STAR Program!

Make sure you check out all the awesome STAR summer programs happening at Jefferson this year. Yours truly will be making some awesome art with great students during weeks 3 &4. I'm teaching Book Arts which includes obviously: books! But don't let that name fool you, there is much more under the category of book arts like, printmaking, stamping, sun prints, paste paper, assemblage, altered books, the list goes on!!! It is amazing the endless possibilities and the creativity you can use in book arts!

  Altered Books

        sun printsprint making


I will also be teaching Arts & Cultures. Ever wanted to learn how to paint with sand?? Well, you can now!!! How about the ancient art of Japanese tie dying called Shibori?? Stained glass...Want to do a little drip painting a la Jackson Pollock?? Everyone thinks his work is totally cool!!! He's part of our "American Culture"!  This class will span the globe learning about all the different types of art there is in the world! Amazing!!!
Jackson Pollock at work!!Tibetan sand mandalashibori
Australian Dot Painting (we'll be painting on rocks!)

A Special Guest & More!!!

Exciting happenings in the art room at Jefferson.
After spring break we will be having a senior high school student joining us. She is a student at Franklin High School and she is completing her Senior Project with an internship at Jefferson Elementary. We are very excited to have her come in and help out. She is a great artist, very friendly and will be a welcome addition, if only for a few weeks!

Also, we have many projects lined up for the last few weeks of school. The entire school will be participating in making "Character Portraits". This was done last year but not school wide. This year, the entire school will be creating portraits of their favorite character from a book. With this project children and families will be reminded just how important illustrations are to a story. Visual artists tell stories through the pictures and writers through words and when they work together, the message is even stronger!

Spring is always such a great time in the art room! Great things always seem to happen.

Also, if you are feeling a little "spring fever" a great day trip to the MFA in Boston could cure it! A special exhibit of glass artist, Dale Chihuly is now on display. Chihuly worked locally for years at RISD. He taught and worked on his craft and changed the world of glass art. I had the pleasure of going to the show a few weeks ago. It is so amazing!!!! Magical is the perfect word for his work.

http://www.chihuly.com/

Enjoy!
Ms. McCarthy