Ms. Baird's Art Class

5th grade: Bibelots at Headley-Whitney Museum

All 5th grade students who created bibelots, will have their artist statements and bibelot photographs on display.

From the Headley-Whitney Museum:

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Join us Saturday, November 19th from 12pm to 4pm for an afternoon of fun for all ages.

Two Exhibits are opening! Lots of Entertainment! Family Fun Raffle!

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Our eighth annual Improbable Baubles exhibition, showcases the work of more than 1000 Central Kentucky students from ten area schools, and artwork by local artists, inspired by fairy tales from far and wide. Improbable Baubles is an innovative program that provides students with a professional art-making experience; they learn about bibelots—exquisite objects whose purpose is to delight the eye—then are challenged to create their own. The students vote which of their pieces will be put on display at the Museum. 150 pieces are on display and all of the participating students artist statements are available for viewing.

3rd gr. Matisse Collages

We’re going to learn about Henri Matisse, a famous French artist. Henri is known for his brightly colored paintings and collages. At the time, people thought his paintings were too bright, so they said he painted like a wild beast. Fauve means wild beast in French, so his style of painting is called Fauvism.

As Henri became older, he was ill and had a difficult time seeing his paintings. Instead of giving up, he started cutting out his “paintings” from paper. He used many organic and geometric shapes. He arranged his shapes in many ways until he had a interesting composition.

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The Sorrows of the King shows musicians and a dancer, although it is called “Sorrows.” This artwork shows what makes the king happy. Art that shows feelings is called expressive. Think about what makes you happy. How will you show that in a collage?

Make a collage at NGA Kids: http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/collagemachine.htm

5th gr- 2016 Improbable Baubles with the Headley-Whitney Museum

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The fifth grade will work on a collaborative project with the Headley-Whitney Museum to create sculptures, write artist statements, and participate in a museum exhibition!

The Headley-Whitney Museum is home to a collection of bibelots. A bibelot (pronounced bee-bah-low) is a small, decorative object. Here are some of George Headley’s bibelots:

Like George Headley, we will create bibelots. To create our bibelots, we will turn “trash” into “treasures.” Some ideas: cereal boxes, yogurt lids, plastic baby food containers, ribbon, sequins, shells, plastic toy pieces. Keep in mind: all bibelots must be less than 12″x 12″.

So what are we doing? Here’s a link to our rubric. Below are our level 4 requirements, examples, and steps to create your bibelot.

This is a BIG project. Students will:

Create bibelot sculptures in art.
Photograph our bibelots.
Write artist statements and attach our photographs to them.
Vote to select artworks to be sent to the Museum.
November 14: Our bibelots will be on display at the Headley-Whitney! All participating students will have their artist statement and photograph exhibited. Opening reception November 19, from 1:00-3:00.

The theme this year is fairy tales. Want to know more? Here are some resources:

K-5 Collaborative “Team” project

Have you ever been part of a team? A family is a type of small team, while a company is a large team. You can be on a sports team, an academic team, or a team just for a board game.

This year, your class is your team. Your class will work and play together all year. You’ll create a pennant to represent what you bring to your class team.

What are you good at doing? Are you hard-working, smart, strong, opinionated? Are you patient, thoughtful, a good listener? Are you good at reading, working together, drawing? What skills do you have that could help your team?

How would you show those skills on your pennant?

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1st gr.- Summer Stories

What did you do over summer break? Did you take a trip? Visit family? Play with friends? Artists make artwork showing how they spend their time. The artist, Mary Cassatt, is known for painting families, especially parents with their children. What did this family do for their summer?

Who is shown in this artwork? Are they family? Where are they? What are they doing? What is the weather? What clues does Mary give you?

You will draw an artwork telling a story of something you did with your family this summer. Make sure to draw yourself and your family in your artwork. Show their bodies, faces, and clothes, don’t draw stick people!

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Art to Remember- Update!

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Southside Families,

You should have received your Art to Remember orders that were sent home this week. THANK YOU for supporting Art to Remember. Southside had 640 students create artworks (WOW!) and 41% of our school ordered wonderful keepsakes from Art to Remember (double WOW!). Thank you for making this fundraiser a success for the art program!

K-5: Make Some Money

Have you heard the news?

There are changes coming to the $20, $10, and $5 bills! The most notable is that the front of the $20 bill will feature Harriet Tubman, the first female AND the first African-American featured on American currency.

Do you know about Harriet Tubman? Learn more here or watch on BrainPop Jr.

Here’s what our currency looks like right now. If you could print your own money:

What would it look like?
What denominations would it be?
Who would be featured on it?
What colors would it include?

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai

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. How does your artwork show about your community and what’s important to you?

Let’s learn about the artist.

What stories is Hokusai telling us about life in Japan?

2016 All-State Art Show

Great news! Southside has five 4th grade students whose artwork will be shown at the 2016 All-State Elementary & Middle School Art Show. Artworks will be on display from May 9-27 in Nicholasville. Come check out all the talented artists from across Kentucky. More information below:

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Military Appreciation Month

April is National Military Appreciation Month and Southside wants to show how thankful we are to have brave men and women serving our country. We will create cards to send to our military. Here is a video to get you thinking.

Step 1: Fold your paper in half, like a hamburger. You can have the seam on the TOP or on the LEFT side.

Step 2: Open your card, write a sentence (or more!) to say “thank you.” Some words you might use are: thank you, help, service, appreciate, hard work, dedication, military, family. If you don’t know how to spell a word, as a friend or me.

Step 3: Draw a picture on the front. Remember, we want to show how thankful we are for the military’s service. Color your drawing and make it your best work.