Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Third grade Georgia O'Keeffe Oil Pastel Flowers
inspired art.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
New Rotation Starts on Tuesday and Update!
We are finishing up another rotation of classes. The classes I have now (1, 2, 4, 5) have finished up their License to Vote contest entries. The selection of who will represent Byck at the LTV Contest Finale in the spring is now underway. The two entries selected will be finalists and their art will go to compete with other JCPS elementary students.
5th grade is now working on Graffiti Arts: The good, the bad, and the beautiful.
4th grade is now working on The Three Me's, a Portrait Unit. They will create Self Portraits in Oil Pastel, Collage, and 3-D Sculpture.
2nd grade is now working on When Pigasso Met Mootise: Portraits of the Artists. (Guided Drawing)
1st grade is now working on The Rainbow Fish Portraits. (Guided Drawing)
Kindergarten has finished their Watch Me Draw projects and are now working on their Shape Mosaics. They will then create Piet Mondrian Collages with primary colors, shapes, and lines.
All classes have been working on their "I Can....." statements. At the end of every class, students state what they can tell me about what they learned during the class periods. They use their art vocabulary when telling me their statements. We are also doing a multiple choice quiz orally as part of their end of class review. The students are so smart! Every student raises their hands when we do our reviews.
The end of the rotation is on Monday and the whole rotation of classes starts over on Tuesday. I am excited to welcome Caroline Zama, our Artist in Resident! She will be working with my fifth graders for a week to create clay tiles. Each student will make 2 tiles. One tile will be a low relief self-portrait of the student, and the second tile will be a mural background piece. All the tiles will be put together in a Byck inspired mural when the residency is complete. Ms. Zama will be working with all 5th graders on this project, as their classes rotate to art. We are doing the residency via the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. I am working to get another residency going for the 3rd grade. If my grant application is approved (fingers crossed!) students in the 3rd grade will work with Louisville artist Michelle Amos to create Native American Kachina Dolls.
After the new year, I have planned a field trip for the second grade. With funds from our wonderful Fund for the Arts 5x5 Grant, the students will go to the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, tour the museum, eat lunch there, and create a 3-D clay cube project.
My student teacher, Lauren Williams, will be finishing her time up in my room on December 1st. She taught this rotation of classes and had done wonderfully! She has loved working with your talented students. Wish her luck in her future goal of being an art educator!
So many great things going on this year! Check back soon for more pics and updates!
5th grade is now working on Graffiti Arts: The good, the bad, and the beautiful.
4th grade is now working on The Three Me's, a Portrait Unit. They will create Self Portraits in Oil Pastel, Collage, and 3-D Sculpture.
2nd grade is now working on When Pigasso Met Mootise: Portraits of the Artists. (Guided Drawing)
1st grade is now working on The Rainbow Fish Portraits. (Guided Drawing)
Kindergarten has finished their Watch Me Draw projects and are now working on their Shape Mosaics. They will then create Piet Mondrian Collages with primary colors, shapes, and lines.
All classes have been working on their "I Can....." statements. At the end of every class, students state what they can tell me about what they learned during the class periods. They use their art vocabulary when telling me their statements. We are also doing a multiple choice quiz orally as part of their end of class review. The students are so smart! Every student raises their hands when we do our reviews.
The end of the rotation is on Monday and the whole rotation of classes starts over on Tuesday. I am excited to welcome Caroline Zama, our Artist in Resident! She will be working with my fifth graders for a week to create clay tiles. Each student will make 2 tiles. One tile will be a low relief self-portrait of the student, and the second tile will be a mural background piece. All the tiles will be put together in a Byck inspired mural when the residency is complete. Ms. Zama will be working with all 5th graders on this project, as their classes rotate to art. We are doing the residency via the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. I am working to get another residency going for the 3rd grade. If my grant application is approved (fingers crossed!) students in the 3rd grade will work with Louisville artist Michelle Amos to create Native American Kachina Dolls.
After the new year, I have planned a field trip for the second grade. With funds from our wonderful Fund for the Arts 5x5 Grant, the students will go to the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, tour the museum, eat lunch there, and create a 3-D clay cube project.
My student teacher, Lauren Williams, will be finishing her time up in my room on December 1st. She taught this rotation of classes and had done wonderfully! She has loved working with your talented students. Wish her luck in her future goal of being an art educator!
So many great things going on this year! Check back soon for more pics and updates!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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