Incorporating Art in the Library and the

Library in Art

Elizabeth Jens, Art TeacherAmy Linden, Teacher Librarian

Bear River H.S. – Grass Valley, CA

Traditional Art - Library CollaborationsOResearch projectsODisplays of student projects

OBookmark contests

OSpice it up!

Combining Words and PicturesOA few ideas

OLong-termOInstant

Illustrated Haiku

Long TermOBiographies of artistsOEras, major art movementsOImpact of events in history

upon art at the timeOArtworks created in response

to literature, poetry, an author’s work

Dia de los Muertos ResearchOWork in table groupsOMake a pińataO2-page written research

incorporating 5 sourcesO5-minute presentation to class

using 3 examples of visual evidence

OSelf evaluation

Short TermOArt-themed displays in

library

Short TermOArt-themed displays in

libraryOFeature books on fine art to

promote circulationOAsk art students to give the

library an artistic facelift OMake space to display

Short TermOArt students create the

displays for books, eventsOLibrary give old magazines

or books to art classes as inspiration or raw materials.

Theme: Metamorphoses

OBased on the reading of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

OLatin narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poet Ovid

Of bodies chang'd to various forms, I sing: Ye Gods, from whom these miracles did spring,

Inspire my numbers with coelestial heat; 'Till I my long laborious work compleat: -Book the First, MetamorphosesOvid

Pinch PotsOA pot that takes the shape of something OTHER than a pot

Transmorph BooksOTo illustrate the metamorphoses of one object into another

OScientific processOCharacter

developmentOGraphic novellaOHow-to booksOCause and effectOOr…metamorphic

art

Altered Books

Contact usOElizabeth Jensejens@njuhsd.com

OAmy Lindenalinden@njuhsd.com