Do you have table artists? Free PDF and PPT download featuring artists with a Chicago Connection.

I like to hang artists' self-portraits and notable works above my classroom tables.  I sort them by color.  My six classroom tables go in rainbow order, ROY G. B(I)V.  I choose an artist to correspond to each table color, and instead of always calling "red table, go get your glue..."  I will say "Suerat's go get your glue."  This helps reinforce artists' names and gets my students familiar with many different artists.

This year I chose six artists with a a Chicago connection.  The artists in this series are:
Jonathan Green
Faith Ringgold
Georges Seurat
Pablo Picasso
Alexander Calder
and Frank Lloyd Wright.
You can download a printable pdf of their portraits and visuals here.
I print the pictures and mount them to construction paper, and laminate.   This year I also took the students through a little PowerPoint with a bit of information about each artist.  We used Visual Thinking Strategies and studied each work carefully.

After our PowerPoint presentation, we learned about how to act in a museum.  I had several other works of art by these artists printed and laminated too.  Learn more about our fake trip to a museum here.

Monuments Around the World: Free PowerPoint/Slideshow to match my table signs

My classroom theme this year is Monuments Around the World.  I made seven signs that hang up above my tables.  They are color coded so I can call a table by color, and they each feature a famous monument...so I can also call the Eiffel Tower table.  Using something besides the color to call a table switches it up a bit, and creates teachable moments.  In the past I have used artist names, works of art, planets, sea creatures, and even zoo animals!

In conjunction with my signs - I put together this super basic PowerPoint  that displays each table color and sign, and then lists a few facts about the monument.  It has been a good introduction to the monuments and the kids have been receptive to learning about their team sign.

Table and Classroom Signs with a Graffiti/Monuments of the World theme now available on Teachers Pay Teachers

My classroom theme for this year is "Monuments of the World" and I chose some graffiti fonts to kind of fit in with my new signs.  I spent a few hours downloading, cutting, and pasting in PhotoShop to make these new decorations.

This set includes 1 .pdf file with twenty-one 8.5 x 11 signs
The signs are:
Art
Art News
Goals
Warm Colors
Cool Colors
Neutral Colors
Complementary Colors

The color-coded/double sided signs for labeling classroom tables are:

Red, The Taj Mahal
Orange, The Eiffel Tower
Yellow, The Colosseum
Green, Big Ben
Blue, Christ the Redeemer
Violet, Statue of Liberty

and Bonus Black with Pink, The Sphinx

Once printed, these can be mounted on construction paper or tagboard and hang above your classroom tables.

TeachersPayTeachers.com

I recently put a few things on TeachersPayTeachers.com.

There is a link to my shop above.

I have included my: How to draw your name Graffiti Style  Handout

Circus themed artist table signs

Art room bulletin board signs

I will continue putting FREE resources on this page.  I have 14 years worth!