HELLO ALL!!!
Welcome back to the art blog!
We have lots of exciting things going on here, so let's get started!
I'd like to start off with some of our submissions to the Artsonia sponsored contest called
"ALL KIDS CAN CREATE".
Below you can see a few of the beautiful images that were created by our students.
The theme was "What makes your neighborhood so special?"
Students from Pre-K through 2nd grade celebrated
Chinese New Year by creating a variety of
Chinese Inspired artwork.
Some 2nd graders work:
Here are some examples of Pre-K work:
Some of these dragons below were printed on
THE COVER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S NEWSLETTER!!!
Congratulations!!
Children in Kindergarten, First and Second grade have also completed their Dr. Seuss inspired cats that are on display outside of the art room/media center.
Here are a few examples of their beautiful work:
Kindergarten is working very hard on creating their very own
MAGICAL MONSTER ABC's
book.
They have been creating and recreating different magical monsters with pencil, colored pencil and markers.
Paying close attention to detail they kept in mind their letter given to them. Each monster has been given a name based on a letter of the alphabet. Each child has also included a written words about their monster.
We hope to have that book put together and published by the end of April/beginning of May.
Those books will also be available for purchase, with all profits going to the Visual Arts Department here at PS 101 Q.
Third graders are working diligently on their ABC books.
Two classes are creating the "ABC's of the Forest Hills Gardens"
while the other is creating the "ABC's of P.S. 101".
After each student received a letter, they researched either
the Forest Hills Gardens Community or our P.S. 101 community.
They came up with images and ideas that represented their letters and are now in the process of finishing those images as well as finishing up some writing about what they found.
I will be scanning the images created and will be making a book that we will be selling.
All money made will be donated to our Visual Arts Department for the purchase of art supplies and materials.
Fourth graders are still amidst their drawing unit, which will be wrapping up in the next couple of weeks.
A few parents contacted me regarding grades received on in-class drawing assignments. I am posting the rubric here so that you are all aware of the origins and reasons for the grades.
Please understand that all children receive a rubric and discuss that with me in great detail before they are asked to complete a task for a grade. Also please realize that in-class projects as well as art journals, behavior, effort and the ability to follow directions all have a part in determining their report card grade in art.
With that being said, here is a copy of the rubric for the
"Shape Sketch" method of drawing:
Here are a few examples of drawings created utilizing a variety of techniques. Remember that the end product is not so much the focus, rather the process of how the child drew and whether or not they understood and followed the task at hand.
Pre K was working on shapes and identifying them in the world around us. They created images using shapes.
Here are a few of them:
Ms.Steincke's class is wrapping up a unit on photography by creating photographic images by "Drawing with Light".
These will not be uploaded on Artsonia (or here) because of the fact that their faces can be seen in some of them.
They will, however, be on display on the wall outside of the
art room/media center in the circular staircase area for all to see, as of tomorrow.
Come check them out this Tuesday at Parent/Teacher Conferences!!!!!
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All students in grades PreK through 4th
will be beginning their projects for the
Kids Art Fair
that is coming up on
April 21, 2010
3:30pm - 7:00pm
in the gym here at PS 101Q.
Some students will be beginning their art fair work before vacation, others afterwards. Please make sure to read all information that comes home regarding the art fair.
It will be very informative and will ask for you
to return certain tear off sheets.
If you have any questions regarding the art fair, artsonia or anything else at all, please feel free to contact me at MSawicki@schools.nyc.gov. We are going to need some volunteers to help set up and break down the Kids Art Fair, so if you are up for helping out a little bit, that would be great!
Contact me at the above email to let me know.
Thanks again and I will see you all around!
