Grant allows teachers to teach academics through art
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Standard-Examiner Staff
OGDEN -- Shapes, colors and lines are being used to explore Greek architecture, the Jurassic era and geometry.
Helping students make the connection between art and other academic subjects, a state grant awarded to James Madison Elementary is getting rave reviews from students and teachers.
"My favorite part is when we actually get to do the art," said 11-year-old Nicole Goldstein. "We get to express ourselves and how we feel."
Sixth-grade teacher Angela Taylor said before the grant, every teacher was responsible for art education and was limited to a few projects or crafts by time, experience and money.
"This is not something I could pull off without the money for supplies," Taylor said as she works alongside her students on an optical illusion piece. "It's really difficult to teacher art."
Taylor's students are tracing shapes, rotating and coloring them to mimic optical illusions art pieces like those by M.C. Escher.
"This relates to what we're doing. They have to be able to rotate shapes," Taylor said. "It all relates to the coordinate work they do in math."
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