11/8/2022 – Topic: Art in Seattle – part 1

 

This is a mural.

A mural is a painting on a wall.

This mural is about the history of Lake City.

Today’s Words

 

color

Meaning: Color is a type of light. There are many different colors from dark to light. For example, red, blue, and yellow are colors.

EXAMPLE: The boy’s favorite color is green. He has 3 shirts and one hat with the color green.

 

art / art object

Meaning: Art is an object that we enjoy looking at. It can honor a person or an idea, or tell a story. Examples of art are photographs, monuments, murals, paintings, and more.

EXAMPLE: The student is taking art classes in college. She is learning to paint. She is painting a picture of the trees and water.

photograph

 

Meaning: (noun) A photograph is a picture made using a camera. A photograph can be black and white or color.

EXAMPLE: When her family went to China for a vacation, she took a lot of photographs. China is a beautiful country. The photographs help her remember the beautiful vacation.

 

monument

 

Meaning: (noun) A building or a statue made to honor someone.

EXAMPLE: The Washington Monument is a building in Washington, D.C. It honors George Washington, the first president of the United States, also the father of our country.

 

mural

 

Meaning: (noun) A mural is a work of art usually painted on a wall, street or ceiling.

EXAMPLE: In Seattle, there is a mural in a park in the Lake City neighborhood. The mural is about the history of Lake City.

public art

Meaning: Public art is works of art made for all people to visit and enjoy. It is in public places such as libraries and buses, or outdoors in parks. It can be monuments, murals, sculpture and other types of art. It is the opposite of private art which in people’s homes.

 

EXAMPLE: The City of Seattle has 400 works of public art around the city for people to visit and enjoy. The mural in Lake City is one example of Seattle’s public art.

 

museum

Meaning: A place that has art objects for people to see and study.

EXAMPLE: The Seattle Art Museum has art objects from many countries and cultures. People can visit the museum and see art from Africa, China, Korea, Europe and South America.

EXAMPLE: The student is taking art classes in college. She is painting a picture of the trees and water.

Small Group Questions

 

1.     What is your favorite color? Do you have clothes in this color? Furniture? Dishes?

2.    There are many types of art. For example, photographs, monuments, murals, paintings. What type of art do you like?

3.    Why do you like it?

4.    A monument is an example of art. For example, the Washington Monument is a famous American monument. Where is it? Who does it honor?

5.    Name another example of a famous monument. Where is it? What does it honor?

6.    The Space Needle is a famous monument in Seattle. Do you know what it honors?

7.    Name a famous building or monument in your home country. Where is it? What does it honor?

8.    There are many places to see art in Seattle. For example, public art and museums. Have you visited a place to see art?

9.    Let’s look at some examples of public art. Describe it. Tell us what you like and don’t like.

10. Do you have art in your home? For example, a photograph or painting. Describe it.