: Who are you?

Alexis:  We are Anahí, Alice and Alexis, and we live in the year 2012.

Narrator:  James Dick, Christine Wolf, Francoise Bergman and Claire Huet explained what the most important characteristics of the Impressionism were.

James Dick: Let me tell you that you are within the impressionist movement, which was originated in France in the 19^th century. Impressionists have broken from traditional European painting techniques and incorporated new elements into the chemistry of color in order to achieve new levels of tone, and exact color.

Christine Wolf: Yes, and let me say that Impressionists have created paintings that were suddenly different in how they look because they have applied paint in small touches of pure paint color rather than broad, mixed brushstrokes. This resulted in Impressionists artists having the ability to emphasize the impression of an object or subject matter.

Claire Huet: To tell you more, the inclusion of this movement is a crucial element of human perception and experience. The development of Impressionism in the visual arts has been followed by analogous styles in other media which became known as Impressionist music and Impressionist literature.

Alice: Ooooohh!!! Amazing!!!

Anahí and Alexis: Ooooh, yes.

Francoise Bergman: And, do you know that the Impressionism is generally a light and spontaneous method of painting, where an artist attempts to capture the impression of light in a scene? The name of this movement is derived from one of Monet’s early works “Impression: Sunrise”

Alice:  Wow, this is very interesting, we met Mr. Monet, who is a painter.

Alexis:  Do you think we could meet some more painters?

Anahí:   Monet’s friends?                (Monet comes back)

James Dick:  Yes, do you see the men sitting at the corner of the café? Let´s go with them.

Narrator: The children and Monet approached the table where Camille Pissarro , Edgar Degas, and Pierre Auguste Ronoir  were chatting.

Monet: Good evening, my friends, I would like to introduce three special friends of mine, they come from a far-away place, and they are very interested in our time.

Camille Pissarro: Hello!!  My complete name is Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro. Among my paintings is a view of St. Bartholomew's Church, and some others are: Fox Hill - Upper Nowood, The Avenue – Sydenham, The Boulevard Montmartre at Night.

Alice:  What was your main inspiration for you paintings?

Camille Pissarro: I understand and appreciate the importance of expressing on canvas the beauties of nature without adulteration^.  I paint scenes in the countryside to capture the daily reality of village life. I have found the French countryside to be “picturesque,” and worthy of being painted. So, I love to paint landscapes.

Anahí, Alexis and Alice: Thank you very much. Who are you?

Edgar Degas: Hi, kids!!!!! My name is Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas. I was born on July 19^th, 1834. I am a French artist, famous for my work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. My painting work is specialized in scenes of contemporary life, including dancers, entertainers and women at their toilettes. My technique was superb, and I have been experimenting with various media including pastel.  Some of the names of my painting are: Ballet Dancers, Beach Scene, Russian Dancers, Three Dancers in Violet Tutus.

Alexis: What is your opinion about art?

Edgar Degas:  No art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament, I know nothing.

Anahí: Thank you for your information.  You are…?

Pierre Auguste Renoir: I am Pierre Auguste Renoir, I was born in Limoges, France, on February 25^th, 1841. I am known for my portraits of women, children and groups of happy, casual people. More than the other impressionists, I am interested in forming and using rough brushwork to capture reality. I still continue painting even after crippled by arthritis. When I paint I have brushes tied to my hands. My paintings always retain happy felling, though. My works are: Moulin de la Galette, Madame Charpentier and her children, Luncheon of the Boating Party and The Bathers.

 Anahí: This is wonderful!!!  I remember that in Art class we saw your painting!

Alfred Sisley: Hello!!! I am Alfred Sisley. Nice to meet you. I was born on October 30^th, 1839. I am an Impressionist landscape painter. I have been living all my life in France, but I retained the British citizenship. I am the most consistent of the Impressionists in my dedication to painting landscape en plein air, as an example: outdoors. My works are: Lane near a Small Town, Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-Saint-Cloud and Village Street in Marlone.

Alice: Wowww!!!  You are…?

 Paul Cézanne: How are you? My name is Paul Cezanne. I was born in France in 1839. My work demonstrates a mastery of design, color, tone, and composition. My often repetitive, sensitive and exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. I use planes of color and small brushstrokes that build up to form complex fields, at once both a direct expression of the sensations of the observing eye and an abstraction from observed nature. My works are: The Black Marble Clock, A modern Olympia, Mont Sainte-Victoire.

Alice: Wonderful, thanks very much.  Miss Ale, our art class teacher, told us about some writers, too. Mr. Monet, do you know any writers?

Monet: I’m glad you asked, look, over there is Mr. Proust and Mr. Mirbeau. Let’s go talk to them.

