The ART of sports (Active Art Part 2)
This week at school we are joining in the NATIONAL VIRTUAL FIELD DAY!!! It's going to be happening all across the country this Friday, MAY 8th!! So of course I like to tie into things like this, and I decided to do the post right before this one, Active Art (Part 1) We had a lot of fun making poseable pipe cleaner people at home, and later that day my son Eli surprised me with his people and a cardboard box -- he handed me a paper remote, had me "turn the tv on" and performed a whole show! But in addition to talking about making people in motion, I wanted to find some art ABOUT sports to share too, because I invited all my students to draw their favorite active/sport hobbies and send me some drawings to get excited for our field day. So I started looking... In traditional American art history I immediately thought of Columbus native George Bellows and his boxing painting -- The Stag at Sharkey's (1909). This painting calls Cleveland its hom