2011-12 Theme - Expressions in Art

• Traditions - Students will use various tools, substrates, materials and medium when creating art projects. These projects will be created using watercolor, tempera, acrylic, and markers. Projects will include: Jamaican Worry People, Chinese Lantern, Painted Eggs, Traditional Dress, Wedding Cakes, County Fair, Parade Floats, Cotillion, Tea Time, Harvest Festival, Valentine’s Day, Picnic, Mardi Gras, Morocco Berber, Greek Market, Sari Painting, Malaysian Naïve Art, Peruvian Market, Korean traditional jewelry boxes, Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, Maypole, Headdresses, Quilt Patterns Dust Bowl  Tradition, Thai Coffee Painting, Nelson Mandela Posters, Palau Art, Lai See Envelopes, Blue Grass, Flash – National Holidays, Photoshop – Months, and Powerpoint Presentation – A History of Shoes. 
• Expressionists & Impressionists - Students will discover, study and interpret techniques of famous international artists from the past and present in studio sessions using pencil, charcoal, chalk, watercolor, tempera, color pencil, and markers. Projects include studies of: Plein Air, French Expressionists – Georges Braque, Georges Rouault, French Impressionists – Edourd Manet, Paul Gaugin, Paul Cezanne, Henri Toulouse-Latrec, Henri Degas, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot, Austria – Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Henry Koerner, Norway - Edvard Munch, Denmark – Per Kirkeby, Germany – Gabriele Munter, Franz Marc, Ernst Ludwig Kirchir, Poland – Gershon Iskowitz, Italy – Renato Guttuso, Spain – Jose Manuel Merello, Joan Miro, Juan Gris, Joaquin Sorolla, Croatia – Tonko Smokvina, Mexico - Carlos Orozco Romero, Leonora Carrington, Guillermo Meza, Colombia – Fernando Botero, America – William Johnson, Elizabeth Catlett, Bob Thompson, Reginald K. Gee, Valerie Wolf, Grant Wood, Randell Henry, Homer Winslow, John Sloan, Alexander Calder, China – Fanz Zeng, Li Xiongcai, Japan – Hiroshige Ando, Vietnam – Pang Dinh Hoi, India – Nandalal Bose, Korea – Kim Chong-hui, Australia – Adam Orti, Nigeria – Chidi Okoye, Dilomprizulike, Sokari Douglas Camp, South Africa – Hardus Koekemoer, Tracey Rose, Mali – Abdoulaye Konate, Fresco
• Words & Numbers - Acrostics, Palindromes, Onomonopaea, Shape Poems, Alphabets, Initials, Numbers, Decorative Ages, Art Nouveau, Newspaper Collages, Numbers with Illustrations, Installations, Street Signs, Ivy League Umbrella Stand, Keyboards, Playing Card Collages, Dewey Decimal System, Sign Language, Crazy Eights, Squared and Cubed, Diamonte Poems, Alphabet Poems, Dipthongs, Number Collages, ART, Scrabble Tiles, Cryptograms, Greek Etas, My Name, SCHOOL, Other Alphabets
• Linear & Beyond - Line, Value, Color, Shape, Texture, Space, Form, Balance, Emphasis, Rhythm, Unity, Chair, Monochromatic, Swirls, Dream Room, Soap, Still Life, Pattern, Horizon Lines, Silhouettes, Stacked Architecture, Pottery, Infinity, Highways & Biways, Geometrics, Cobblestones, Caterpillar Circles, Season Wheels, Color Wheels, Pomanders, Emboss

