art program
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Instructor:
Deneen Underwood
Understanding
the Arts, a Multi-Cultural Program
Understanding
the Arts Multicultural Program provides the
opportunity for students to learn and appreciate
art worldwide from the past to the present. It
aims to develop the artistic talents and
creativity of children in a variety of mediums
and multicultural styles. The program broadens the students’ understanding and
knowledge of art in all forms, exposing them to
well-known work and to obscure, rare or unusual
art that would ordinarily be overlooked.
Numerous pieces will be featured at our annual student
art show, where parents and teachers may also
submit original work. Each child will receive
one award for one of their projects.
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO Sam Bigham and Michael Chandler - Finalists in
the Helix Water District 2010 Poster Contest.
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Project
themes provide students the opportunity to
interpret art from around the world, revealing
the students’ personal perception of
themselves and world cultures. Students will
soon notice a connection between art projects
and classroom curriculum in subjects such as
literature, geography, math, music, history and
science. It is amazing to see students’
artistic achievements as their imaginations come
to life through a variety of mediums.
Students
also prepare artwork for submission to
The San Diego Museum of Arts Young Art
Exhibition (bi-annual). Accepted artwork will be displayed
at the museum, or local libraries. Once artwork
is accepted, students, parents and teachers will
be invited to the opening reception as well as
complimentary tickets for admission to the
museum after the show officially opens.
The
students also participate in community,
city and county sponsored art contests such as
the Helix Water District Poster Contest, Law
Week Poster and Essay Contest and the San Diego
Museum of Art bi-annual Young Art Show..
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Past
Art Curriculum Themes |
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2008-09
Exploring Art
some projects included: 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; 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; Finger Painting; 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; Main
Street c. 1903; 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; Aesop's
Fables; 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; Photography with Photoshop
Applications; and Corporate Marketing Packages. |
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2007-08
Art
History from Around the World
some projects included: kites, aborigine art, fans,
batik, Chinese dynasty vases, windsocks, dolls,
architecture, African scenes, weaving, sand art,
metal sculpture, map collages, western art
movements, fabergé eggs, puppets and booths, cave
drawings, impressionism, traveling trunks, Incan
tapestry, shell art, Meso- American art, piñatas,
pyramids, musical patterns, totem poles, country
saws, sun catchers, abstract expressionism, tipis,
beeswax dipped candles, powerpoint
presentation, animations |

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2006-07
The Art of Science - pictures/program
some
projects included: decorative stars, fossils,
painted rocks, planets, constellations, colors in
nature, scientific specialty displays, ornithology,
ichthyology, continental animal kingdoms,
paleontology dioramas, Einsteins, theorum collages,
molecules, magnetics, textures, petri dish designs,
aeronautics, geometrical shapes, miniature town. |

