Romare Bearden and The Block

The first grade artists have been busy studying the world around them. They learned about the differences in where people live. They learned the words urban, suburban and rural. They studied the collages of artist Romare Bearden.
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Then the first grade artists created their own block or neighborhood. The collages could be imagined or literal.