St. Louis Art Museum Student Workshop with Alison Saar
The St. Louis Art Museum sponsored Exploring with the Artist: Alison Saar on Friday, February 29, 2008. This special, three-hour program gave art students and their teachers the opportunity to meet Ms. Saar, see her work, and be a part of an art project that was inspired by the artist.
Alison Saar, internationally known African American Artist, works with a variety of media but is best known for her passion in sculpture. Ms. Saar discussed her life’s work and progression through a slide presentation. Ms. Saar uses metaphors and symbols to reveal aspects of herself and invited students to explore their own inner self-portrait. After the discussion, students created metaphorical drawings with charcoal in a large format. Kirkwood High School Art students had the opportunity to meet Ms. Saar and worked with her individually.
Students who participated in the field trip were Marguax Meyer, Ben Bradshaw, Chelsea Watkins, Matty Sandefur, Bri Bray, Audrey Studt, Tayon Moody, Griffen Lumley, Natalie Webb, Lindsey Gibbs, Maria Presker, Montrell Jones, Alex Hoffman, Ben Bradshaw, Key Cross, Tanya Foster, Jordy McNamee, Emily Robertson, Hannah Warrick, Claire Sedovic, Rebekah Stewart, Kate Strube, and Elise Wehman. Kirkwood Art Teachers were Leslie Benben, Kim Foster, and Mark ,student teacher.
KHS Art Students Work with Alison Saar
