Sunnyvale School District
1138 Heatherstone Way, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Erica Tukeman-Gilbert, Principal
Phone: (408) 522-8241 Fax: (408) 522-4679
Kid Sick? Call Quick line: (408) 522-8246
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Chase Elementary School Sunnyvale School District 1138 Heatherstone Way, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Erica Tukeman-Gilbert, Principal Phone: (408) 522-8241 Fax: (408) 522-4679 Kid Sick? Call Quick line: (408) 522-8246 |
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FAME (Fine Arts Mini Experience) |
FAME is back again at Cherry Chase for its 6th year of art and music instruction to all our students by a wonderful team of parent volunteers. The first of six monthly lessons will start in October and will be taught every month except December.
If you are (or know anyone who may be) interested in joining this exceptional program and being a part of your children's lives at the school (no art or music experience necessary), please contact Kathy Besser (733-8323) or Becky Davis (245-9225).
The FAME "Teach
the Docents" meetings will be held at 7PM in the library on these dates:
Monday, September 11 - Lesson 1
Monday, October 23 - Lesson 2
Tuesday, January 2 - Lesson 3
Monday, February 5 - Lesson 4
Monday, March 19 - Lesson 5
Monday, April 30 - Lesson 6
A synopsis of each lesson follows:
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1 (Sept/Oct) Students
will compare the characteristics and imagery of Impressionist art and
music as they study the lives of American artist Mary Cassatt and French
composer Claude Debussy. The use of the element of color in Impressionist
art will be discussed as well as the element of composition in The Snow
is Dancing. |
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2 (Nov-Dec.) Flemish artist Jan van Eyck's detailed texture and symbolism make his odd and different wedding picture interesting to view. Students will compare three different paint textures as van Eyck was probably one of the first artists to use oil paint with this unique texture. Students will dance to Bach's Minuet in G to discover the composer's counterpoint as part of the melody in his well-known Toccata and Fugue.
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Lesson 3 (January) Students will learn of the similarities between the two artists and the names of their works. With the carefully capricious lines and wild color of Fauve (wild beast), Henri Matisse shows how, in art, lines provide rhythm for the eyes just as music provides rhythm for the ears. Students
will listen for sounds of America in George Gershwin's jazzy Rhapsody
in Blue and learn about syncopation as part of rhythm. |
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4 (Feb-March) Students will learn that clothing can be an indicator of history, occupation and lifestyle through the discussion of Gainsborough's Blue Boy. They will also see how light and shadow may affect other artistic elements. While listening
to the three sections of Mozart's Sonata in C Major, students will learn
about the tempos of running (Allegro), walking (Andante), and jogging
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Lesson 5 (March-April) Fast time and slow time in life and in music will be the theme of this lesson. Tempos previously studied will be reviewed and the Adagio tempo will be introduced. The idea
of time in music will be related to the odd timepieces in the Surrealistic
dream photography of Dali's Persistence of Memory. Students will be asked
to contemplate their own dreams as well. |
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Lesson 6 (May) Students will examine the elements of light and shadow in the art work of Dutch painter, Rembrandt, a master of its use. As they listen
to Bizet's Carmen, students will be introduced to the theatrical form,
opera, which is a union of all the arts - art, music, dance and drama.
In the Toreador song, students will listen for the element of dynamics. |
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