In the spring, one of the amazing teachers at our school organized a whole school Jackson Pollock inspired painting! Every adult and child in our building took part by splashing, squirting, flicking, throwing, etc. Community members were involved and even fire fighters from our neighbourhood participated! It was so much fun and a great experience for our students. Ta-da! The painting is now hanging in our school's main hallway and will be featured at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in the fall! Woot woot! In celebration of the Pollock hype in our school and the focus on mid 20th century visual art, I decided to focus on a 20th century composer with my grade 6 classes in Music. We discussed the similarities between Jackson Pollock and John Cage's forms of creative expression and how they both were very innovative during that time. We discussed aleatoric music and how during his composition process John Cage left many choices to chance. Students created their own John Cage inspired chan...
