This month in art: Artsonia, Morris Museum display, Vocabulary building, CLAY! We have had a busy year so far. Our projects have been colorful and varied and full of all sorts of artistic elements. Most of them have not gone home yet, either because they are decorating our walls or simply because they are waiting to be uploaded onto Artsonia...which brings us to... Artsonia: Many parents have had questions about this awesome online gallery that we are now using. Artsonia is a really great way to archive and display your child's artwork. I will make sure that every student has at least one project uploaded onto Artsonia by the end of the school year. Hopefully, the process for uploading art will get quicker and easier as we go. I am still working on getting some older students (grades 3-4) trained in using the app so that they can upload their work themselves. If you have a younger child in K-2, most likely I will have to put their work onto the site myself, which means that it might take me a little longer to do it. Thank you, in advance, for your patience with me :) Side note: If your child has artwork at home that you'd like to get onto Artsonia, please feel free to upload from home. You can do so using your parent account. Morris Museum: If you need something to do over the winter break, why not take the kids to the museum? Our second graders participated in Morris Museum's Storybook Puzzle display, decorating a large puzzle piece that was inspired by a favorite story. Franklin School split up into small groups to discuss monsters and wild things. Then, they drew out Wild Things in Sharpie and Mr. Sketch markers to create a doodle-style wild design for "Where the Wild Things Are." Kennedy School split up into centers in art class to create different parts of their puzzle piece. Theirs included elements of painting, collage, and drawing to complete the design for "Strega Nona." Check out our Storybook Puzzle Pieces in the Main Gallery with the Lego Exhibit. Exhibit opens Saturday December 17th. www.morrismuseum.org/future-exhibitions-2/ Vocabulary building: Ask your artists to tell you what the following words mean: abstract art, portrait, outline, Picasso CLAY!: Yes, for students at Franklin, we have started using clay. It's been a fun experience! I am hoping to have it fired in the kiln before winter break so that we can start glazing when we return. Due to the way the class schedules fall, Kennedy will *hopefully* start clay in January. But, everyone has had a chance to work with clay in some regard, whether it's practicing with modeling clay, or the real deal. We are learning a lot about texture, and the importance of "Testing My Tools" before using them! Thanks for reading...and as always, contact me with questions or comments! -Ms. AbbeyHappy to be teaching the best students around!
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