2009-10 Theme - Adventures in Art

• Art in Motion - Students will use various tools, substrates, materials and medium when creating art in motion projects. These projects will include 3-dimensional and 2 dimensional art created with watercolor, tempera and markers. Projects will include: Surfboards; Skateboards; Boomerangs; Sailboats; Parachutes; Hot Air Balloons; Billboards; Pinwheels; Train; Bottle & Shell Chimes; Tie Dye; Festival Posters; Spray Art; Megaphones; Snowflakes; Rain Sticks; Illustrated Haikus; Airbrush.
• Homage to Great Artists - Students will explore, study and interpret techniques of famous international artists from the past and present in studio sessions using pencil, charcoal, chalk, watercolor, tempera, color pencil, markers. Projects include studies of: Andy Warhol; Vincent Van Gogh; Henri Matisse; Jacob Lawrence; Georgia O'Keefe; Man Ray; Mary Cassatt; Johannes Vermeer; Diego Rivera; Rene Magritte; Paul Klee; Eugene Martin; Kameda Bosai; Pierre Bonnard; Henry Ossawa Tanner; Gabriela Aberastury; Daniel Kinyanjui Amos.
• Medieval Times - Students will analyze and interpret Medieval Art using markers, scrapbook paper, gold foil, watercolor, color pencil, tempera, etc. Students will study and learn to understand the historical significance of the Medieval Art period. Projects include: Triptichs & Trifoils; Illuminations; Castles; China Ming Cloisonne; South American Chimu Mantles; India-Mughal Dynasty art; Kanem Empire art; Viking art; Maori Polynesian paddles & tikis; Native American arrowheads; Harlequin; Kievan Rus miniature portraits; Persian Khatam-kari; Wax Seals; Heraldry; Crown & Sceptor; Illustrations for the Epic of Gilgamesh and Beowolf.
• Home is Where the Art is - The study of art in relation to interior design and home decor. Students will use their imaginations to create new designs for items found in the home using watercolor, color pencil, tempera, crayon, charcoal, styrofoam, hollowed eggs, tissue, beads, yarn, thread and markers. Projects include: Citiscapes; Vases; Umbrellas; Lamps; Rugs; Tapas; Decorative Soap; Mailbox; Needlepoint; Ponchos; Decorative Spheres; Welcome Placque; Native American Beading; Painted Eggs; Leather Tooling; Found Art and Aborigine Bracelets.
• Artful Games - Student projects will connect art and design with ancient and modern games from around the world. Projects include: Shadow Puppets; Beach Ball & Towel; Card Games - Fish, Old Maid, etc.; Board Game; Ship in a Bottle; Circus with Clowns; Caricatures; YoYo; Tibetan Sand Art; Safari; Mahjongg Tiles; Magician Hats; Ink Blots; Flash Animation - Cartoon; Photoshop - Fun House Mirrors; Powerpoint - Ancient Games; Website with Personal Pages.

2008-09 Theme - Exploring Art

• Dreamscapes - Students will use various tools, substrates, materials and medium when creating art for dreamscapes projects. These projects will include 3-dimensional and 2 dimensional art created with watercolor, tempera and markers. Projects will include: Dreamcatchers; Safari Mobiles; Fairy Tale Illustrations; Creatures Great and Small; Long Ago and Far Away Illustrated Series - Icelandic Eddas, Greek Mythology, Nursery Rhymes; Hieroglyphics; Treasure Maps; Accordion Dragons; Lighthouses; Instruments; Clocks; Moons and Stars. 
• Fine Art - Students will explore, study and interpret fine art techniques in studio sessions using pencil, charcoal, chalk, watercolor, tempera, clay, color pencil, markers, cut paper and foil. Projects based on classic and modern techniques include: Sfumato study; Chiaroscuro study; Vanishing Points & Perspective; Inuit Sculpture; Landscapes; Picasso's Modern, Surrealistic; Abstract Classicism; Analytic Cubism; Black, Rose and Blue Periods; Renaissance Painting study and interpretation; South American scenes; Life Drawing; Mexican Metal Tooling, Kimono landscapes; MC Escher interpretation; Flower Garden; and Finger Painting.
• Design & Color - Students will analyze and interpret design and color in projects using markers, scrapbook paper, watercolor, color pencil, tempera, beads, sequins, feathers, tissue, fabric swatches etc. Students will study and learn to understand the importance of color coordination and combinations in design creation. Projects include: 20th Century Fashion; 20th Century Automobiles; Basket Weaving; Paper Mosaics; Venetian / Carnival Masks; Aztec Masks; Decoupage; Handcrafted Jewelry; Hawaiian Leis; Chinese Calendar Wheels; Chinese Paper Lanterns; Mexico Sticker Map; and Main Street c. 1903.
• Literature & Poetry - The study of art in relation to literature. Students will use their imagination to illustrate characters, plots and poetry with watercolor, color pencil, tempera and markers. Projects include: Poetry Illustration; Character Illustration for Edwin Arlington Robinson's Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology and Canterbury Tales; Book Cover Illustrations of Children's Tales from around the World; Bookmarkers; Literature Genre Wheels; Accordion Picture Books; African Folklore Illustration; Harlem Renaissance Literary Illustration; Illustrations depicting works by Famous Literary Men and Women; Don Quixote Windmills; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass; Ink Block depicting scenes from Victorian Literature; Children's Favorites; and Aesop's Fables.
• Graphics - Student projects will connect artistic practices with real life business practices. Students will create art in context with Corporate Marketing Materials, choosing and researching an industry, creating a logo and incorporating it into a business card, letterhead, envelope and folder. Other projects include: CD Covers; Movie Posters; Popcorn Bags; Far Corners of the Earth Travel Posters; Passports; Magazine Covers; Commemorative Postage Stamp Design; Retail Logo, Bag and Tag; Sporting Event Flyer; Camp Patch; Powerpoint Presentation on Museums from Around the World; Flash Animation; and Photography with Photoshop Applications. The creative result will broaden their understanding of the role that art can play in business and our society.

