As the Massapequa School District’s Summer Fine Arts program entered its final week, students took advantage of the opportunity to explore their creativity and develop their artistic talents.
The first week of August featured a new class this year, Art Through the Ages, taught by Fairfield Elementary School art teacher Darci Veltre. Students studied five famous artists—Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jackson Pollock. The students then completed artwork inspired by each artist using varying techniques and materials. Projects included a collage, tote bag and treasure box. Veltre said the goal was to get the children interested in different periods of art in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The final week of arts camp also featured a watercolor class, which was held for the second year. Birch Lane art teacher Melinda Wolfe taught the course and showed students various watercolor techniques. They then created their own pieces such as still-life and landscape paintings.
“These kids are showing that they really love to do art,” said Wolfe. “You can see that in their work.”
At the end of the week, families were invited to come in and view the artwork completed in both classes, and then the students were able to take their completed pieces home.
The five-week Summer Fine Arts Camp featured one- and two-week long courses in art, music and theater and was open to all third- through 10th-grade students living in the Massapequa School District.
