Walker's Studio 412

So, it's late July and I'm starting to get things planned out for the year. I always get excited when developing lesson plans, so I hope these sound fun enough to get you all through the year!

Please keep in mind, lesson plans are living, breathing, and always adapting things. These will change, but I wanted to get a heads up out there. Here we go!

Art 6 ART AS CULTURE: Sixth grade artists will explore art across the globe as they zoom into various cultures from history and today. Using the elements of art as a technical guide, students will engage in themes such as…

ANIMALS: Pre-colombian animal soft sculptures and SHAPE (fiber and drawing)

CELEBRATION: Wearable Chinese dragon head and COLOR (paint and paper sculpting)

CONNECTION: Tibetan Mandalas and TEXTURE (drawing and scratchboard)

TIME: Vanitas Still Lives of the Early Renaissance and VALUE (oil pastel)

SPIRIT: Native American Spirit Totem and FORM (clay)

TRADITION: African Mask Notan and SPACE (X-acto knives and paper)

NARRATIVE: Eyptian Plaster Relief and LINE (Styrofoam tray and plaster)

ART 7 ART MOVEMENTS THROUGH TIME: Seventh grade artists will learn about
the major Western art movements and artists who have helped to create the art
world as we know it today. Focusing on the principles of art, students will create
original works based on…

(POST-)IMPRESSIONISM: Turner and the stormy skies (Van Gogh) and RHYTHM (chalk pastel on colored paper)

EXPRESSIONISM: Emotional Hanging Heads and PROPORTION

SURREALISM: Monster Engine and EMPHASIS (painting and shading)

REALISM: Transparent Bottle Watercolor and UNITY

POP: Lichtenstein Pop Portraits and CONTRAST (transfer and Sumo)

NEOCLASSICAL: Greco-Roman vases and BALANCE

RENAISSANCE: The Human Figure Narratives and MOVEMENT

ART III ART AS A REFLECTION OF THE WORLD: Art III students will begin more
advanced and conceptual projects on larger universal themes. With more freedom of
choice, students will decide their own technical focus as they work under guided
themes such as…

E&P MONSTERS: Using elements and principles in combo

NEW PERSPECTIVES: Abstracted satellite map (mixed media)

SURREALISM: Paradoxical Perspectives (drawing)

IDENTITY: Self-Portrait with Sign Language Hands

TIME: Tunnel books (fibers)

POP CULTURE: Color Reduction Printmaking (printmaking)

REBELLION: Metal Tooling Graffiti Wall

FANTASY: Sumo Paint Fantasy Worlds

STILL LIFE: Negative Space Symbolic Still Life

ART IV ART AS A REFLECTION OF THE WORLD: Art IV students will continue from
art III on the creation of original works under larger universal themes. Focusing
more on personal style and voice, art IV students will develop explore more
abstracted topics and choose their technical focus for each project.

E&P MONSTERS: Using elements and principles in combo

EMOTION: Projected Color Portraits

FANTASY: Monster Engine Sculptures

THEME OF CHOICE: Altered Books

WHIMSEY: Crazy Teapots

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Social Campaign T-Shirt Design

SOCIAL COMMENTARY: Banksy-style stencil gorilla art

POP CULTURE: Modernized Masterpieces

NATURAL WORLD: Batik

Hello Students, Parents, and Viewers! My name is Mrs. Walker.

This is a little "get to know me" session, since I am a new teacher at this wonderful school! In case I'm seen wandering the halls (lost, probably, for the first week), please point me back to my new classroom 412, where I will be teacher the upper school art classes this school year. Here's a picture of me (on the left). And that's my husband, with me.

I teach part-time. The rest of the time, you can find me here:

This is my husband and my store, where we print and embroider custom apparel.

A little bit about me...

I grew up in KC and moved to Columbia in 2005. I went through art school and graduated in 2009 with a BFA, then completed my M.Ed. in 2011. I worked with the Columbia Art League for a few years during that time, as well as observed and taught in many schools through my education program. I worked in Fulton Public Schools for 4 years before coming over to where I am now.

Things I like: