Gan Teams up with CI Artists to work on meaningful graduation project

Graduating preschool is a special milestone.

We want our students to leave with something meaningful and representational of what they've learned at Gan.  

We are so blessed to share a campus with the Channel Islands Art Studios--- and have neighboring artists who are willing to share their talent and time with us.

This week our 3 graduating students met up with Sigrid for an art lesson and opportunity to create a "first draft" ---to begin the process of creating a special piece of art in honor of their graduation.

Sigrid explains her masterpiece.

We began by visiting her studio, and looking at a piece she created using newspaper to form a tree!

The basis of the Gan Camarillo Philosophy in educating children, is the premise that each child is compared to a seed. Just as a seed needs a perfect balance of nourishment (water, sun, care)  in its first years of life....for it to grow into a strong tree and withstand the storms of life...

So too a child needs a perfect balance of love and care, both physically and spiritually- for it to grow into a strong person- with deep rooted values and strengths to withstand the tests of life!
The Torah compares man to a tree, and so we thought this beautiful piece of Art from Sigrid Orlet studios, could serve as inspiration for our students to create a piece somewhat similar.

Sigrid created the beautiful background for our display window. She explained to the children how they can create colors and textures, just like they see in the window.

P.S. If you haven't seen the beautiful display there...check it out next time your walking by the front gate! It is truly magnificent! (The background was created by Sigrid)

Next step was to see how they could create a background color, by mixing colors. 

The next step was to practice working with the newspaper to create a form of a Tree. 

Roots, branches, trunks...

Folding the paper and manipulating it can help create a 3 dimensional form.

We'll keep blogging over the next 2 weeks to let you know how the masterpieces progress!