Pandemic Self-portraits: Fourth Graders Document a Moment in Time
UpdatedMon, Mar 8, 2021 at 1:12 pm ET Reply Nearly one full year into the pandemic, the fourth grade watercolor study has transcended the boundaries of regular art instruction and taken on a documentary quality, with each student painting a self-portrait wearing a protective mask. "This is such a specific moment in time," explains New Canaan Country School Visual Arts Teacher Liz Ferran whose students are finishing up a portraiture unit. "And because of this, and the potentially history-making, life-defining nature of the [COVID-19] pandemic, more than how they looked, I wanted the students ...
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