It was practically buzzing with creativity this past week in Omanut, and that's a wonderful thing! We signed our Classroom Rules that we added to our community tree, and completed work on the beautiful "stained-glass" style tissue paper leaves with wishes for the new year on them, while beginning work on Jewish artists, symbols in art, and started to follow a tradition of a time of mindfulness before putting pencil to paper for our open sketch time.
Here is the beautiful result. Feel free to come to our class anytime for a closer look!
We embarked on water color painting after our discussion about Jewish symbols and Jewish artists and Jewish art. From Chagall's classic museum pieces to Yair Emanuel's bright hand-painted wooden objects for the home that mix of Old and New world folk art, as well as Rabbi Moully's intensely eye-catching prints and Gary Rosenthal's welded metals, we had a lively discussion that sparked some new ideas, and influenced the work that was created. Here are some examples:
To cap off our studies of Jewish symbols and Jewish artists and the work that they do, the final big project that we are doing as a whole class is a 36"x 48" acrylic painting that showcases every student, as they will all be putting brushes to canvas to complete it for the entire Religious School to see.
I am so very proud of my Omanut students! They worked together and decided as a group what symbols they wanted to use, and were respectful and thoughtful about the process itself. Collaboration was the name of the game, and they worked as a community to make decisions about what style they thought would be best, as well as what the major focus would be.
What can I say? I have the best class ever!
Our Avodah TA's have been such a huge help to Danielle and me in the classroom, setting a great example for our students and being there to lend a hand to take attendance, work one-on-one with anyone who needs extra time or help, and they take the initiative to clean up and help to make our classroom run smoothly! Thank you, Hannah, JoJo, McKenna, Clare, Simone, Aliya, Kyla, Isabella, Sarah, Gabby and Sydney!! :)
There is more to come, so check back soon for pictures of our Omanut painting- I can't wait to have the unveiling- you will be as proud of your child(ren) as I am!
All the best,
Heather
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