Little School of Art of São Paulo in three chapters - First Chapter: Sequentiality

Abstract

In this visual essay, we present the Little School of Art of São Paulo, an experience in art education that was short-lived, from March 1968 to June 1971. It was a research laboratory for theories of the time and practices such as the idea to teach all the arts, through one teacher and, interdisciplinarizar the Arts taught by different specialized teachers gathered around a common problem situation. We were against the separation between content and form so we did not give themes but we used to provoke problem-solving situations. Direct observation of each child led us to study the sequence in terms of its graphic construction. We oriented students towards the search for appropriated form for the idea. Therefore, to persist trying was a habit as well as experimentation with different materials associated with the play of light with lanterns and graphic construction of configurational equivalent to the results obtained. Frequent cognitive and visual associations were made in Art and Design; Art and Images of other midia through critical questioning and dialogue not only graphics and plastics, but also verbal. Here we present the first of three chapters of this experience that happened 45 years ago.