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• » A % <br />enriclmient experience <br />For artis'j residence Mane <br />Schreiner ?nd Marc Johnson, <br />who spent three weeks teaching <br />drawing to the students a: Ex­ <br />celsior Elementary School, the <br />goal was for each student to <br />have a successful art expcnence <br />and to build skills with which <br />they could move ahead on their <br />own <br />‘‘Art IS not as unporrant a part <br />of the curr.cuium as it used to <br />be," said Sc.hreiner. "but it con ­ <br />tributes to a child’s sense of <br />w eil-bemg and to a sense of con ­ <br />fidence and a sense of culture ' <br />Dunng the j residency the ar­ <br />tists m*’*. with each class Lhree <br />tunes Eeguuung w ;th a rirawxg <br />demorLiiration, uhey showed the <br />students hew to use Lhe sight- <br />siae method to draw an object <br />accurately. They also shared the <br />pnnciples* (rf composition and <br />techniques of the great masters <br />Various exercises helped <br />students to tram their ey« to <br />look at the object and coordinate <br />their eye and hand, rather than <br />to simply draw a familiar object <br />— such as a teddy bear — with­ <br />out looking at it In some class® <br />the art lei'^ra were integrated <br />with other units of study, such as <br />the 3rd-grad;rs who were «rjdy- <br />ing duiosaurs and leanied to <br />draw them <br />' We found the students at Ex­ <br />celsior to be absolutely delight­ <br />ful," said Schreiner ‘‘.Ail of Lhe <br />students were successful; the <br />explosion of creahNity surprised <br />oven us" <br />First '”- .Jer Tamni* Weslermann practiced the sight-size method of <br />drs>- ^ a dog, as demonstrated by artist in residence Marc Johnson of <br />Ui' .itellicr LeSueur art studio. <br />MINNESOTA SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS <br />MINNETONKA