2010-11 Theme - Discovering Art

• Enchanted Lands - Students will use various tools, substrates, materials and medium when creating art projects. These projects will be created using watercolor, tempera, acrylic, and markers. Projects will include: Snow Globes, Broadway Playbills, Opera Cards, We're Not in Kansas Anymore, Winter Wonderlands, Train Town, Dinosaur Scenes, and artwork illustrating Tahiti, Patagonia, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, the Amazon, Madagascar, the Outback of Australia, Serengeti, Ireland, and New Mexico. A Powerpoint Presentation will feature U.S. National Parks. A Flash Animation will be the view from a moving airplane. A second Flash Animation features different modes of transportation including a hot air balloon, a train, a double-decker bus, a funicular incline cable car, a submarine and a helicopter. Photoshop applications will show images of crazy buildings from around the world. 
• Spectacular Spaces - Student projects will depict spectacular spaces on Earth and beyond. Projects include: Desert Scenes, Mountain Scenes, Cacti, Palm Trees, Stars, Globe Scenes, Planets, Scenes from a Planet, Tundra Scenes, Freshwater Scenes, Swamp Scenes, Tropical Rain Forest, Grassland Scenes, Deciduous and Coniferous Forest Scenes, Pine Cones, Acorns, Under the Sea, Bridges, Views from Windows.
• Wonderful Wildlife - Students will study wildlife and learn to depict them in unique ways. Projects include: Hummingbirds, Thumb Bugs, Snails, Dolphins, Bird's Nests, Bug Boxes, Safari Sticker Scenes, Hand Herd Sheep, Undersea Hands, Peacock, Giraffe, Zoo Doorknob Hangers, Indian Elephants, Bird Houses, Marsupials, Tropical Birds, Lizards, Safari Fans, Cats, Turtles & Tortoises.
• Amazing Artists - Students will discover, study and interpret techniques of famous international artists from the past and present. Projects include studies of: Rebecca Brown (New Zealand), U.S. Folk Artists Sharon Ascherl & Kathy Jakobson, Wasily Kandinsky, Kuna Mola Tribe (Panama), Aaron Douglas, Grandma Moses, Claude Monet, Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Amedeo Modigliani, Norman Rockwell, Romare Bearden, Faith Ringgold, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, John James Audubon, Patssi Valdez, Ashok Sinha, Hokusal Katsushika (Japan), and Gerard Bhengu (South Africa)
• Creative Crafts - Students will use their imaginations to create fun crafts using templates and new designs. Projects include: Cartoon Names, Anchors, Prints, Spinning Tops, Buttons, Tambourines, Binoculars, Mexican Suns, Tulips from Holland, Children from Around the World Cutouts, Airbrush, Treasure Chests, Kente Cloth, Mandalas, Pop-Ups, Gerber Daisies, Flower Pressings, Collages, and an Art Book. 

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• 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: Tryptichs & Trifoils; Illuminations; Castles; China Ming Cloisonne; South American Chimu Mantles; India-Mughal Dynasty art; Malian 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 Beowulf, and Bayeux Tapestry.

• 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.

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HELIX WATER DISTRICT POSTER CONTEST 2010 1st Place Winner Grades K-3                   3rd Place Winner Grades 4-6

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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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Travel Posters, Magazine Covers, & Passports

Lighthouses

Art inspired by Famous Men and Women of Literature

Harlem Renaissance

Sfumato & Renaissance

HELIX WATER DISTRICT POSTER CONTEST FINALIST 1ST GRADE 2009

The projects below were accepted into the  San Diego Museum of Art Young Art Show Expressing Literature

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

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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 representing art movements and architecture from each continent, 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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artwork by a kindergartener and a 4th grade student for 2008 art show "African Scenes"

Chinese Fans & Japanese Girl's Day Dolls

Western Art Movements

Meso-American Pyramids

Country Saws, Native American Totem Poles

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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"

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

artwork by a kindergarten student for 2007 art show "tempestology"

artwork by a kindergarten student for 2007 art show "apiology"

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

miniature town from 2007 art show

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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.

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Greetings, months, days, numbers, basic nouns and verbs in French, German and Italian
The song "Brother John" in French, German, Spanish and Italian. (Frere Jacques, Bruder Jacob, Martinillo, and Fra Martino)
The Pledge of Allegiance in German as well as French and Spanish.

During the 2009-2010 school year, students studied numbers and greetings in several languages in addition to French, German, Spanish and Italian. These included: The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland and Japan. Students learned about the cultures of these countries. The course ended in June with a party. The children chose a country from a hat and brought food representing that country to the party. Students created sticker maps that were displayed at the party.

The 2008-2009 course ended with a party with food from France, Germany and Italy. Students used watercolors to paint scenes from countries where these languages are spoken, including many African, European, Asian countries and areas in North America. The students enjoyed listening to international music genres including French cafe music, French pop, Italian dinner music, opera, Oktoberfest music, and German Teckno.

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Graphic Design 2006 - Present

• 2004 - Present - programs, signage, displays, invitations, advertisements for art shows, Shakespeare play, auction, etc.
• 2010 - Exhibits for mock trial - The People v. Douglas T. Wolf
• 2009 - Exhibits for mock trial - The People v. Jack Bean
• 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"

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Grant Writing 2005

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

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