GRADE LEVEL Architecture that Pops! 3-5 Create a pop-up paper building inspired by the of Colin Campbell Cooper.

STANDARDS MATERIALS VISUAL ART Domain: Create o Paper 9 x 12 VA.Cr1.A o Scrap Paper VA.Cr1.B o Scissors VA.Cr2.A o Crayons, Markers, etc. VA.Cr2.B o VA.Cr2.C Glue VA.Cr3.A

INSTRUCTIONS 1.

1. Cut one 9 x 12 piece of drawing or construction paper in half. 2. Using one piece of the paper, fold in half lengthwise. 3. From the folded edge of the paper, cut two identical lines about 2. an inch long and an inch and a half apart. 4. Open the paper and push the cut tab to the inside of the page,

folding along the creased line to make it stay. 5. Using scrap paper, create background images for the city 3. (skyscrapers, trees, etc.). Color and cut them out then glue them to either side of the pop-up tab. 6. Create a pop-up building using scrap paper. The building can be anything you choose but make sure it is slightly wider than the 4. pop-up tab. Color it then cut it out. 7. Glue the building onto the bottom half of the pop-up tab. 8. Add any additional design elements you like! 9. Finally, glue your second piece of paper around the outside of the card to conceal the cut paper. DISCUSSION About the artist: Colin Campbell Cooper was an American Impressionist best known for his cityscapes. He was born in in 1856 and died in California in 1937. Cooper met and married another very well-known artist of the time, Emma Lampert, and together they moved to New York and often exhibited their paintings together. Cooper painted the changing again and again and especially liked to juxtapose newer skyscrapers with older buildings in the city. After his wife's death Cooper moved to California where he continued painting until he lost his eyesight late in life. He is credited with identifying the site for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art when he wrote a letter to his local newspaper urging them to turn an abandoned post office into a museum. After his death he was honored with a memorial exhibition in Santa Barbara.

Guiding questions: What is the difference between a cityscape and a landscape? Why do you think Cooper chose to paint cities instead of nature like most Impressionists? What buildings are important to have in a city? How did Cooper communicate how important art museums were to him in this painting? What building would you choose to paint from our city?

Project Example: Inspired By:

Colin Campbell Copper (1856–1937) Palace of Fine Arts, , 1916 Oil on canvas 40 7/16 x 50 7/16 inches , Gift of Helene Seeley in memory of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cooper, conserved with funds provided by Gerald D. Gordon and Louise and Victor Graf, 1940.24

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