Monday, November 2, 2009

The Exquiste Corpse Adventure Illustrations Inspire Kids to Create Their Own Art!

The Exquisite Corpse Adventure:
Talk Art with Calef Brown!

Use The Exquisite Corpse Adventure Illustrations to Introduce Young People to Art in the Classroom and at Home!

... and read a brand new, never before published poem by Calef Brown!!

This week we discuss Calef Brown's boldly expressive illustration for Episode Three of The Exquisite Corpse Adventure, "The Found Clue by Newbery Award winning author Kate Di Camillo in the NCBLA's Exquisite Corpse Adventure Educational Resource Center. Besides relating Caleb's illustration to the fine art tradition that uses clowns as a subject matter, we offer discussion questions and art activities for kids to do at home and in classrooms. And Calef Brown unveils one of his previously unpublished poems so that you can share it with the young people in your life.


The "Talk Art" articles in the NCBLA's ED Resource Center are not just for art teachers- they are also for parents, homeschoolers, classroom teachers, and librarians, anyone interested in exploring art with children and teens, especially when art and music budgets are being cut in schools systems across the country.

In The Exquisite Corpse Adventure Educational Resource Center you will also find a wonderful "read more about it" book recommendations, classroom writing activities, and discussion questions brought to you by the faculty and graduate students at Dominican University's Butler Children's Literature Center!


Find the
NCBLA's The Exquisite Corpse Adventure Educational Resource Center, at:
http://www.thencbla.org/Exquisite_Corpse/exquisite_home.html

Talk Art Pages with Calef Brown, at:
http://www.thencbla.org/Exquisite_Corpse/exquisite_ep3.html#talkart_ep3

Talk Art Pages with Chris Van Dusen, at:
http://www.thencbla.org/Exquisite_Corpse/exquisite_ep1.html#talk%20art

Talk Art Pages with James Ransome, at:
http://www.thencbla.org/Exquisite_Corpse/exquisite_ep2.html#talk%20art%202

Find Dominican University's Butler Children's Literature Center, at:
http://www.dom.edu/butler

And be sure to ask for Calef Brown's new books-Flamingos on the Roof and Soup for Breakfast at your local library and bookstore!!



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