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2005-06
A
Celebration of World Cultures
some
projects included: collages, Japanese watercolors,
school quilt, African masks, leather tipis, Mexican
ancient and colonial architecture, Medieval paper
mosaics, miniature hats, shamrocks. |
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The
theme for the 2009-10 school year will be
"Adventures in Art"
Each
year the art show curriculum is divided into 5
parts. The 5 parts for the 2009-10 school year
are: 1. Art in Motion, 2. Homage to Great
Artists, 3. Medieval Times, 4. Home is Where the
Art is, and 5. Artful Games.
Art Show will be Friday, March 26, 2010
study
- exploration - artmaking
- studio - praxis (art in
context) - presentation
- critique - award
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: Surfboard,
Skateboard, Boomerang, Sailboat, Parachute/Hot
Air Balloon, Pinwheels, Train, Bottle
& Shell Chimes, Tie
Dye, Festival
Posters, Spray Art, Megaphones, Snowflakes, Rain
Sticks, Haiku, Airbrush and
Maracas
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 – Pop Art, Vincent
Van Gogh – Post Impressionism, Henri
Matisse – Fauve, Jacob
Lawrence – Dynamic Cubism, Georgia
O’Keefe – Nature Artist, Man
Ray – Modernist, Mary
Cassatt – American Impressionism, Johannes
Vermeer – Dutch Baroque, Diego
Rivera – Muralist, Rene
Magritte – Surrealist, Paul
Klee – German Expressionism, Eugene
J. Martin – visual artist, Kameda
Bosai – Japanese Literati painter, Pierre
Bonnard – Nabis, Henry Ossawa Tanner – Realism, Gabriela
Aberastury – Argentina, and Daniel Kinyanjui Amos – Kenya
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,
Illuminated
texts (Book of Kells), Castles, China
Ming Cloisonne/carved red lacquer box, S.
American artifacts-Chimu mantles, India-Mughal
Dynasty, Africa
- Malian Empire, Scandanavian
- Viking Age, S.
Pacific Maori Polynesian – paddles, tiki's, Native
American arrowheads, Harlequin, Kievan
Rus – miniature portraits 40mmx30mm, Khatam-kari
– Persia, Wax Seals, Heraldry, Crown
& Sceptor, Beowulf, 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,
Vase, Umbrella, Lamp, Rug, Tapa, Mailbox, Needlepoint, Ponchos, Decorative Orbs,
Welcome Placque, Indian Beading, Painted Eggs, Leather Tooling, Found Art,
Aborigine Bracelets, and Recipe Cards
Artful
Games -
Student
projects will connect art and design with ancient and
modern games from around the world. Projects include:
Shadow
Puppets,
Beach
Ball,
Beach
Towel, Card Designs
Fish/Old
Maid etc.,
Board
Game,
Ship
in a Bottle,
Circus
with Clowns,
Caricatures, Yoyo,
Tibetan
sand art,
Safari,
Magician
Hats,
Animation,
Photoshop Applications,
Powerpoint Presentation, Website and
Mahjongg Tiles
The
March Art Show will showcase students' work
from these 5 categories. Each classroom will be
devoted to one of the categories with background
music appropriate to each theme. Each themed
room will display artwork from all grades. All
of our students are amazing artistic talents.
Each child receives an award for one of their
projects, although it has proven to be extremely
difficult to choose one from each students'
portfolio of extraordinary work. Art is
subjective. There are no harsh critiques of any
student work. Each student has developed their
own style and all of the work is important and
frame-worthy. The students take great pride each
year in their displayed work, so it is important
that parents, family members and friends support
our show with attendance. If you would like to
volunteer to set up or clean up please contact
the office or the art instructor, Deneen
Underwood.
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Grades K-6 - Ms. Roseberry |
- Shadow
Puppets K-6
- Beach
Towel K-6
- Board
Game K-6
- Ship
in a Bottle K-6
- Tibetan
sand art K-6
- Animation
- Cartoon K-6
- Photoshop
Applications - Fun House Mirrors K-6
- Powerpoint
- Ancient Games from Around the
World K-6
- Website
with students personally designed
pages K-6
- Surfboard
K-6
- Skateboard
K-6
- Bottle
& Shell Chimes K-6
- Tie
Dye K-6
- Festival
Posters - symphony, ballet, ice skating, play, jazz, blues, modern dance, string
quartet, cellist, baroque, percussion K-6
- Rain
Sticks K-6
- Haiku
K-6
- Airbrush
K-6
- Vincent
Van Gogh – Post Impressionism K-6
- Georgia
O’Keefe – Nature Artist 2-6
- Man
Ray – Modernist 2-6
- Johannes
Vermeer – Dutch Baroque 2-6
- Henri
Matisse – Fauve K-1
- Jacob
Lawrence – Dynamic Cubism K-1
- Diego
Rivera – Muralist K-1
- Paul
Klee – German Expressionism K-1
- Pierre
Bonnard – Nabis K-1
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- Rene
Magritte – Surrealist 2-6
- Eugene
J. Martin – visual artist K-6
- Kameda
Bosai – Japanese Literati painter K-6
- Henry Ossawa Tanner – Realism
2-6
- Gabriela
Aberastury – Argentina K-6
- Daniel
Kinyanjui Amos – Kenya K-6
- Illuminated
Texts
(book of kells) 2-6
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Triptichs K-1
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China
Ming Cloisonne/carved red lacquer box K-1
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S.
American artifacts-Chimu Mantles K-1
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S.
Pacific Maori Polynesian – Paddles, Tiki's
- India-Mughal
Dynasty 2-6
- Africa
Malian Empire 2-6
- Harlequin
K-6
- Kievan
Rus – miniature portraits 40mmx30mm K-6
- Khatam-kari
– Persia
- wax
seals K-6
- Beowulf Illustrations K-6
- Bayeux
Tapestry K-6
- Citiscapes
K-6
- Rug
Design 2-6
- Lamp
Design K-1
- Tapa
K-6
- Needlepoint
K-6
- Decorative
orbs K-6
- Indian
Beading K-6
- Painted
eggs K-6
- Leather
tooling K-6
- Aborigine Bracelets
K-6
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Pre-Kindergarten - Miss
Chandima
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Beach
Ball
- Card
Game Design Fish/Old
Maid etc
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Caricatures
- Yoyo
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Magician
Hats
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Mahjongg
Tiles
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Boomerang
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Sailboat
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Pinwheels
- Spray
art
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Megaphones
- Maraca's
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Andy
Warhol – Pop Art
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Vincent
Van Gogh – Post Impressionism
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Henri
Matisse – Fauve
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Pierre
Bonnard – Nabis
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Scandanavian
Viking Age
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Native
American arrowheads
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Heraldry
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Crown
& Sceptor
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Vase
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Umbrella
- Welcome
Placque
- Found
Art
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Preschool - Miss Marcella
(the
list below is in addition to projects planned by
their teachers)
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Safari Hot Air Balloon
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Snowflakes
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Mary
Cassatt – American Impressionism
- Circus
with Clowns
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Castles
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Mailbox
- Recipe
Cards
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Infants - Miss Juanita, Miss
Lucy and Miss Maria
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO 2009 WATER POSTER CONTEST FINALIST SAM BIGHAM, Grade 1

CONGRATULATIONS
TO K-5 STUDENTS!
All 4 art projects submitted to the SDMA
Young Art Show "Expressing Literature" have been accepted.
Kindergarten & Third Grade Projects were
displayed at the San Diego Museum of Art April 18 - May
31, 2009.

Tonga
the African Elephant Story by: Debbie Buttar
Artwork:
Haley Banks, Aaryan Booter, Seth Borrayo, Lucy
Conroy, Isaac Cota, Jeremy Gulley, Benjamin
Lewis, Amelia Norkowski, Andie Ramos, Nicholas
Stilwell, Amberly Tran & LeDamion Willis
Kindergarten |

Rikki
Tikki Tavi, the Jungle Book by: Rudyard Kipling
Artwork:
Jackie Bonner, Michael Chandler, Sydney
Hendricks-Tricks
3rd Grade |
First/Second
& Fifth Grade Projects were displayed at Joan
Kroc Community Library April 18 - May 31, 2009.

The
Road Not Taken by: Robert Frost
Artwork:
Gabe Argimon & Sam Bigham
2nd Grade and 1st Grade |

Charles
Dickens Victorian House
Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, The Pickwick
Papers & Nicholas Nickelby
Artwork:
Will Bigham, Veronica Chandler & Paola
Espinal
5th Grade |
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