I am thrilled to share the winning designs for the 2024 Yearbook Cover Contest! There were so many wonderful designs to choose from, it was difficult to select two. We are so proud of all our artists who entered!
The District Art Show is on display at the Living Arts and Science Center from now through May 17. Stop by and see what wonderful artworks are being created across the district!
We partnered with Studio Mel Designs to paint another collaborative mural! This is the second student-painted mural at Sandersville and the third Studio Mel Designs mural at Sandersville. We love bright, cheerful hallways to welcome us each day!
2023 Doodle for Google Winning artwork by Rebecca Wu (6th grade) shows what gratitude means to her.
It’s time for the 2024 Doodle for Google Contest, the theme is “My wish for the next 25 years…” To participate, you will create a Doodle based on this theme that includes the word “Google”.
What is the “Doodle for Google” contest? Doodle for Google is an annual art contest for students grades K-12. Students create their own Google Doodle, the winner will have their Doodle featured on Google.com, as well as a scholarships and tech packages for their school.
Original artwork, no copyrighted or trademarked characters, images, or logos (like Mickey Mouse)
Must include the word “Google” and follow the theme “My wish for the next 25 years…“.
Submit your entry two ways:
How to submit your own artwork online by Thursday, March 14– take a high quality photo with good lighting or scan your artwork. Complete the online entry form and upload your photo here: Enter your Doodle online
Ms. Baird can submit your entry for you. You need to give her your completed artwork and signed entry form by Thursday, March 14.
Have you ever seen art that makes you happy? Takashi Murakami’s art uses popular images, like smiley faces and flowers, to make us think about what we enjoy and what we buy.
Directions:
You’ll need a paper, pencil, crayons. You can trace with a Sharpie when you’re done drawing with pencil.
Draw 3 medium sized circles. Add smiley faces to them.
Draw several straight lines coming from the circles, like a sun.
Connect the straight lines with curved lines, like a flower petal.
Add straight lines and curved ends to all your smiley faces.
Add 3 small sized circles. Add smiley faces to them.
Add straight lines and curved lines for petals.
Keep adding small smiley face flowers until there isn’t much room left on your paper. It’s okay if they overlap.
***If you drew with pencil, trace over with a Sharpie now. Color in your flowers with your favorite bright crayons.
2021 Doodle for Google Winner- 11th grader from Lexington, KY
It’s time for the 2023 Doodle for Google Contest, the theme is “I am grateful for…”. To participate, you will create a Doodle based on this theme that includes the word “Google”.
What is the “Doodle for Google” contest? Doodle for Google is an annual art contest for students grades K-12. Students create their own Google Doodle for the chance to have it featured on Google.com, as well as win some great scholarships and tech packages for their schools.
Original artwork, no copyrighted or trademarked characters, images, or logos (like Mickey Mouse)
Must include the word “Google” and follow the theme “I am grateful for…”.
Submit your entry two ways: submit it online yourself OR give it to Ms. Baird by Tuesday, March 7.
How to submit your own artwork online by Tuesday, March 7– take a high quality photo with good lighting or scan your artwork. Complete the online entry form and upload your photo here: Enter your Doodle online
Ms. Baird can submit your entry for you. You need to give her your completed artwork and entry form by Tuesday, March 7.
All grades (preK-5) are creating artworks for the Art to Remember fundraiser to support the art program. Art to Remember provides families with an easy way to have their students’ artworks printed on items such as: ornaments, water bottles, and jewelry.
Sandersville will soon welcome our Horse Play foal, Clover, back home. LexArts and many donors have made it possible for Clover to return to Sandersville at no cost to us. Please continue to support LexArts and their “Fund for the Foals” to continue to support great LexArts programs for students.
A note from LexArts:
HORSE PLAY
Horse Play 2022, underwritten by a generous grant from The Kloiber Foundation, made it possible for every Fayette County school, public and private, to create its own horse or foal. High schools were furnished with full-size horses, while middle and elementary schools were provided with foals. The white fiberglass equine “blank canvases,” were provided for by Kloiber Foundation funds. In addition, the Horse Play project included a unique internship program allowing high school students to work in the program, in both artistic and administrative capacities. Important in-kind support for Horse Play came from corporate sources: Breyer, DecoArt, PPG and Toyota Kentucky.
FUND FOR THE FOALS
An auction at Keeneland at the end of the display period was originally planned to generate proceeds benefiting arts education initiatives. However, as the foals went on display, it became clear by the deluge of phone calls to LexArts that every student and teacher involved in creating the Horse Play horses and foals would be crushed if they weren’t returned to the schools where they were created. An aptly named Fund for the Foalscampaign was created in the summer of 2022 to ensure that each of the beloved equines would find their way home and that arts education initiatives could still be funded.
Ms. Baird's Art Class 