A local artist recently visited a Chandler classroom to share her work and discuss the creative process with students studying art history.
The Ocotillo Artist Group, a collective of artists from 13 East Valley cities, was contacted by a fifth-grade teacher at Hope Christian Academy seeking a guest speaker. Students had been learning about prominent artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet and Georgia O’Keeffe, and creating their own interpretations of those styles.
Carol McDonald, a member of the group, volunteered to speak with the class. She brought examples of her contemporary abstract artwork and led a discussion about her background as an artist and the subjectivity of art.
