Kids Art Fair and Music Night May 24th

Make plans to come out for our third annual Kids Art Fair on Thursday, May 24th at 6:00 p.m.  This year it will be held to coincide with the performance of the Chorus and Orff Ensemble at 7:00.  Students have been working really hard on their projects all year.  Every few months, I rolled out the next grade level's project so it would not become too overwhelming for me. I have to fill out the backs of the art papers, alphabetize each class's work, and coordinate getting the flyers out and posters up advertising  the event.  That's 1,200 students, folks!!  It is really a joy to see the satisfaction and pride on my students' faces when they see their artwork framed and on display.  And as you may know, its proceeds are the major source of funding for the art program.  With the budget cuts this year, the art budget was only $80 for the ENTIRE YEAR for the ENTIRE SCHOOL. 

And just a heads up - I heard the chorus practicing today and they sounded like angels...

 

RtI Celebration

At my school, art, music and physical education teachers are used at the end of the day to teach Response to Intervention.  My group for the past 7 weeks has been 5th grade enrichment.  We have been studying Latin root words and how English words are derived from them. Learning this vocabulary will enhance reading and comprehension in ALL subject areas.

Last week, our learning culminated in a Root Bee, like a Spelling Bee.  Our winner was (drum roll please)....Michael Pu!!! Congratulations Michael!

A Generous Spirit

This is a shout-out to Connor C. in Mrs. Shaaber's first grade class.  He was the only person to bring in donated items that I had requested several weeks ago.  And he told me he bought them with ALL HIS OWN MONEY!!  Thank you, Connor.  Keep up your sense of citizenship and giving nature.

Second Grade Ponds

Second graders read the book, "In the Small, Small Pond" and learned about habitats for frogs.  Using cool color pastels, they created a pond scene appropriate for a frog.  They then learned how to stamp print and added dragonflies and a frog peeking out from under the water. Well done!

Kindergarten Snowmen

Even though it is unseasonably warm outside, kindergartners made some stamp printed snowmen.  They learned how to make a print with paint and sponges.  During the following class, they added realistic tree branches for arms and other embellishments.  I think they turned out awesome!!

60's Art at the MOCA

Jan. 28 — April 8, 2012
ReFocus: Art of the 1960s
This exhibition delves into one of the seminal and radical periods of contemporary art. The arts—literature, visual art, dance, and theater—went through a fascinating period of growth and change during the 1960s. Join MOCA as it explores major movements of the decade: Pop Art, Op Art, Performance Art, Minimalism, Color Field Painting, Action Painting and Post-Painterly Abstraction. Experience master works by artists that defined a generation: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg.

Luchadors!!

Dougie

Punto del Perro

Rabia de la Roca

Estrella de la Ram

Llama Encendida

Bloques del Rectangulo

Rey del Fuego

Pista de la Sandia

El Smasher

El Tigre

As you can see, my upper grade students have been very busy!  These are just a few of the Lucha Libre masks - more will be framed and hung in the hallway next week!  The students gave their characters names and I translated them into Spanish by with my translator app on my computer.  Can you guess their names in English?

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to school!  All my classes are starting new projects this month.  Kindergartners are stamp printing snowmen and first graders are learning about tints and shades as they paint their dog pictures with what I call "Dr. Suess colors."   In second grade, students will be learning about pond habitat as they create their mixed-media pictures.  Third grades will be doing crayon resists of tropical birds, and fifth grades will be creating abstract texture pieces. 

There are so many students that I am responsible for and so little "free-time" - I apologize for the delay in getting your luchador pictures photographed and framed in the hallway.  I am working on them a little bit each day as I do the regular lesson preps.  They will be here soon for all to look at!

WWE but no Sin Cara

Mark Henry - Where's Sin Cara?

Big Show -  Still no Sin Cara

 

Randy Orton

Booker T - Do you know where Sin Cara is?

Sheamus - Well, I guess Sin Cara won't be here tonight.  I really wanted a picture to show all my 4th and 5th graders who are working on luchador masks in art class. 

 

 

 

 

 

I never in a million years thought I would go to a WWE wrestling event. What we won't do for our students!

November Artist's Birthdays

Auguste Rodin - 12th (1840)
Claude Monet - 14th (1840)
Georgia O'Keefe - 15th (1887)
Wayne Thiebaud - 15th (1920)
Rene' Margritte - 21st (1898)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - 24th (1864)
Charles Schulz - 26th (1922)


Can you tell me something you have researched about one of these artists?  

Veteran's Day Weekend Event

 I have mentioned this event to some classes and it sounds like it would be a fun time.  It's called Family Art Fest and Salute to the Troops.  It will be held on Saturday, November 12th from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Midtown Centre.  The Duval Art Teachers Association will be there with an art and game booth for kids. See the link below for more details.
http://www.midtownfest.org/

October Artist Birthdays

Fredric Remington - 4th

Faith Ringgold - 8th

Alberto Giacometti - 10th

Pablo Picasso - 25th

Roy Lichtenstein - 27th

Jan Vermeer - 31st

Can you tell me something you researched about one of these artists?  Let me know the next time you have art class!

Wayne Thiebaud's Cakes

Second graders have been learning about American artist Wayne Thiebaud (pronounced Tebow). He began as a commercial artist and eventually started painting still-lifes of cakes, ice cream cones and other confections.

Please check out the following link to a neat activity from the National Gallery of Art - you can decorate your own online cake!!

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/interactive/cake.htm