Art Show is Over

The Manatee art exhibit is over and the children's artwork is hanging in the office and in the hallway by the art room. The office will be closed until July 6th, I hope you are all having a great summer vacation.

Almost Famous

During Read Across America week Ms Patricia Goff came to our school to read to one of our classes. When she walked past this bulletin board, she fell in love with a couple of the paintings and wondered if she could buy them. Ms Goff has a collection of children's art and she offered $25.00 for each of these two girls paintings. They were thrilled and after getting permission from their parents the transaction occurred. Here they are with the paintings. Great job and congratulations!

Origami Puppies K and 3rd Grade

The kindergarteners made the puppies and the third graders made the puppies in the gardens.

More Clay Projects

Best School Store Workers Ever!

What a great crew I had working the school store this year. Our store is a fund raiser for the art program and I thank everyone who shopped there this year. Thank you Tyreke, Cody, Cydnee, Andrew and Sammy. You guys rocked the school store!

Art Students Association - Fifth Grade

Beyond the Bell Special Projects

These were made by a couple of second graders.

Marissa, a fourth grader, waited all year to sew in our after school program. She inspired other students to sew as well. There will be more project pictures added soon. Great job Marissa!

Marissa made the toast and Averie made the chicken during the dance.

Foxes

Sand Castles Grades 2 and 4

These are from second grade. We looked at and discussed images of real sandcastles before they drew their own. The students painted and added real sand and shells for details. The shells were a gift that I had for a few years that I didn't really know what to do with. I'm glad I had them because they were a huge hit!

Beach Day K-1

Since I'm from the north, I'm always a little sad in winter because we can't really focus on all the delightful winter projects. There're so many great snowy projects that I look at with envy and longing, then I sigh and move on. This year I realized that in Florida, we have the beach. It's just as exciting and provides powerful inspiration as well. My kindergarteners and first graders made these painted collages. The most difficult part was making the symmetrical buckets. They did not trace, (unless they were absent and need to catch up). The kids loved adding the real sand for the finishing touches.

Fifth Grade Georgia O'Keefe Inspired Flowers

Third Grade Weaving Creations

Clay Exhibit at the Central Library

This is our annual 3-D art exhibit displayed in the Central Library in downtown Bradenton. I love sharing my students' artwork with the community and this is a great way to show off the clay pieces because there are glass display cases and a lot of traffic. The patrons are always appreciative and have the nicest things to say about the artwork. Also, the Waterlefe Artist's Guild gave my program $500.00 last year and that money enabled all of my 800ish students to make at least one glazed clay project. Thank you Waterlefe for creating so much happiness. The students love working with clay and they especially love taking the projects home.