6th Graders are Monsters!!!!

Apply Yourself!

I am presenting at the WAEA Fall Conference in La Crosse ! Below is a link to my presentation!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d5UQMI-h6CJD0uBz4fnNHc-t5PuKcvOWTuDjMKckYWQ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=10000

Paper Plate Mandala

I am so excited to share this photograph. My 7th and 8th grade art elective students created this mandala last spring to hang in our new middle school. It is up and looks amazing. It was such a fun project! I saw one at the Lab School in Washington D.C. and was inspired. Through a little bit of research, a lot of colorful plates and a refrigerator box, we were able to make three of these. One for each of the schools. I am very proud of this beautiful work of art.

mARTch Madness Championship

Victory Boogie Woogie

 VS.

Spoon Bridge and Cherry

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The Final Four

Bill vs. Victory Boogie Woogie

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Week 4 mARTch Madness

Spoon Bridge and Cherry by Claus Oldenberg and Coosie van Bruggen 

VS.

Fish by Alexander Calder

Learn more about Alexander Calder
HERE

and

watch this video

Tell me more about the SPOONBRIDGE AND CHERRRY

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mARTch Madness Week 3

The results are in for week 2 of mARTch Madness. Starry Night rode the wave to a huge victory!!! The final score was Starry Night = 382 The Great Wave 238!

This week two very famous works of abstract art will match up to see which one will be the fan favorite.

Week 3 will be the cubist style painting, The Three Musicians, by Pablo Picasso verses Victory Boogie Woogie a minimalist style painting by Piet Mondrian.

View the video below to learn more about The Three Musicians

The Three Musicians warm up!

Check out this animation! Mondrian designed the lines in his compositions to represent the 8 lines of music.

The video below shows Piet Mondrian's Journey Through Modern Art.

About Mondrian - video below

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mARTch Madness Week 2

The competition heats up this week as two phenomenal landscape paintings go head to head for the mARTch Madness title. Which one will rise to the top?

"Starry Night", by Vincent Van Gogh, or "The Big Wave" by Hokusai. Cast your vote and watch for the results.

VOTE HERE

YaY it's YAM!!! March is Youth Art Month

                               

What is Youth Art Month ? -   Festivities take place annually, traditionally each March, to celebrate visual arts for grades K – 12. The Youth Art Month Program emphasizes the value of art education for all children, encourages support for quality school art programs, and promotes art material safety.

Youth Art Month also provides a forum for recognizing skills developed through visual arts experiences that are not possible in other curriculum subjects.

                       

mARTch Madness

Week 1

The iconic "Mona Lisa", by da Vinci vs. "Bill", by Chuck Close

https://docs.google.com/a/arcadia.k12.wi.us/forms/d/1RTVy9CnJtwrmJR2xKQNGm3rq0KXygdgmqc7ye8ctviQ/edit?usp=sharing_eid&ts=56d60433

Click on the link to cast your vote.

Mona Lisa Parody + PBIS