Sculpture Walk Peoria 2015
Education & Coloring Booklet
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Welcome to Sculpture
Walk Peoria 2015
Fire up your imagination!
It’s time to learn about art and sculpture.
Each page in this book contains information about the
sculptures that are a part of this year’s outdoor exhibit and
several other important sculptures in Peoria’s Warehouse
District. A small map on the back numbers each sculpture in the
order that it appears in this booklet.
Please visit sculpturewalkpeoria.org for more educational
resources.
Illustrations by: Sarah McMenomy
Content: Maegan Gilliland, Joel Steger, and Lynette Steger
Special thanks to Janice Brown for her help preparing the
booklet.
Thanks to the Community Foundation of Central Illinois for
their grant, which made these educational materials possible.
Please draw your sketch of your favorite sculpture
Basic Terms For Communicating About Art
Use this glossary to speak and write about artwork.
The Elements of Design
The Elements of Design are the things that artists and designers
work with to create a design, or composition. The Elements are:
line, shape, space, value, color and texture.
Element
Line
Curved or straight. Directional thrust:
horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
Shape (or Form)
Naturalistic (or amorphous), geometric.
Space (or Size)
Large, medium, small. To proportion, or
to scale.
Value
Light or dark.
Color
Hue, chroma, and value.
Texture
Please draw your sketch of your favorite sculpture
How you can describe this Element
Rough, bumpy, smooth, soft, or hard.
The Principles of Design
The Principles of Design are achieved through the use of the
Elements of Design. Each principle applies to each element and
to the composition as a whole. The Principles are: unity,
harmony, balance, rhythm, contrast, dominance, and gradation.
Principle
Harmony (or Unity)
Balance
Rhythm
Contrast
Dominance
Gradation
How you can describe this Principle
Togetherness, how elements relate to
each other in a piece.
The weight of the elements in the
composition. Can be symmetrical or
asymmetrical.
Variety and repetition.
Alternation or difference.
Center of interest, focal point.
Modeling, 3D effect, transitions from
light to dark.
Attributes
Attributes are defined as the qualities that the art or design
conveys to the observer.
Element
Emotional
Esthetic (or Aesthetic)
Spatial
Analysis
How you can describe this Element
Active or passive ability to convey ideas
and emotions.
Realistic, impressionistic, abstract, or
decorative.
Depth, flat.
Separate parts for comparative
judgments.
Make a Living Sculpture at Home!
1
Living Sculpture
Jason Verbeek
Supplies:
It’s…
ALIVE!
Have you ever seen plants on a
sculpture before? These plants
are growing in the sculpture.
What are these plants called?
1. A plastic milk carton with the top portion cut off, cleaned
inside and out
2. A bit of dirt and some grass from your yard
Optional Supplies:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Glue
Felt
Glitter
Stickers
Paper
Markers
Directions
Be creative! What colors do you want on your sculpture? Use
markers to draw on the carton and use glue to attach items like
paper, felt, and glitter.
After the glue has dried, fill up the carton with dirt and place a bit
of grass on the top.
Optional: Plant seeds or a flower. Water every day and place it in
the sunlight. Your sculpture lives!
2
3
Matt Matheney
Jaci Willis
Eternal Flame
This sculpture is
made out of granite.
Granite is a type of
rock.
What does it feel
like? What colors
do you see in it?
What kind of lines
do you see in it?
How does the
sculpture convey
movement?
Can you change the
movement? Add
your own lines and
color to the image
at right!
Spanish Dancer
What materials do you see
in this sculpture? If
Spanish Dancer
could move,
what music
would be
playing?
Dance
to it
right
now!
4
Hard Right Turn: Sparrow
Robert Porreca
5
Prairie Walker
James Johnson
Draw this sculpture
as a fantastical beast.
Add a head, arms,
and anything else
you think it needs.
The antics of
sparrows in the
artist’s yard inspired
the creation of
Hard Right Turn:
Sparrow.
