Arts at P.S. 62Q

The Art program at P.S. 62 adheres to the New York City Blueprint for Visual Arts. Through a collaboration with STUDIO In A School, the Art program at P.S. 62 will incorporate more experiential learning methods. Students will explore paper, paint and clay while learning what the tools and supplies they are using can create. Through the exploration of different media (drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and technology), students learn to express themselves, perfect their art skills and cultivate their imagination.

Opportunities are provided for students to:

• experience different art media
• become literate in art
• make social, cultural and historical connections
• engage in learning beyond the classroom
• share in the rich diversity of their communities
• become lifelong learners and advocates for art

Arts Partners: We partner with Studio in a School

Some specifics on our Art program by grades are:

Kindergarten

• Students will experience the exploration of lines such as straight, curved, bumpy, zig-zag, spiral, looped, and broken to create line designs.
• They will experience the changing of paper through different means, e.g. tearing, cutting, folding.
• They will also  explore and experiment with geometric, organic, and invented shapes.
• They explore self-portraits, collaging and use of tempera cakes and  water colors.

1st Grade

• Students experience collaging. They will cut and tear both regular and irregular shapes from different colored papers to layer, arrange and rearrange to compose a self portrait design as well as abstract designs.
• They will explore the placement of figures within a defined space.
• Students will practice using close observation to identify line and shape in their own work and in the work of their peers.

2nd Grade

• Students experience imaginative responses to a place or subject by creating community paintings.
• They experiment with mixing primary colors to create secondary colors.
• They explore creating tints by adding white.

3rd Grade

• Students practice using large and medium brushes to make a variety of expressive marks such as thick, thin, long, short, flowing, jagged
• They continue experimentation with tints
• They use a variety  of lines and shapes to convey expression and movement.
• Students understand the basic organization of space such as foreground and background

4th Grade

• Students will understand that art conveys meaning through the study of portraiture.
• They practice their abilities to create textures through different mark making
• Students understand the basic organization of space such as foreground and background
• Students explore chalk pastel,oil pastels,  water soluble oil pastels, and tempera paint to  independently make artistic choices.

5th Grade

• Students continue to understand that art conveys meaning and that their artwork can be expressive.
• They create a drawing that demonstrates an imaginative interpretation of an observed subject through a self-portrait.
• They hone in on their drawing skills adding more attention to detail and using symbolism to express ideas about who they are in their artwork.
• Students continue to explore chalk pastels,oil pastels,  water soluble oil pastels, and tempera paint to  independently make artistic choices.

The dance program at P.S. 62 is aligned with the NYCDOE curriculum document: Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts. From kindergarten to fifth grade, students learn about levels, directions, pathways, use of energy, spatial relationships, body shapes, body actions and so on. Each class begins with a warm up that incorporates a variety of exercises that work on developing strength and flexibility. In the early grades, students practice creative movement and develop motor skills that can later be used in all genres of dance. As the students progress into the upper grades they focus on specific styles of dance and explore a variety of ways to create and manipulate their own movement.

Students frequently collaborate with others in creating dances that they can share with their peers and or/the rest of the student body.

K, 1 & 2

• Students will work on creative movement in dance. Building dance vocabulary and skills. Connecting literacy through dance.Creating dances from words and actions from a poem or story. Students will learn dance making skills that will build vocabulary and technique. They will work in pairs and small groups to create short dances. As we finish each of our units of study students will share their work in mini performances with their classmates. In mini performances students will be able to discuss the dances they see, give feedback to one another and build discussion through dance.

3, 4 & 5

• Students will  focus on a style of dance such as jazz and hip hop and some cultural dances.  We will also learn about some famous choreographers. We will learn their techniques and how their unique ways of creating dances. They will also build on skills to further develop their technique in dance and dance making. Each unit will consist of student collaboration to create their own dances and build confidence to perform and discuss dance using dance vocabulary.