Check out these paintings by Mrs. Ziehnert's Kindergarten class! These creative kiddos are working with tempera paint in either a warm color palette or a cool color palette. They used materials like Q-tips, Popsicle sticks, and toothpicks to paint with! ....................................................Amazing Abstract Landscapes...................................................
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This October we are learning about James Lavadour. Lavadour is a living, local artist known for creating abstract landscapes that evoke a mysterious and melancholy mood through the use of color. The artist uses various tools to scrape paint on his canvas, painting over an existing work, scraping it off, and painting again, Inspired by Lavadour, this month students are creating an abstract landscape using either a warm or cool palette. And they are not using paintbrushes. Student artists have been using unconventional tools like cotton swabs, toothpicks, clothespins, Popsicle sticks, and spoons to scrape tempera paint instead. I love the creative variety that comes out of the students with very little instruction. Here are a few pieces from Mrs. Reberry's 5th grade class. How do you feel looking at these images? The bottom work on the left brings a dark feeling over me, yet is incredibly calm at the same time. The painting on the right is inspired by the way that Lavadour would include hidden imagery within his depiction of a landscape.
Welcome to the month of October! It is my favorite month not only because we are finally transitioning from the heat of summer into the cozy coolness of fall, but it happens to be my birthday month. :) I want to share with you what Meredith & I have been up to lately. We are getting ready to facilitate our first volunteer training of the school year that is happening on Monday, October 3 from 11:00 - 12:30 in the library. You are probably reading this after the fact, so, yes! It went smoothly! Did you know that the Art Literacy program is district wide? There are these two amazing women, Jill & Melody, who coordinate the entire district program. Their organization skills are highly impressive. They are more organized and efficient than I ever aspire to be. But, they told me it only took them 25 years, so there might be hope for me yet! Meredith & I attended a "New Coordinators Tea" where we met about 15 other coordinators from schools in the district. We had tea, coffee, and snacks, We received important handouts to help us in organizing our program, scheduling our volunteers, supporting our volunteers, and we learned more about the background of the Art Lit. Program in BSD. This program runs very smoothly and is highly thought out. Here are some tidbits from what we learned at the tea: 1. The Art Lit program was started by a Chehalem mom in 1979, as a response to Art being downsized in the district. 2. You can find out more about the district wide program on the website www.beavertonartliteracy.org (Choose heading "About" and subheading "History" to read the full backstory!) 3. There are standards for the subject of Art, but they are not tested. These mandate that students will learn about the "Elements and Principles of Design." 4. If a student attends school in Beaverton from K - Middle School, they will recieve instruction on the Elements & Principles of Design through the Art Lit program. This program reaches every student. Talk about equity! 5. The elementary program teaches the 7 Elements of Design: Line, Shape, Form, Color, Value, Texture, and Space. 6. Middle School students learn about the 7 Principles of Design: Balance, Movement, Rhythm, Contrast, Emphasis, Pattern, and Unity. 7. This school year at Hazeldale, all 6 of our lessons focus on the Elements of Color & Value. The next week, we attended the Fall Coordinators Meeting. We met the coordinators from the other schools in the district. We had coffee & snacks. Jill & Melody presented a sample lesson, gave us more handouts and information for the upcoming school year, and shared more information with us to support us in being successful coordinators for our community. I'm sure it's obvious that I am very impressed & grateful for the hard work that Melody & Jill put into this program. The program is entirely powered by volunteers; volunteer coordinators at each school, and volunteer parent, family members, and community members that either teach a lesson in our classrooms or assist as a helper during these lessons. Because in addition to learning Art History, Aesthetics, Criticism, and Expression, our kids also get to paint, draw, sculpt, design, build and play around with production! Thanks for reading, Becky Image credit: mightcouldstudios.com |
Your CoordinatorsWe are Kym Lardieri and Emily Bernart and we love introducing kids to art! Kym has an incoming Kindergartner and second grader and Emily has a fourth grader and seventh grader. We look forward to working with you! Archives
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