Art and Novels (or should it be Novel Art?)

Collaboration between teachers is an important part of education these days. No longer is it the "old school" of teachers being an island of independent knowledge behind the closed classroom door. Collaboration is also a very important part of the media center.

This week will focus on two things. Can you guess?

Art.

Last year I collaborated with the art department regarding large paintings for the media center. These will be a permanent art display above the bookshelves. (One painting, done before I came, is already in place.) Three student submitted ideas were chosen last year, and the remaining three ideas will be selected from entries into a contest in the spring.

Canvas #1 is almost complete:

Canvas #2 is in the beginning stages of work so a picture of it is forthcoming. Once #1 is finished, the work on #3 will begin! I'm trying to determine the best way to give credit to the artists and all the students helping them with the 36" x 48" paintings. 

Here is the fascinating painting already in place.

Now for part two of this blog: novels.

Our English and Social Studies departments have always used novels within their classroom. This year, I have several teachers in other departments working on incorporating novels in the curriculum. They inspired the following video, in hopes of collaborating with teachers across the school in every department.