Meet the Masters

Meet the Masters is an age-appropriate art enrichment program. Up to four artist units are presented in a school year. The whole school learns about the same artist at the same time. Each unit is presented on 3 levels. Each level takes into account the attention span, vocabulary, interests and skills of the students. The school population is broken down as follows:

Beginning Level Kindergarten and 1 st Grade

Intermediate Level Grades 2 and 3

Advanced Level Grades 4 and 5

Meet the Masters uses a 3-part education approach:

1) Introducing the Masters Assembly slide presentation

Each assembly introduces a Master artist to the students with a slide presentation. An art element will be learned with each Master artist (i.e. texture with Van Gogh).

2) Learning from the Masters Learning Packets for each child

These are 2-3 pages of exercises related to the art element for that unit which helps to bridge the gap between the assembly and the art activity. The packets will be in the teachers’ mailboxes on the day of the assembly and should be done before the art activity (ideally not the day of the art activity). It is up to the teacher and the art docent to determine who should be responsible for guiding this activity.

3) Working with the Masters Classroom Hands-on Activity

A 60 minute art activity for each artist. Lessons are connected to the Master artist by subject matter, technique or medium.

The artist presentations should be accomplished within a 2 week period.

Meet the Masters provides the art docents with 1) scripts and slides for the assembly presentation; 2) video instruction for the art projects and 3) detailed written instructions for the art projects.

Meet the Masters offers the students a comprehensive introduction to famous artists, which will hopefully give them a greater understanding of and appreciation for the artist and their work.

The following is the order of activities/responsibilities for the MTM presentations:

• Teaching packets are distributed to the art docents 2 weeks prior to the assembly
• Art docents are notified of times to view the teaching videos (during the week prior to the assembly.)
• Learning packets are distributed to the teachers the day of the assembly.
• The assembly takes place.
• The teachers guide the students through the learning packets (within a few days of the assembly.)
• The art docents conduct the art activity with the class (within 2 weeks of the assembly.)

The art docent is responsible for scheduling the art class with the teacher. Try to get on the teacher’s calendar as soon as possible. In addition to meet the masters, the art docent also participates in the SAFE fundraiser by creating artwork with there class. The artwork is entered in a grand judging with other schools and auctioned off to raise money for our art program at Tassajara Hills.

2008-2009 Meet The Master Dates & Times

Monday	Wednesday
October 6	October 8
November 3	November 12
March 23	March 25
3rd - 8:35	K - 8:30-8:50
4th - 9:25	1st - 8:30-8:50
5th - 10:15	2nd - 9:30-9:50