Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield Montessori School
Visual arts are an important enhancement of the integrated curriculum and the culture of Litchfield Montessori School. The art program for elementary students offers extensions of the classroom curriculum. Art Specialist Tina Zampaglione, a watercolorist and sculptor, has inspired students at the Litchfield Montessori School to create African masks while introducing them to various techniques used around the world in mask making.
The project requires the student to research African cultures and create a 3-dimensional mask adorned with natural materials such as raffia, shells and beads.
Litchfield Montessori School offers a classic Montessori approach to education to students from the surrounding communities encompassing the greater Litchfield, Torrington and Waterbury areas. LMS is committed to serving the whole child and dedicated to nurturing the child’s sense of wonder, encouraging independence and imagination, and fostering respect for our world’s social and cultural diversity.
Established in 1972, the school’s curriculum and approach to lifelong learning reflects the commitment and vision of Dr. Maria Montessori. Dr. Montessori believed that the goals of the educational process should be to cultivate self motivation, the child’s natural desire to learn, and to encourage critical and creative thinking. Located on a 4-acre campus in the Northfield section of Litchfield, the school serves children 18 months through 12 years old. For more information about Litchfield Montessori School, visit their website at www.litchfieldmontessori.org.
Pink Ribbon Art at Common Ground
On October 16 and 17, 2010, Litchfield residents Wendy Costa and Rochelle Clementson will be walking 39.3 miles in the New York Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. Each walker has a commitment to raise a minimum of $1800 for this cause, and walkers engage in many creative fundraisers to meet or exceed their goals.
Wendy Costa is currently showing her mixed media photographs at the Common Ground in Litchfield. She is going to donate all of the proceeds from this art exhibit to the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. In addition, Common Ground is waiving their commission on art sales, so 100% of the funds will go directly to fight breast cancer. The show has just opened and will continue through the end of March.
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Visual arts are an important enhancement of the integrated curriculum and the culture of Litchfield Montessori School. The art program for elementary students offers extensions of the classroom curriculum. Art Specialist Tina Zampaglione, a watercolorist and sculptor, has inspired students at the Litchfield Montessori School to create African masks while introducing them to various techniques used around the world in mask making.
The project requires the student to research African cultures and create a 3-dimensional mask adorned with natural materials such as raffia, shells and beads.
Litchfield Montessori School offers a classic Montessori approach to education to students from the surrounding communities encompassing the greater Litchfield, Torrington and Waterbury areas. LMS is committed to serving the whole child and dedicated to nurturing the child’s sense of wonder, encouraging independence and imagination, and fostering respect for our world’s social and cultural diversity.
Established in 1972, the school’s curriculum and approach to lifelong learning reflects the commitment and vision of Dr. Maria Montessori. Dr. Montessori believed that the goals of the educational process should be to cultivate self motivation, the child’s natural desire to learn, and to encourage critical and creative thinking. Located on a 4-acre campus in the Northfield section of Litchfield, the school serves children 18 months through 12 years old. For more information about Litchfield Montessori School, visit their website at www.litchfieldmontessori.org.
Butterfly Project - Fran Clem Studios (Bantam)
The Young Artists of Frances Clem Studios are participating in the "Butterfly Project", an exhibition opening at the Houston Texas Holocaust Museum in 2012. The museum is collecting one million five hundred thousand butterfly works of art in memory of the 1,500,000 children killed in the Holocaust. To date, there have been over 400,000 butterflies submitted from artists of all ages from all over the world.
Mrs. Clem's students, who range in age from 6 to 18 years, learned about the Holocaust by reading and discussing Patricia Pollacco's book, "The Butterfly", which is based on the true story of Mrs. Polacco's relatives who were part of the Resistance in France during World War II. Each artist created two butterflies, one to send to the Holocaust Museum, and one to keep as a memento of the project.
Litchfield Visual Arts
Litchfield Art Guide is available online
To view participating artist information and work visit www.lvart.org.
Litchfield Visual Arts, LLC is an organization formed to enhance economic development within greater Litchfield through the promotion of the visual arts (galleries, artists & artisans), and to create public awareness of the visual arts establishing greater Litchfield as an art oriented destination.
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