DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY SHOW

Yesterday we held our bi-annual

Digital Photography Afterschool Gallery Show.

Students had a chance to exhibit their beautiful images they worked so incredibly hard on creating for the past 4 months.

 Below you can see the displays as they were laid out for friends and family to see.

Our next gallery show will be when the upcoming spring session of afterschool is finished.

These photos, in addition to the next show's, will all be on display during the International Dinner in June.

Enjoy!

UPDATES, PICTURES AND UPCOMING

Hi All!

Hope this new post finds you Happy and Healthy in the New Year!

Here are some updates on what's going on in your child's art world....

Enjoy!

The 4th grade finished their Joseph Cornell boxes and their artwork can be found on their personal online portfolio at the site www.artsonia.com. Make sure you are checking their online portfolios regularly, as there are usually updates every other week with their new and exciting projects!

Here are just a few of the box art projects that were created:

4Th grade is now embarking on a drawing unit which will last for about 3 months. They will be exposed to different styles of drawing, including contour, blind contour, shape sketching along with different mediums such as charcoal, pastels and graphite pencils. As they create images, they will be uploaded to their artsonia accounts. Some blind contour images are up already!

3rd grade just completed their Chinese landscape drawings. They came out magnificent! They had a chance to look at some Chinese Masters and then create their own. Here are a few examples:

                                                    

The younger grades have been working on colors & color theory. They began with cool colors. They used the cool colors to create forests. Here are some of those:

Kindergarten is currently working on Chinese New Year and have begun learning about Andy Warhol.

Here are some of their images:

...UPCOMING...

4th grade will be focusing on drawing...

3rd grade will also be touching on drawing along with painting...

2nd and 1st grade will be finishing their entries into the Artsonia contest and then venture into a small study on Georgia O'Keefe, as well as delve into contemporary artists (inspired by the Whitney Biennial)...

Kindergarten will continue to study Andy Warhol and volunteer their artistic talents to create cards for Citymeals On Wheels, as well as their continued study into color and fine tuning their fine adn gross motor skills.

Also, please note that for every project that is graded (upper grades), there should be a rubric attached as well.

If there are any questions, please feel free to contact me.

*****Don't forget to check your child's onnline porfolios and remember that for every purchase you make through that site, we get a percentage that goes directly towards purchasing art supplies for the children.

Again, if you have suggestions for the arts here at PS101, would like to come in and guest teach about anything at all or maybe even have a fantastic program you think we should apply for,  please let me know.

I can be reached at MSawicki@schools.nyc.gov

JOSEPH CORNELL BOX ART PROJECT

Below you will find the rubric for the Joseph Cornell Box Art project, created by the children (with a little facilitating by me). YOu can click on the image to see it larger:

CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS Holiday cards

We have been working diligantly on creating Citymeals-On-Wheels cards for the holiday season. They are focusing on winter so that we can touch the lives of all people, who celebrate many different holidays. Here are a few that the children have created so far:






Also, don't forget to keep checking your child's artsonia link for updated work. They make Fantastic gifts for the holidays and there is a sale going on right now!

A BIG THANK YOU!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by during Parent Teacher Conferences this past Tuesday!
It was great getting to know new faces and getting to see the familiar ones too!

Don't forget to check this blog frequently to see what your child is doing, as well as what is coming up in the future.

Also, please make sure you register your child through the ARTSONIA link (the paper slip you received on Tuesday. You can see their personal, online portfolio of the artwork they will be creating this year. I will let them know when new works are published so you can check it out. There are people who have already purchased gifts from the site a....THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

As most of you know, funding for the arts is always the first to go. By purchasing gifts through the Artsonia website, with your child's artwork on them, we receive the much needed funding for our visual arts program (15% of total cost).

Once again, thank you to all of you who have come in and touched base and I'll be seeing you around the building. If you need your child's artsonia screenname and key code or just want to talk, you can always contact me at MSawicki@schools.nyc.gov.

GRADE UPDATES

Hello All!
Just wanted to keep you up to date with what is going on in your child's grade and what will be going on over the next few months.
If you would like to contribute, send in material, be a part of a class, or do some extra research with your child, please by all means...go ahead!
I welcome any extra info and help : )!

PRE-K is working on their colors and identifying them, as well as developing their fine and gross motor skills. They will be using a variety of materials over the next few months, including crayons, oil pastels and paints, to create masterpieces of their own!

KINDERGARTEN is also working on developing their fine and gross motor skills utilizing many different materials. We have discussed Jasper Johns and have created images using the alphabet. In the coming months we will be focusing on the elements of design such as line, shape and color.

FIRST GRADE has also been working on Jasper Johns inspired artwork, as well as volunteering. They have and will continue to work on cards for the organization Citymeals-On-Wheels. You can see some examples of cards below, in the last post on this blog. First grade will also be focusing on a deeper understanding of the elements of art.

SECOND GRADE has also been working on creating Japer Johns inspired work. In addition to that, they have been working on word art, where they created an image of a word, using only that word. You can see examples of that below in older posts. Some classes have been focusing on artists such as Man Ray as well. For the future months, they will be working on collage and color theory.

THIRD GRADE has finished their work on their word art and has also been involved in the creation of volunteer cards for Citymeals-On-Wheels. Their next unit will be focusing on collage, using a mixed media of materials coupled with more elements of art study.

FOURTH GRADE also finished their word art unit and is now beginning a project entitled THE JOSEPH CORNELL PROJECT. They are researching Cornell and his style of artwork, focusing in on his "box art" and assemblage work. They will be creating their own box art based on a theme they choose. Each child is responsible for bringing in their own objects that deal with their theme. They each have a formal project sheet, which is in their art journal, where the specifics of the project can be found. They should also have notes taken from classroom discussions.

If you have any questions or comments about anything, please feel free to contact me at MSawicki@schools.nyc.gov.

MRS. KLEIN'S 2ND GRADE CLASS

Mrs. Klein's class just finished their work on Jasper Johns. We studied the image A Through Z that Johns painted. Here are their works, inspired by Jasper himself...
(click on the image to make it bigger)