ART
Visual Arts Curriculum
The art program involves children in the use of many art media in producing varied products, and it also gives all children an opportunity to communicate ideas. It is typical for a child on any grade level to have experiences with tempera paints, crayons, chalk, papier-mache, ink, and other media. It is also typical for children to create pictures, drawings, puppets, prints, graphic representations, collages, montages, and a vast range of other creations. There is a balance between satisfaction in the process and satisfaction with the outcomes.
The area of art appreciation is also important. An appreciation of color, form, arrangement, and all the elements that contribute to the aesthetic enjoyment of any work of art is the keystone of the art program. Children are exposed to the basic ideas that art has always existed, has always been essential to humanity's well-being, and that in its tangible forms has provided a a record of people's experiences from the earliest times until today.
Welcome to Art!
Ms. Sloggatt chose her job because she wanted to share her love of learning about and creating art with young people. She realized she wanted to be an artist while still in elementary school. She grew up in North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Following high school graduation, she headed to New York to attend Parsons School of Design, where she met her husband, Peter. Ms. Sloggatt also attended Otis Institute and received her graduate degree from Bank Street College. She is a practicing artist who most recently exhibited at the Islip Art Museum.
Ms. Sloggatt’s Super Suggestion is to always keep a pocket-sized sketchbook for drawing interesting things you see.