Category: Student Gallery

Art Career: Imagineering

Last week’s Studio Habit of Mind was Understanding Art Worlds: I can learn about art careers and how artists work with other artists. Today’s link is about an art career called Imagineering. Yes, that’s a real job title and it combines many fields, like math, science, engineering, and art.

Below is a link for Khan Academy’s “Imagineering in a Box” course, which goes through 3 design stages: 1) Build your own world 2) Build your own attractions 3) Build your own character. This is a free course that provides a lot of information and creative opportunities.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/hass-storytelling/imagineering-in-a-box 

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai, printmaker

The Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai, created a series of prints showing 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Hokusai’s artwork shows us about life in Japan and what was valued during his lifetime. His artwork influenced artists around the world.

3 Color Reduction Printmaking- we will be using this process with styrofoam.

What stories is Hokusai telling us about life in Japan?

Artist: Andy Warhol- Architecture prints

Andy Warhol was one of the world’s most famous Pop Artists. He often used a printmaking technique called silkscreen to produce multiple art prints quickly and easily.

His subjects were typically from pop culture and were things people saw frequently: soup cans, celebrities, bridges. Below is his print of the Brooklyn Bridge and a collaborative print/painting with Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Brooklyn Bridge, 1983 Screenprint in colors, on Lenox Museum Board, the full sheet.

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Eiffel Tower-1985

Click on the screenshot to go to Tate Kids’ page on Warhol.

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Board of Education Appreciation Cards

This month is Woodford County’s Board Appreciation Month, our board members are:

  1. Ambrose Wilson IV – District 1
  2. Allison Richardson – District 2
  3. Debby Edelen – District 3
  4. Sherri Springate – District 4
  5. Dani Bradley – District 5

Some words or phrases you may want to include in a “thank you” note are:

  • Thank you!
  • Thank you for supporting our schools.
  • So glad you’re on our team.
  • We appreciate your leadership.
  • Thank you for serving our community.

Add typography to make your card interesting.

Artist: Alma Thomas, painter

Why do people make art? How does making art make life better? Alma Thomas was an African American abstract artist. She studied art in college and became an art teacher. She make art part time while she was teaching. When she retired from teaching, she focused on making art. She developed her signature style of using shapes and short brushstrokes to create abstract art. She was often inspired by nature and plants around her and used their colors and shapes in her paintings. She was the first African American woman to have a solo art exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. What do you see in her artworks that remind you of nature?

What inspired you or gives you ideas for making art?

2019 Art to Remember Ordering

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Students have worked hard to complete their stunning artworks for Art to Remember.

Important dates:

  • Thursday, March 7– Order forms sent home
  • Friday, March 22-Online/phone orders due
  • End of March– Orders will arrive at Southside

Please make sure your Art to Remember order form has your student’s name and artwork on it. Each form is personalized, so it is very important that you have your student’s order form. *If you have another student’s order form, please return it to me (Ms. Baird) and I will get you a new one. 

Link to Art to Remember ordering site:  https://order.arttoremember.com/ 

This year, Southside is offering convenient online or phone orders only. Directions on how to order are on the back of your order form. Please do not send completed orders, checks, or money to school.

If you have any questions, please contact me at: sara.baird@woodford.kyschools.us

Thank you!

Art to Remember 2019

Southside Parents & Families,

This January and February, all grades (preK-5) will create artworks for the Art to Remember fundraiser.  Art to Remember provides families with an easy way to have their students’ artworks printed on items such as: iPhone covers, water bottles, and stickers.

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Our grade level themes are shown below. Ordering information will be posted on Ms. Baird’s website and sent home. For more information, please visit the Art to Remember website . Click here for a full listing of products. 

Artist inspirations:

Kindergarten: Jim Dine

1st grade: Vassily Kandinsky

2nd grade: Natalia Goncharova

3rd grade: Vincent Van Gogh

4th grade: David Hockney

5th grade: Claude Monet