To celebrate the 4th graders’ clay skills, each student created a dinner set consisting of a cup, spoon, plate, and bowl using hand building, slab, and coil techniques. We learned about art connected to food (especially Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party – the whole piece is on permanent display at the Brooklyn Museum of Art! http://tinyurl.com/5z2n5t) and watched videos of performance art related to dining. Each class then collaboratively planned a performance.

4A’s performance centered around darkness and surprise. We sewed blindfolds to use during the performance and practiced playing Heads Up, Seven Up. The class then set up, snacked on popcorn, played the game together, cleaned up, and had a shared discussion. Check out these pictures of the student’s blindfolds and a time lapse video of our Lunch Party:

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