The pilot series of Paper Playground (previously Power Pop!) at HCHS to talk with Grade 1 students about self-expression through art.
I facilitated an activity inspired by Kandinsky’s Form and Color Exercise, taught them how to create a basic pop up triangle, and just let them create and play.
Memorable reactions to Kandinsky’s are as follows:
“I feel normal.”
“I feel amazing.”
“I feel fantastic.”
Interestingly, after seeing Several Circles (1926), a seemingly dark and blue painting, a student expressed they felt happy and liked it the most out of all the selected works of Kandinsky.
One of them named their shape as “bleh bleh bleh”and another as “bleh bleh bleh” , fully aware of the humorous confusion. Some named it just “Jason”. Some of the group expressed how they like Sonic Hedgehog. Some of them proudly drew as many circles as they could.
“I feel normal.”
“I feel amazing.”
“I feel fantastic.”
Interestingly, after seeing Several Circles (1926), a seemingly dark and blue painting, a student expressed they felt happy and liked it the most out of all the selected works of Kandinsky.
One of them named their shape as “bleh bleh bleh”and another as “bleh bleh bleh” , fully aware of the humorous confusion. Some named it just “Jason”. Some of the group expressed how they like Sonic Hedgehog. Some of them proudly drew as many circles as they could.
Assisted by Shamgar Espina and Andy Abuyog Jr.
