, citiyscapes, With 19 different classes there is so much going on in the art room! I love it. Students learn in so many different ways and they need to express themselves in different ways. Each piece is as unique as they are. Grade 8 students are working on their "Where I'm From" poem projects. This class is participating in a service learning project and this project is about them and where they come from. Students are creating everything from 2-d to 3-d projects. Microscopes, boardwalks, canvas paintings, pop up books, cityscapes, floating lotus flowers it's all happening and it is amazing as you can see from the photos below! Flower show projects are still in the process of being completed. Students were given choices of what they could create and if they wanted to work individually or with a group. I was a bit scared of giving so many students a choice at one time and having so many different projects in progress at the same time. The students are taking ownership and have shown responsibility in working on these projects, changing them, discussing them to make improvements and sharing ideas from each other. Students are creating window boxes from recycled materials such as paper, water bottles, and cardboard. Others have designed Dutch Gardens and are creating them in 3-D. There is even a windmill made from recycled objects. We have used everything including the toner cartridges from the copy machines! Grade 6 students are creating clay in the style of delftware for the flower show. We have learned that delftware is created using only blue and white glaze. The subject matter is usually flowers, birds or windmills. The history of delftware was also discussed, we learned that it was the Dutch imitating Chinese ceramics in the 17th century. Trade routes were opened up and the people of the Netherlands liked the Chinese pottery but could not afford it. So they made their own version and now people collect that as well. Students learned basic clay techniques such as pinch pot, coil rolling and slab construction. They used these to create their own vessels.
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We are back from a well rested vacation with so much to do to prepare for Wilson's Junior Flower Show in February. Students have chosen which projects they will complete and therefore which category or class they will compete in. Judges will arrive in February so the students have to be ready for the judging. Students in most classes have been busy working on Botanical Illustrations, Window Boxes from recycled materials, designing Dutch Gardens, and even making a scarecrow to represent VanGogh. It is very impressive to see all the students working independently and in groups to create these amazing projects. Pictures of works in progress are below. Section 901 is in the process of completing flower show projects, they have used seeds and beans to make grain art depicting things from Dutch culture. I have never done a project with these materials before but the results are amazing. The different grains give the images a sense of texture as you can see below.
Over winter break I was lucky enough to take a trip to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. I was able to view the exhibit of our students work before it closes. On display on the second floor our work hangs with work from 5 other schools in Philadelphia. Elementary through High school participated in the exhibit.
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