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American Gothic: Lego, Spoof, and View

1/13/2019

My fourth graders will be going to the Art Institute of Chicago this April to view the permanent collection. One of the most famous paintings in the WORLD is owned by that museum, The American Gothic. We are going to study the art in many fun ways to make seeing the real thing even more amazing.

1. Collaborative Lego Mural of Am.Goth

Collaborative Lego Mural of American Gothic

Finished Lego Mural. All 4 groups of 4th graders had a chance to contribute to the lego mural. It is made from 6 10"x10" base plates. I have a collection of LEGO mural resources available on TpT for Black History Month and MLKjr. View.

Side View- Lego Mural of American Gothic

On display in the school case. 20" wide by 30" tall.

2. Spoof-o-Matic Drawing Guide

See the SNL video and Spoof Animoto in the resource section

click the image to download the drawing guide

Student Examples:

Finished sketches on Artsonia

View our finished paintings on Artsonia

Click to see the art gallery on Artsonia

Viewing the Real Thing at the ARTIC

Students will be going to the Art Institute of Chicago this April. We hope to view the actual original painting in person on this trip. Sometimes it's out on loan, so fingers crossed that it will be there this time.

Resources:

American Gothic Story by SNL from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

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Tricia Fuglestad, NBCT,
is the K-5 art teacher at Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heights, IL. with a masters in K-12 technology integration. Tricia has been recognized for her innovative teaching in 2010 with the PBS Teachers Innovation Award, won Illinois Art Teacher of the Year in 2011, awarded Teacher of Distinction in 2012 by the Golden Apple Foundation, received Western Region Elementary Art Teacher of the Year 2013, selected to become a Jacobs Educator 2014-15, was presented with the NAEA Art Technology Outstanding Community Service Award in 2016, honored with the ISTE Teacher Educator Network Tech in Action award, 2018, and won an Art Education Leadership Award via Artsonia in 2019. Learn more here.