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Lighthouses

Art inspired by Famous Men and Women of Literature

Harlem Renaissance

Sfumato & Renaissance

Tonga the African Elephant Story by: Debbie Buttar - Kindergarten - Museum Exhibit

Rikki Tikki Tavi, the Jungle Book by: Rudyard Kipling - 3rd Grade - Museum Exhibit

The Road Not Taken by: Robert Frost - 2nd Grade and 1st Grade - Library Exhibit

Charles Dickens Victorian House Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers & Nicholas Nickelby - 5th Grade - Library Exhibit

2007-08 Theme - Art History from Around the World

• Mediums: watercolor, tempera, pencil, charcoal, color pencil, markers, stickers, shells, wax, weaving, sand
• Substrates: paper, poster board, construction paper, foam core, fans, fabric, cardboard, clay, burlap
• Projects included: kites, folklore, painted saws, sun catchers, Incan tapestry, Caribbean shell art, totem poles, tipis, map collages, African scenes, animation, Aborigine art, power point presentation, weaving, batik, musical themes, architecture, pyramids, Fabergé eggs, puppet booth and puppets, metal sculpture, Chinese fans, Japanese Boy's Day windsocks, Japanese Girl's Day dolls, sand art, painted trunks, piñatas, cave paintings, Meso-American art, Chinese dynasty vases and interpretations of Western Art Movements including ancient Greek, Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococco, Neoclassicism, Realism, Romanticism, Impressionism, Pointillism, Post-Impressionism, Fauve, Nabis, Expressionism, Synthetic Expressionism, Neoexpressionism, Futurism, Cubism, Harlem Renaissance, Bahaus, Surrealism, Constructionism, Art Deco, Dada, Minimalism, Pop Art, Post-Modernism, Graffiti.

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Meso-American Pyramids

Country Saws, Native American Totem Poles

2006-07 Theme - The Art of Science

• Mediums: watercolor, tempera, pencil, charcoal, color pencil, markers, stickers
• Substrates: paper, poster board, construction paper, foam core, wood, newsprint, styrofoam
• Projects included: planets, molecules, constellations, colors in nature, continental animal kingdoms, botanical displays, ornithology displays, ichthyology displays, miniature town, drawings of fossils, painted rocks, textures, geometric shapes, equation and theorum collages, petri dishes with play doh designs, paleontology dioramas, aeronautics, magnetics, candle making, and paintings with themes such as: opthalmology, entomology, marine biology, zoology, oceanography, polar studies, genetics, mycology, molecular biology, anthropology, metallurgy, nephology, seismology, tempestology, meteorology, and volcanology

artwork by a 5th grade student for 2007 art show "molecular biology"

artwork by a 4th grade student for 2007 art show "volcanology"

artwork by a 3rd grade student for 2007 art show "zoology"

miniature town from 2007 art show

2005-06 Theme - A Celebration of World Cultures

• Mediums: watercolor, tempera, pencil, charcoal, color pencil, markers, stickers
• Substrates: paper, poster board, construction paper, foam core, wood, leather, newsprint
• Projects included: African masks and travel posters, Asian watercolors, painted leather tepees, colonial and ancient Mexican architectural drawings, Central American map, medieval mosaics, collages, Italy posters, Black History Month display, African-American artist tributes and a school quilt.

artwork by a kindergarten student for 2006 art show

Greetings, months, days, numbers, basic nouns and verbs in French, German and Italian

Graphic Design 2006 - Present

• 2004 - Present - programs, signs, displays for art shows, Shakespeare play and auction
• 2008 - Exhibits for mock trial - The People v. Goldi Locks
• 2007 - Exhibits for mock trial - The 3 Pigs v. John T. Wolf
• 2006 - Playbill design for Broadway Musical Revue
• 2006 - DVD Cover and Label Design for Silent Movie "The College Center Hats"

Grant Writing 2005

• fine arts programs
• graphic arts programs
• music programs
• theater arts programs
• language programs
• creative careers programs