Lunch Aide Inspires Students to Dabble in Pointillism
Exhibit at the library will run through Aug. 31
Artwork with a point – that’s what students at Lowell, Hawthorne and Thomas Jefferson schools have created with their “Lots and Lots of Dots” pointillism exhibit at the Teaneck Public Library. This is the second year that students from the “Lunch Bunch” have showcased their drawings in the library’s gallery. Hawthorne lunch aide and Teaneck resident Jackie Giel has been encouraging students for years to express their artistic side through pointillism, which is a technique used by Giel in her own artwork. Artist Georges Seurat is credited with developing the technique in the late 1880s. Pointillism involves the application of dot-like marks that come together to produce a more complete, blended picture. Involving the school children with …
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Diane Schwarz
10:13 am on Sunday, July 31, 2011
I saw the library exhibit & enjoyed her work, but especially liked the kids work, exhibited at the back. I imagine the Art departments in the various schools would use her inspirational talents in the classroom or at an assembly! more ›