It's time again for our annual All-District Art Show. Below is a slideshow of the pre-hanging pre work to the post hanging. Opening reception is Monday evening, March 28, 6-8pm. The links are the centerpiece this year. This unique installation piece created by our middler schoolers inspried by there awesome teacher Ms. Smeglin.
My Family
In the beginning of the year, I ask our Kindergarteners to drawing a picture of thier family or who they live with as we have a very diverse student body. We then talk about where we live or a favorite activity we do with our family. After our art talk, we then start with a perment marker drawing which we then turn into a wax-resist painting. It's always a good first lesson to undertanding where my students come from on so many levels.
Fantasy Cakes
My Pre-Ks loved this lesson. We talked about our favor cake flavors and our "dream" cakes. Here are the results. So fun!
Impressions of Monet
I honor of Spring approaching, I introduced the Impressionist Artist Claude Monet. First we watched the movie "Linnea in Monet's Garden". Then students looked at many examples of Monet's work. They learned how the impressionist were some of the first artisits to work outside and how they had to work quickly to get the impressions on what they saw before the scene changed. We then recreated one of Monet't paintings using sponges and tempera paint.
Calder Circus Sculptures
Using Alexander Calder's Wire cirus as our inspriation, these students created thier own circus acts using wire, pipe cleaners, buttons, beads, corks, etc. It was a great way to talk about contour line too!
Positive and Negative Portraits
In our unit on shape, the 4th graders also start learning about positive and negative shapes. Students start with a brief exercise using a 6x6 black paper and 9x9 piece of black to create a unique positive and negative design using shapes.
After this exercise students then create a portrait using positive and negative shapes and spaces while also using what they learned about symmetry.
March is Youth Art Month!
What is Youth Art Month?
Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs.
Youth Art Month was created in 1961 by ACMI, a non-profit association of art and craft materials manufacturers, in cooperation with the NAEA. In 1984, ACMI created CFAE to administer the national Youth Art Month program and encourage funding for the program. Current members of the Council include: ACMI, which provides all administrative support and the majority of funding for national Youth Art Month; NAEA, whose members carry out local Youth Art Month activities and whose state affiliates help fund state Youth Art Month programs; The SHIP, a group of art materials exhibitors at the annual NAEA Convention; and the General Federation of Women's Clubs, a volunteer women's organization dedicated to community improvement through volunteer service. Other involved organizations include the Association of Crafts & Creative Industries, Hobby Industries Association, and National Art Materials Trade Association.
Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs.
Youth Art Month was created in 1961 by ACMI, a non-profit association of art and craft materials manufacturers, in cooperation with the NAEA. In 1984, ACMI created CFAE to administer the national Youth Art Month program and encourage funding for the program. Current members of the Council include: ACMI, which provides all administrative support and the majority of funding for national Youth Art Month; NAEA, whose members carry out local Youth Art Month activities and whose state affiliates help fund state Youth Art Month programs; The SHIP, a group of art materials exhibitors at the annual NAEA Convention; and the General Federation of Women's Clubs, a volunteer women's organization dedicated to community improvement through volunteer service. Other involved organizations include the Association of Crafts & Creative Industries, Hobby Industries Association, and National Art Materials Trade Association.
Van Gogh Mania!
We were luckily enough to have our PTO bring in a Teacher's Discovery Exhibit on Van Gogh last month. Here are some photos of students working. It was incredible to see how involved and interested they were in thier own projects after learning about the artist as a person and the stuggles he had.
Van Gogh Inspired Portraits
During our unit on Van Gogh, I wanted to do something different from Starry Night. In the third grade we had done some study of portraiture earlier in year so I thought why not why not combine the two. Do a review of facial porportions while studying the unique techinique of Van Gogh's brushstrokes. The lesson started as a tradition portrait but then using markers, students used small dashes to color in their faces and background. They were also encouraged to use multiple colors together for a richer effect.
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