Art on the web and beyond

Some fun art websites:
an interactive, art making website:
http://www.picassohead.com/

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
http://www.mfa.org/

Want to find out about an artist or type of art? Look here:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts, click on the right hand side of the page that says Matisse for Kids:
http://www.artbma.org/educators/index.html

Keith Harring's Coloring Book!
http://www.haringkids.com/coloringbook/index.html

Make a Jackson Pollock without the mess!
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

Surreal Painter!
http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/painter.php

A little art on the web! :)

Artist in Residence

Our Artist in Residence program is quickly approaching! The first week will be January 10-14th and then the second week will be February 14th-18th. Our Night of the Arts where K-5 students will be displaying their work from Artist in Residence and throughout the school year will be on Thursday, March 17th, hence the "Green Theme"for St. Patrick's Day!

The artist this year will be Jamie LaPerle. A muralist, painter and hair stylist! She is multi-talented, enthusiastic and really into saving the Earth by creating 'green art'. The students this year will be focusing on creating different types of individual sculptures using things that are usually thrown out. The school wide project will be a type of mural that will focus on the beauty of the Earth! 

I'm very excited for this project both for the creative part and for the educational aspect of thinking about what we throw out on a daily basis. I'm sure the students will enjoy Ms. LaPerle's fun, upbeat and cheery personality. Please feel free to email me at mccarthyje@franklin.k12.ma.us or call me at the school with questions or if you are interested in helping in the art room in any way!

Here are some examples of art from artists that use recycled materials:

Just say No!

To bottled water. Since we are focusing on recycling as art this year, here is a great video and cartoon for our students to watch. Please watch it with your child so that you can discuss "The Story of Bottled Water."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0
This video is by Annie Leonard. It's great and very informative.

Gallery 218

Gallery 218 is a gallery located in the cafeteria of the Franklin High School. It is a great space that is dedicated to show student work, K-12. The current show is "Black & White". 8 student works from Jefferson Elementary were chosen and are currently being displayed at the gallery. 4th & 5th grade works were chosen because of the theme of black and white. Students in 4th and 5th grade had created self-portraits that were black and white and shades of gray. There are pencil drawings and charcoal drawings as well. The opening for the show is December 7th from 5-7 pm in the Franklin High School cafeteria. Live music and light refreshments will be provided. It is a fun event, to see the work, meet other artists and chat with the art faculty. Hope you can join us.

Thanks!

Keep those pieces of "trash" coming in! I am very excited looking into all these bags and seeing all the fun things we will get to use. Please have your child bring the items right to the art room. Even if I'm not there they can leave it inside the door.

So keep that stuff coming in!!!

Other things....

I was thinking about other things that could be used to make art that people may just throw away....how about game pieces? If a game is missing pieces, instead of throwing it out, use it to make art! Old cd's, puzzle pieces, cassette tapes, crayons, marker tops, markers, playing cards.

I've been putting things like this out for the students all year in the "Help Yourself" area. If there is extra time during a class, they can use the discarded materials to create works of art. The projects are very cool and creative. The ideas and the new ways inwhich they use the different materials. It amazes me, the great works they come up with!

Keeps those items coming in!! Thanks!

Items are coming in!

A great thanks to the items that are coming in for the Artist in Residence project! Lots of students are bringing all sorts of paper, plastic bags, bottles, etc! Very exciting! Keep them coming!

Thanks!