The Koffman Gallery
12-15-15
10-6-15
We recently made a connection with Dan Koffman, a local artist from Camano Island, and were lucky enough to have him visit our classroom. He gave an inspirational workshop that has inspired our creative thoughts. Mr. Koffman gave everyone a handmade sketchpad and encouraged us to sketch as a visual way of thinking. During his presentation, Mr. Koffman told us, "Your idea could change the world!" This has now become a standard phrase in our room.
After the workshop, we read, annotated, analyzed and discussed an article about Mr. Koffman. The students then wrote thoughtful thank you letters sharing information that we learned about him, asking him further questions and telling him things that were meaningful to them. Mr. Koffman has invited us to make a visit to his gallery and we are very excited!
Below you will find a copy of the article about Dan Koffman and copies of the thank you letters that the students wrote to him.
We recently made a connection with Dan Koffman, a local artist from Camano Island, and were lucky enough to have him visit our classroom. He gave an inspirational workshop that has inspired our creative thoughts. Mr. Koffman gave everyone a handmade sketchpad and encouraged us to sketch as a visual way of thinking. During his presentation, Mr. Koffman told us, "Your idea could change the world!" This has now become a standard phrase in our room.
After the workshop, we read, annotated, analyzed and discussed an article about Mr. Koffman. The students then wrote thoughtful thank you letters sharing information that we learned about him, asking him further questions and telling him things that were meaningful to them. Mr. Koffman has invited us to make a visit to his gallery and we are very excited!
Below you will find a copy of the article about Dan Koffman and copies of the thank you letters that the students wrote to him.
meet_dan_koffman.docx |
student_thank_you_letters.pdf |