Big Art Day- 2015

Yesterday was Big Art Day in the state of Texas. Throughout the state, schools, museums and other organizations celebrated the importance of art by organizing a wide variety of activities for students, parents, teachers, etc.

At my school, our specials team (music, library, health fitness and art) planned activities for our K-5 students during their 45 minute specials time. We were lucky enough to have Leann Newton, from the Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum come and volunteer her time with us, too!

Students who went to music yesterday, got to make a  musical instrument using a variety of shapes.

Students who went to health fitness, traced their body in an action pose and then decorated it with patterns and colors.

Students who went to library and art, worked on self-portraits (hand drawn and computer generated).

All in all-- a very exhausting day, but at the end of the day, I had students coming up to me and telling me how much fun they had! Even better, was their excitement at seeing all of their artwork hanging in our main hallway this morning!

Here are pictures of the students working during Big Art Day, along with the work that they created:


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February Faculty Art Class

This month, teachers made a set of coasters out of 4 inch ceramic tiles.

Works in progress....

Finished products:

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1st Saturdays at the Altharetta Yeargin Museum

This Saturday's theme was collage.

We worked on a project that I found on Pinterest and adapted for small children: Collage Tree.

I had a surplus of 8x10 canvasses that I had the children (I had enough canvasses that the parents were able to make their own, too) paint with acrylic paint.

We set out a couple of blow dryers for them to dry this layer (the class is only an hour, so sometimes we need to speed up the process).

Then they used another color of acrylic to paint a tree.

They decorated their trees with an assortment of materials: scrapbook paper, feathers, buttons, seashells, magazines (cutting words/pictures out to describe themselves).

We ended up with some amazing end results!

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December Faculty Art Class

Our December faculty art class was a hit!

This month, we painted our own canvasses. I have an abundance of 8 x 10 canvasses, so I pulled these out and let the teachers play!

I set out liquid watercolors, acrylics, tape, pans with marbles, stamps, etc. Here are the end results (beautiful, as usual!!!!):

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1st Grade TAB- Collage Studio

My students have been experimenting with basic collage techniques. They have been working on cutting different shapes (circles, squares, triangles) and arranging them on their paper. Practicing with the glue has also been a part of this studio.

Here are the directions I have in the studio for the students:



I can't figure out how to make this window bigger, so I am including the link to the document: Collage Studio Menu.

Here are the students' first attempts:

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