The Noisy Paintbox is the book about the painter Wassily Kandinsky that inspired this project connecting music, and visual art.  Students in Ms. Osuna's 4th grade class learned about synesthesia, a perceptual phenomenon that Kandinsky had in which stimulation of one sensory pathway such as music leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory pathway such as sight.   After some initial training, students chose a piece of music and created the colors, shapes, textures and composition that they felt best described that music.  The QR code in the corner of each display links to the song represented in the artwork.  

During the last days of the school year, we are continuing to pilot lessons for the creative education project known as Create Humboldt.  This lesson at Grant School focused on both the elements of visual art as well as learning how to communicate and collaborate.  Students were taught how to share their ideas and then compromise for the goals of the team.  Below are photos of the painting portion of the project.