IS183 Art School holds Art Opening at Morningside
PITTSFIELD — "Learning Math through Printmaking," part of IS183 Art School’s Learning through Arts Program culminates at Morningside Community School on Thursday, March 20, with an art opening for parents, friends and community members.Children will display and talk about their work at 3:15 p.m. in the cafeteria. The show will feature the works of 20 third-graders who have successfully completed the eight-week pilot offered by IS183 of Stockbridge.
The program is designed to reinforce classroom work through the study of an artform. During this module, third-graders worked with faculty artist Karen Arp-Sandel to learn printmaking on projects designed to reinforce their understanding of math concepts such as ascending and descending. The curriculum was developed in collaboration with Morningside staff to ensure that it is mapped to the state Department of Education's frameworks and complements the academic programs already in place at Morningside.
The inaugural year of LtA has been made possible through the support of the Berkshire Bank Foundation, the Morningside Neighborhood Advisory Council, the Pittsfield Education Enrichment Fund, the Pittsfield Cooperative Bank, the Pittsfield Cultural Council, the Pittsfield Rotary and the Robbins-de Beaumont Foundation.
For further information, visit www.is183.org or call 413-298-5252, Ext. 101. IS183 Art School is a nonprofit community art school encouraging people of all ages, means and skill levels to enrich their lives through hands-on experience in the visual arts. IS183 is located at 13 Willard Hill Road, just off Route 183 via Trask Lane.
