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Math Connections in Art

Students will be introduced to the work of American painter and printmaker Chuck Close and will also learn to apply math concepts and skills used by the artist to transfer photographic images to another working surface. Beginning with photos of themselves, students will measure, grid and reproduce their portrait into a painting or pencil rendering which may be finished later at home or in the classroom. Concepts such as ratio, percent, and area are reinforced. This is a four-part series consisting of an introduction to Chuck Close, two hands-on in classroom sessions in which the CMA presenter guides students through gridding their photographs and producing self portraits, and a final session to discuss the students' artwork and assess comprehension of math concepts.

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