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Fall 2013- 5th grade

The 5th grade has been working with the Headley-Whitney Museum. Each student has completed an artwork based on George Headley’s bibelots, which are small decorative sculptures. In their writing classes, students also completed a reflective artist statement to accompany their bibelots. Each student will have a photograph of their bibelot and their artist statements on display at the Headley Whitney Museum from November 23 – December 22. The opening reception will be on November 23 from 1:00- 4:00pm.

All participants will receive free admission to the Museum and are invited to attend the Opening Reception of Improbable Baubles. Students showing at the Museum will be jurored by local professional artists and receive recognition for their achievements. First, second, and third place awards will be given in each age division, as well as an overall best in show.

Please join us as we celebrate all the hard work our students have done!

Fall 2013- 3rd grade

The third grade has been learning about our favorite elephant, Elmer, who is patchwork. Elmer thinks the other jungle animals are teasing him, so he changes himself to fit it. At the end of the story Elmer learns that being patchwork is a part of who he is and is one of the reasons his friends love him. We created Elmer elephants using different patterns.

Fall 2013- 2nd grade

The second grade learned that narrative art tells a story. We created artworks that told a story about summer vacation.

We have also been learning the difference between geometric and organic shapes. We created a collage using geometric shapes and added organic shape details.

Fall 2013- 1st grade

The 1st grade has been learning how to paint with paintbrushes. We’ve been learning how to control the paintbrush and wash it before every new color. We painted these artworks showing someone special to us.

The 1st grade also used learned to use tempera paints, which are thicker liquid paints, to create a playground painting.

The 1st grade also learned about art in books, called illustrations. We created collage artworks using our first initials.

Fall 2013- Kindergarten

The kindergarten has been learning about different types of lines, shapes, and colors. They have been learning how to create and use different lines, identify and draw geometric and organic shapes, and how the primary colors mix together to create the secondary colors.

Students learned that geometric shapes have names and straight sides, except for circles and ovals. We learned that some types of artwork can be used, like quilts. We painted our own quilt designs with geometric shapes.

Students glued squares onto an artwork to create a collage.

Improbable Baubles

Starting in September, Simmons 5th graders will be participating in the Improbable Baubles program with the Headley-Whitney Museum. Improbable Baubles is an art program designed to give Kentucky school children the opportunity to create, perform, and respond to art. Working in tandem with the Headley-Whitney Museum’s Curator of Education, students will learn the history of George Headley, his artwork and bibelots, and his significance to Kentucky. The educator will leave teachers with materials and lesson plans for students to create their own works of art (faux bibelots), perform their own artistic critiques, and democratically choose pieces by their own peers to be displayed at the Headley-Whitney Museum. All participants will display a photograph of their work. They will receive free admission to the Museum and a formal invitation to the Opening Reception of Improbable Baubles. Students showing at the Museum will be jurored by local professional artists and receive recognition for their achievements. First, second, and third place awards will be given in each age division, as well as an overall best in show.

Here is a link for more information about the Headley-Whitney Museum and the Improbable Baubles program.

Mrs. Zimmerman’s Student Teacher Art Show

There is a student teacher art show at UK’s Student Center’s Rasdall Gallery. The show highlights student artworks from Simmons, WHMS, and several schools from Fayette County. The artworks shown are from the lessons students completed with Mrs. Zimmerman. The show will be up until May 3rd.

Picasso

A great resource for starting to understand Cubism is Picassohead.com. It is a creative, and sometimes silly, website for kids and adults to enjoy. Using templates, you can create a portrait based on Picasso’s cubism. Give it a try!

2013 KASA Student Art Contest

Kentucky Association of School Administrators

152 Consumer Lane, Frankfort, KY 40601 * Ph. (800) 928-5272 or (502) 875-3411

KASA is proud to announce our first student art contest. The theme of the contest is “giving our kids a world-class education.” Please pass this along to your art teachers and encourage students to participate. We hope to have representation from all districts in the state. You will find all the information about the contest on our website. Please contact Ms. Baird if you have any questions. Ms. Baird will accept entries until Friday, May 10.

http://www.kasa.org/subsite/dist/page/annual-leadership-institute-student-art-contest-1036

Kids’ Art Website Links

Here is a link to the Whitney Museum’s Kids site. It is still being developed, but has links to many famous artists’s child-friendly artworks.

Here is the link the the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Kids site. It has a great selection of multi-media links, video, and interactive activities. The Kids’ site has pages on famous artists like Edgar Degas and Romare Bearden.