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one geared to the Montana State Standards and often linked to
particular artworks in the exhibit.
For example, this year, Missoula artist Sally Hickman loaned 10
small abstract paintings interpreting the songs of a variety of birds.
Each painting represented a particular bird's song. Tess Fahlgren
teaches a lesson from these called "Painting Sound" in which she
asks students to think of a sound, then write the word for that sound
on the back of a piece of art paper, not telling anyone what they
chose. On the flip side, students use watercolor to visually express
their sound. In this way, each student is making an abstract painting.
ey have fun at the end of the project when they hold up their art
while the rest of the class tries to guess what the sound might be.
THE BENEFIT
e Art Mobile is an amazing resource for schools all across the
state of Montana. Some schools, such as Corvallis Middle school and
those in Bynum and Frazer, have had the Art Mobile almost every
year since its founding. Others, such as Ulm Elementary and Roy
High School, welcomed the Art Mobile for the first time this year.
Because many schools have difficulty keeping full-time art teach-
ers, the Art Mobile is there to help foster a healthy curiosity and
understanding of art and remind students that there are many, many
wonderfully talented artists who live and work right here in our state.
Kelly Packer in her Butte studio, holding one of her abstract paintings.
Dawn, sculpture
by Joe Boddy of
Missoula
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