ArtBreak. Katherine Ziff
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ArtBreak
ArtBreak
a creative guide to joyful and productive classrooms
Katherine Ziff
SWALLOW PRESS
Athens, Ohio
Swallow Press
An imprint of Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ziff, Katherine K., author.
Title: Artbreak : a creative guide to joyful and productive classrooms / Katherine Ziff.
Description: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016008777| ISBN 9780804011723 (paperback) | ISBN 9780804040723 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Art—Study and teaching (Elementary)—Activity programs. | Education, Elementary—Activity programs. | BISAC: EDUCATION / General. | ART / General. | PSYCHOLOGY / Creative Ability.
Classification: LCC N362 .Z54 2016 | DDC 372.5/044—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016008777
ISBN 9780804040723 (e-book)
ArtBreak: A Creative Guide to Joyful and Productive Classrooms is dedicated to Project LAUNCH, an initiative of the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) designed to promote the wellness of young children from birth to eight years of age. The Ohio Department of Health provided support from this SAMHSA grant to Ohio University, which worked in partnership with the nonprofit, Integrating Professionals for Appalachian Children (IPAC), a network of agencies in the southeast Ohio region. The local Project LAUNCH director, Dr. Dawn Graham of Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, encouraged development of the program and facilitated funding for three summers of ArtBreak in collaboration with children’s librarians at public libraries throughout the region. It is our hope that this book will help further the goals of Project LAUNCH and inspire others to build creative spaces in their schools, libraries, and other organizations.
CONTENTS
PART II. MATERIALS, SPACE & PROCEDURES
PART III. FROM START TO FINISH
First Session: Introduction to ArtBreak
Second Session: Introducing Choice and Cleanup
Introducing Finger Painting
Introducing Collage
Introducing Construction: Brass Fasteners
Introducing Construction: Robots
Introducing Sewing: A Pillow
Winter Relaxation: Watercolor on Wet Paper
Reflecting
Last Session
Materials and Tools: Basics and Beyond
Note to Families: What to Do with Constructions
Individual Student Documentation Forms
Sample ArtBreak Progress Reports
PREFACE
IN 2008 I began an ArtBreak journey with twenty-nine children in an elementary school in southeastern Ohio where for six years I was a school counselor. I thought to meet the diverse needs of the children referred to my office with a model I had learned about years ago: a small-group art studio that was part of a Medicine and Art class taught by Mary Anne Bartley at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Her art studio was designed to be a restorative place to support learning. There medical students, “dragging their cares and woes,” relaxed, expressed themselves, allowed creativity