Narrator: The children said “Good Bye” to the painters and walked towards the writers.

Monet: Marcel!!! Octave!!! What a wonderful surprise to see you here!!

Marcel Proust:  Where have you been hiding yourself Monet? We were looking for you.

Octave Mirbeau:  We wanted to show you our new scripts for the book each of us is writing.

Monet: I’ll look at them in another time, now I want to introduce my new friends, they are:     Anahí,  Alexis and  Alice  

Anahí,  Alexis, and  Alice: Good evening!

Marcel:  You look strange to me!

Octave:  Are you writers?

Monet: No, they come from a far-away place and they want to learn more about us.

Marcel:  Well my name is enormous, just call me Marcel Proust. I was born in Auteuil, France on July 10^th, 1871.  I am a novelist, essayist, and critic. I am also a prolific letter writer. I am known for my work: "À la recherche du temps perdu," which has been translated as "In Search of Lost Time" or "Remembrance of Things Past." I have been called the founder of the modern novel, looked upon as a major influence on modernist style. My first novel was "Jean Santeuil", but I abandoned the work. In 1896, "Portraits de Peintres" and "Les Plaisirs et les Jours" appeared.  

Octave: I am Octave Mirbeau. I was born on February 16^th, 1848 in Trevieres, Calvados, France. I am a journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright. I achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde. My works are: Calvary, In the Sky, Torture Garden, Abbé Jules, The Diary of a Lady’s Maid, and Célestine.

Marcel:  And who have you met in this journey?

Anahí: We have met Claude Monet, of course, Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas….

Alice: And Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Paul Cézanne…

Alexis: Don’t forget Octave Mirbeau and youuuu…

Octave:  Monet why don’t you take them to see Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

Monet: I don’t know where they are, do you know?

Marcel: They are at the Music Hall, Claude Debussy is playing tonight.

Narrator: The children and Monet started walking down the street where they began to hear some music playing.

Narrator: Monet calls Claude Debussy.

Monet: Claude!!! How are you?

Claude:  Monet what a surprise, I didn’t know you were around.

Monet: Is Maurice Ravel here too?

Claude:  Yes, he should be coming to the stage any minute.

Narrator:  Maurice enters the stage.

Monet: My friend!!! How are you?

Maurice: Fine, Fine, working, working.

Claude:  What brings you to our concert Hall?

Monet: My new friends wanted to meet you.

Anahí:  I am Anahí. They are Alexis and Alice… we come from the year 2012.

Alice: We are learning about Impressionism, we have met some of Mr. Monet’s painter friends.

Alexis: And writers too.

Monet: (to the children) Let me introduce Mr. Debussy and Mr. Ravel.

Claude Debussy: I am Achille-Claude Debussy. I was born on August 22^nd, 1862 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. I am an influential French composer of this century. I have formulated the 21-note scale and have changed how instruments are used for orchestration. The type of compositions I have written are: songs, instrumental, piano and choral works. I have composed: "Clair de lune," "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune", "La Mer," "Pelléas et Mélisande", "Nocturnes," "Images” and “Jeux;"

Alexis: Could we listen to a song tonight?  It will be grateful.

Claude Debussy: Oh!! Yes, of course in a moment I have to come back to stage, where you will listen to a great song. It will be dedicated just for you.

Alice, Anahí and Alexis: Thank you very much.

Maurice Ravel:  Nice to meet people from another time, it is amazing. Let me tell you, my name is Joseph-Maurice Ravel. I was born on March 7^th, 1875, in Cibourne, France. I am a composer specially know n for my melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Much of my piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire. I am also known for my craftsmanship in music. I belong to "Les Apaches," a creative group consisting of writers, poets, painters and musicians.  My compositions are: Menuet antique, Shéhérazade, Pavane for a dead infant, Jeux d’eau, String Quartet, Sonatine, just to mention some.

Narrator: Monet and the children said good bye to the musicians, and they started to walk back to the bridge when one of the children saw a play being developed in an open theatre.

Alice:  (to B)  Do you remember last school year in the assemblies, where we did some musicals?

Anahí: Yes, we did The Lion King, Grease and Mamma Mia.

Alexis:  I wonder… Mr. Monet, do you have any playwright friends?

Monet: MMMMM let me think……..Oh I know Mr.Halévy and Mr. Offenbach.  Let’s see if they are around here.

Alice:  Look there is someone directing this play.

Anahí:  Mr Monet, would that be one of your friends?

Monet: Yes, he is Ludovic Halévy, and look there next to him is Jacques Offenbach.

Alexis:  Could you introduce us?

Monet: Of course, let’s go.

Narrator: They approached the center of the stage.

Ludovic: Look, here comes my friend Monet, he has brought me some new actors for my play.

