Please register for our Saturday, Sept. 17 program! Space is limited and we are excited to be back at the Center.
For more information or to register a child, contact Education ycba.tours@yale.edu or call +1 203 432 2858 with your name, number, and a good time to reach you. We are excited to start a new semester.
May 21 was the first Exploring Artism class at the reopened Yale Center for British Art. Returning families as well as a few new families enjoyed looking at artwork in the refreshed galleries. Together everyone looked closely at Rachel Whiteread’s plaster work, “Untitled, Ten Tables”. Back in the Docent Room, everyone made their own sculptures while paying attention to space and form.
June 18 is the next session of Exploring Artism at the YCBA. We look forward to seeing you there. To register: contact Education (ycba.tours@yale.edu (link sends e-mail) | +1 203 432 2858) with your name, number, and a good time to reach you.
Congratulations to the Artworxx artists for the success of their first showing of original artwork at the Yale Center for British Art’s Docent Room from May 15 -22. Over 250 people visited their “exhibition” throughout the week and the opening reception saw hundreds of friends, family, and museum visitors.
Everyone is looking forward to creating more original artwork inspired by the Center’s collections later this summer and fall. To learn more about the Initiative for Girls and Women with Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Yale Child Study Center, supported by a gift from Marilyn and Jim Simons, click here. The program flyer can be found in the link below.
With snow on the ground the day before spring started, participants in the Center’s March 19 Exploring Artism program learned about Jackson Pollock and action painting. After learning about Pollock’s techniques and watching Hans Namuth’s Jackson Pollock film, the participants listened to jazz and made their own “controlled in-doors” action paintings.
In the end, everyone left with a better understanding of Jackson Pollock, thanks to looking at his artworks, watching Namuth’s film, and reading Action Jackson.
Our next Exploring Artism will be on Saturday, April 16 at Chapel Haven. We look forward to seeing you.
On Saturday, Nov. 19, families joined YCBA Education staff at Chapel Haven for 2015’s final Exploring Artism. The program begins again in February 2016.
There are many varieties of board games and participants made their own board game life-size. First, they named games that each had played before and together they created a new game with their very own rules, pieces, and u-shaped game board spanning the floor.
Together, participants designed the layout and rules for “their game.” It was difficult to stop playing at the end of the session because everyone was having so much fun.
The Yale Center for British Art and Chapel Haven wish everyone a happy new year. We can’t wait to get together again for Exploring Artism on Feb. 20, 2016 at Chapel Haven.
Thank you to the many friends who shared this story with us. For more information about Julia, click here and click here.
This week Exploring Artism participants looked at the sculpture of French-American artist, Louise Bourgeois. In the late 1990s, Bourgeois began using the spider as a central image in her art. We talked about how the artist thought about her mother as similar to a spider because she nurtured and protected her children as well as worked as a weaver in the family’s tapestry repair business.
Bourgeois’ largest spider sculpture stands at over 30 feet and was named for her mother, Maman. Maman has been installed around the world for many people experience. Together we looked at Bourgeois’ sculptures, drawings, and prints to find inspiration for creating our own spider sculptures.
Undergraduate members of SAAY – Students for Autism Awareness at Yale joined the fun and helped everyone make their spider sculptures.
Everyone made a lot of decisions about their spiders and all hands helped with the art-making process. After finishing their spider, participants researched the artist and her work to help decide on a name for their sculpture.
We ended with a spider procession and one participant brought it to our attention that “Maman would be super cool to see on Halloween.”
Sept. 19 welcomed family and friends back to Chapel Haven for the YCBA’s Exploring Artism program. The topic of this month’s lesson was Austrian artist, Gustav Klimt and his trees.
Participants looked closely at a few different trees painted by Klimt then used the iPad app PlayART (for purchase here). Each participant was able to create their own digital Klimt “painting.”
After composing Klimt compositions on the ipad, participants looked to their handout to inspire their own large, gold tree paintings.
After painting the tree trunk and branches, participants bedazzled their trees with gems, sequins, and foil shapes for their very own Klimt-inspired tree.
Fun was had by all and we look forward to our next meeting on Saturday, Oct. 17.
The Connecticut Open tennis tournament held its first ever Autism Awareness Day on Wednesday, August 26. The YCBA’s Education department was there to promote Exploring Artism: A Program for Families with a child ages 5-12 with ASD. The Center joined Chapel Haven, Autism Speaks, The Yale Child Study Center and Autism Services & Resources Connecticut (ASRC) in providing information about autism awareness
Autism Speaks shares tips for transitioning from summer to school, especially for families of individuals with ASD. To help east the stress of the transition, they provide a list of tips and resources for all involved: students, families, teachers, and peers. Please read more here.
Also, Sept. 19 is the first Exploring Artism of the fall at Chapel Haven. Please remember to register. artism-fall2015