What attributes does
this sculpture have?
This sculpture changes
from a bird into
something else if
you look at it
from behind.
What is it?
Is it helpful to
humans? Or is
it scary? Make
a cartoon out of
your creature – is
it the hero or the
villain in your
story?
6
7
Kristin Garnant
Luke Achterberg
Pause! Time to talk.
Art can make us feel emotions:
happy,
sad,
scared,
excited,
confused...
Fragmentary Composition
Let’s talk about preference.
Sometimes people disagree
about art — what do you think
of the sculptures you have seen
on the walk so far? Do you
think they are beautiful? Do we
all have to agree?
What do you think this
sculpture looks like?
Ask someone else — what does
it look like to your family and
friends?
Poise
How does
this sculpture
make you feel?
8
9
Solstice, Galactic Spiral
Phenomenon
Mark Richey
What do you
think is the
message of
this piece
of art?
Now read the
description to
find what others
think the message
is from the artist.
Fisher Stolz
Does this change
your reading
of the piece?
Does it change
your opinion
once you read
what others
wrote?
Can an artwork
speak to groups
of people
differently?
The artist
who made
this sculpture
wants you to
think about
how everyone
sees reality in a
different way.
What shapes do you
see when you
look at it?
Does it look like it
could move?
Permanent Sculpture #1
10
Richard Pryor – More Than Just A Comedian
V. Skip Willits
Swans On The Marsh
Preston Jackson
Richard Pryor was a famous comedian, actor, film director, and
writer who was born in Peoria in 1940 and known for his
storytelling style of comedy.
How is this sculpture different from the other sculptures
you have seen on the Walk?
What kind of expression does he have on his face?
How does it make you feel?
Does this look like an
animal?
A plant?
An alien…?
Read the description.
What kind of animal
inspired the artist to
make this sculpture?
Walk around the sculpture. Is his face always visible?
Does any part of his body ever block his face?
Richard Pryor once said:
“I became a performer because it was
what I enjoyed doing.”
What do you like to do?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What animal would
you create a
sculpture of?
Why?
11
12
Daughter Of
The
Concentricity
Fedrico Aguirre
Robert Pulley
This artist was inspired by an ancient group of people from a
specific country. What is the name of this country? (Hint: It is
still a country!)
(Fill In
The Blank!)
The artist
wants you to
think about
nature.
What happens to
leaves on trees
in the autumn?
When they fall,
does it mean the
tree is dead?
What happens
in the spring?
Does this
sculpture remind
you of the cycle of
life? Why or why
not? Is it the
colors and/or
the shapes?
What color makes
you think of a
living being?
What color
makes you
think of
something that
is not alive?
Do you see
those colors in
this sculpture?
What does the sculpture
look like to you?
Does it look
old or new?
13
Foxglove & Fists
Nicole Beck
Connect the dots!
What colors do you
see in the sculpture?
14
Moment
Austin Glendenning
This artist wants you to think
about time. How old are you?
What is the age of the oldest
person that you know?
Does this sculpture make you
think about time? Why?
Stop and watch this
sculpture for a few
minutes. Does it
change?
What happens
around it as
you watch?
Do you see
birds passing by
the sculpture?
People? Cars?
Shadows?
15
Permanent Sculpture #2
Nathan Pierce
Treble Clef
Don’t Forget Us
Charles Strain
What does this piece
look like to you?
Does it look like it
belongs on the
ground?
Do you play a musical instrument?
If not, can you think of one that you would like to learn to play?
Can you sing a few lines about this piece?
Can you rap a few lines about Sculpture Walk?
In the air?
In space?
Under the
ocean water?
Why?
Please draw your sketch of “treble clef”
Permanent Sculpture #3
Portal
Bruce White
What is the shape of this sculpture?
A “portal” is like a door — once you walk through it,
you are in a different space.
Why do you think the artist put a door here?
This is an open door. Why do you think it is open?
Please draw your sketch of “Portal”
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