Mid-week Morsel: The Art of African Masks

A Pende mask (or is it Yoda?)

Whether your children are home schooled, virtually schooled, or attend a traditional school parents tend to teach their children about art at home.  It is a great way to teach them about history and culture while sparking their creativity and imagination.  Each year in art class my daughter has had some sort of lesson about masks, usually when the class is learning about symmetry.  This year the lesson directed her to a website called ArtyFactory. She learned all about African Masks; the purpose of the masks and the materials used to make them, in addition to learning about the elements of art built into the design of the masks.  Being a Star Wars fanatic, she had fun deciding which Star Wars characters could have been inspired by the examples of African Masks displayed on the website.  ArtyFactory also has lessons about Egyptian art, drawing & painting lessons, lessons on graphic design, and information on art history & appreciation.  Visit ArtyFactory and turn a stuck-in-the-house, nothing-to-do day into an educational and creative art day.

Karissa