Jacques: They look a little young, don’t you think so?

Ludovic: Maybe, let’s find out who they are.  Monet, who are these children with you?

Monet: They are my friends, they are not actors, they are students. Children, please introduce yourselves.

Alexis: I am Alexis and we come from the year 2012.

Anahí: I am Anahí, we are from Mexico City.

Alice: I am Alice, and you are…?

Ludovic:  I am Ludovic Halévy and I was born in France. My career’s success as a playwright and librettist was built on collaboration, the essence of theatrical creation, and my dramatic contributions cannot be disassociated from the composer Jacques Offenbach, with whom I wrote Entrez as well as more than twenty opérettes and opéras bouffes in the course of my career. And from Henri Meilhac, my colibrettist in ten Offenbach works and cowriter of nearly forty comédies for the nonlyric stage. Amongst the most celebrated works of the joint authors were La belle Hélène, Barbe Bleue, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, La Périchole, and Le Réveillon, which became one of the sources of Johann Strauss's operetta Die Fledermaus.

Jacques: And I am Jacques Offenbach, one of the composers who helped to develop and define the operetta. Let me tell you that operetta is a type of opera that has got spoken dialogue and sentimental themes mixed with dance, music and songs. I am known for my French operettas; I have written more than 100 stage works. In my works: "Orphée aux enfers," "Les Contes d'Hoffmann," "Gaîté Parisienne," "Die Rheinnixen," "Genevieve de Brabant," "La Belle Hélène," "La vie parisienne," "La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein," "La Périchole" and "Théâtre de la Gaîté" are included.

Alice, Anahí and Alexis: Thank you, nice to meet you.

Monet: Children we should go back to the bridge so that you may return home.

Narrator: when they were walking, they started talking about their great experience.

Anahí: This has been an incredible experience, we have learnt more today than in the classroom, because we were able to be in touch with real history.

Alexis: I hope all our classes could be just like this one.

Alice: I have an idea: We can propose our teacher this theme for the assembly.

Monet: Using your imagination, you can explore anything!!!!!

Alexis: I'm ready to go back. What do you think girls, are you ready?

Alice: Yes, we are, Monet, could you show us the way back home?

Monet: I just need you to do me a favor, you need to make a painting for me, could we go to my house where I have all the materials?

Children: Yes, of course, we would love to make a painting, and then we can show this painting to everyone back home!

Narrator: They all went to Monet's house where he gave them materials to make the painting. He asked them to use all their imagination to paint the place where they would like to be back. After some time the children finished painting their grandpa's house and attic, with Monet's help. They sat and stared at their masterpiece, they didn't realized how tired they were, that they fell asleep.

Suddenly, Alice opened her eyes and she discovered two things: that they were back at the attic, and second a painting under her hand; her siblings were there, too. With a lot of emotion, she woke up her siblings, they opened their eyes and to their amazement, they were back at their grandpa's house.

 Anahí: This has been a wonderful experience.

Alice: Maybe we can find something else in this attic that might take us to another time in art.

Alexis: Not at this moment!!!!!  I’m tired, why don’t we do it tomorrow, let’s have dinner with grandpa and grandma and talk about THE MAGIC PAINTING and our work of art.

Narrator: The children went with their grandparents and had dinner sharing this magical experience.

We hope you have enjoyed this journey as we have. Thank you for your attention.

JVS TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING ART PROJECT: GOAL, AND ACTIVITIES

Objetivo: aprender historia del arte en relación a los movimientos históricos y sociales, a través de la producción Trasmedia y de la puesta en escena (asambleas) de una producción en vivo que incluya el arte en sus expresiones: musical, visual, dramática, danza, literatura para ser representada el día de las madres, haciendo que los alumnos participen en todo el desarrollo.

Actividades que hicieron los niños durante el desarrollo del proyecto:

a) Se introdujo al tema, preguntándoles que sabían acerca de las corrientes de arte: Romanticismo, Neoclasicismo, Impresionismo y Realismo. Después, en equipos, buscaron en el ipad, información sobre el movimiento de arte que les tocó (fechas y países, acontecimientos históricos y sociales, artistas y obras, pintura, drama, arquitectura). Se comentó de manera grupal.
b) Se proyectaron imágenes y videos de cada una de las corrientes.
c) Luego pregunté al grupo cuál era la corriente que más les llamó la atención y por qué. Grupalmente se decidió que se trabajaría con el Impresionismo.
d) En equipos investigaron más acerca de esta corriente.
e) Los alumnos tuvieron un taller de cine. Luego elaboraron cuadros de diálogos a manera de comics, con los datos del Impresionismo.
f) De manera grupal se creó la historia y cada alumno escribió sus diálogos para la asamblea.