Howardena Pindell is an American painter, filmmaker, and mixed media artist. Her work explores texture, color, structures, and is often political. The recurring circles in her art goes back to connecting her childhood memories. From hole punched paper, watercolor, gouache, crayon, ink, spray adhesive, and thread, the circles appeared in many of her pieces. After looking at images of her art, to honor her work for #BlackHistoryMonth we invited the children to create her recurring motif of the circle art.
To set this invitation we placed a large piece of poster board as the canvas and provided a variety of circular materials (dot stickers, tissue paper, recycled bottle caps), washi tape, & glue. We Invited the children to create just like Howardena Pindell.
The beauty about collaborative colleges is that they build community, foster cooperation, eliminate competition, & it is social! When children engage in #Processart such as this it allows children to explore freely, be in control of the outcomes creatively, & lets them discover art in their own way. This builds their confidence, fosters their cognitive skills & when they become aware of all the different ways they can do art, make predictions, plan it out/problem solve, everything comes full circle in believing they can create anything!
Black History Month presents a wonderful opportunity to discuss & expose race, civil rights, artists, musicians, authors, food, public figures, & so on to celebrate the groundbreaking impact that Black History paved for so many. Educating children from a young age about the many achievements of Black History & how it has shaped cultures worldwide, provides for concrete learning experiences that permit children to build an understanding that will impact their learning, attitudes, & beliefs about diversity + multicultural education.
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