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.
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. |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Mrs. Majka's class for their
winning exhibit at the Del Mar Fair.
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HERE
CONGRATULATIONS
TO Sam Bigham, Jackie Bonner, Nani Espiritu &
Siena Meng - Finalists in the Helix Water District
2011 Poster Contest . CLICK
HERE
CLICK HERE for
San Diego Museum of Art Young Art Show Winners
- Jackie Bonner & Michael Chandler, Nani
Espiritu & Siena Meng, Sam Bigham and Aaryan
Booter
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HERE for Curriculum from Past Years
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Students
also prepare artwork for submission to
The San Diego Museum of Arts Young Art
Exhibition (every two years). Accepted artwork will be displayed
at the museum or local libraries. If our 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 and the
Del Mar Fair.
Since 2006 our students have had 10 out of 12
projects accepted into 3 of SDMA's bi-annual
young art shows. During the past 3 years we have
had 7 finalists in the Helix Water Poster
Contest with two posters chosen for the
Metropolitan Water District's annual calendar.
Our display at the 2011 Del Mar Fair won an
award for special recognition.
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The
theme for the 2011-12 school year will be
"Expressions in Art"
Each
year the art show curriculum is divided into 4
subcategories. 2011-12 subcategories
are: 1. Traditions, 2. Expressionists &
Impressionists, 3.
Words & Numbers, 4. Linear & Beyond.
Art Show will be Friday, March 30, 2012study
- exploration - artmaking
- studio - praxis (art in
context) presentation
- critique - award
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 – Trinh Khoa,
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, Embossing
The
March Art Show will showcase students' work
from these 4 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 - Mrs.
Majka |
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Jamaican
Worry People
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Painted Eggs
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Wedding Cakes
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Parade Floats
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Tea Time
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Morocco
Berber
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Sari Painting
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Malaysian
Naïve Art
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Peruvian
Market
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Cape Cod,
Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard
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Headdresses
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Quilt
Patterns – Dust Bowl
Tradition
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Thai
Coffee Painting
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Nelson
Mandela Posters
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Palau
Art
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Lai
See Envelopes
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Blue Grass
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Flash –
National Holidays
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Photoshop –
Months
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Powerpoint –
A History of Shoes
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Plein Air
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French
Expressionists – Georges Braque, Georges Rouault
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Austria – Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Henry Koerner
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Norway
Expressionist - Edvard Munch
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Spain – Jose Manuel Merello, Joan Miro, Juan Gris, Joaquin Sorolla
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Mexico - Carlos Orozco Romero, Leonora Carrington, Guillermo Meza
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China – Fanz Zeng, Li Xiongcai
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India – Nandalal Bose
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Korea – Kim Chong-hui
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Australia – Adam Orti
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Nigeria – Chidi Okoye, Dilomprizulike, Sokari Douglas Camp
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America – William Johnson, Elizabeth
Catlett, Bob Thompson, Reginald K.
Gee, Valerie Wolf, Grant Wood,
Randell Henry, Homer Winslow, John
Sloan, Alexander Calder
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Acrostics
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Palindromes
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Shape Poems
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Decorative
Age
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Art Nouveau
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Installations
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Street Signs
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Keyboards
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Playing Card
Collages
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Dewey Decimal
System
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Sign Language
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Crazy Eights
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Number
Collages
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ART
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Scrabble
Tiles
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Cryptograms
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Greek Etas
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My Name
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SCHOOL
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Value
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Texture
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Balance
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Emphasis
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Rhythm
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Unity
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Chair
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Monochromatic
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Dream Room
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Soap
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Silhouettes
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Stacked
Architecture
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Pottery
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Infinity
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Highways &
Biways
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Color Wheels
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Pre-Kindergarten - Miss
Chandima
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Chinese Lantern
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Traditional Dress
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County Fair
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Harvest Festival
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Mardi Gras
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Sari Painting
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Korea traditional jewelry boxes
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Greek Market
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French Impressionists – Edourd Manet,
Paul Gaugin, Paul Cezanne, Henri
Toulouse-Latrec, Henri Degas, Alfred
Sisley, Berthe Morisot
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German Expressionists – Gabriele
Munter, Franz Marc, Ernst Ludwig
Kirchir
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Polish Expressionist – Gershon
Iskowitz
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Croatian Expressionist – Tonko
Smokvina
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Colombian Expressionist – Fernando
Botero
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America – William Johnson, Elizabeth
Catlett, Bob Thompson, Reginald K.
Gee, Valerie Wolf, Grant Wood,
Randell Henry, Homer Winslow, John
Sloan, Alexander Calder
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Japanese Expressionist – Hiroshige
Ando
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South African Expressionists –
Hardus Koekemoer, Tracey Rose
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Onomonopaea
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Initials
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Newspaper Collages
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Ivy League Umbrella Stand
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Squared and Cubed
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Diamonte Poem
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Dipthongs
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Color
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Space
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Form
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Still Life
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Pattern
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Horizon Lines
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Silhouettes
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Cobblestones
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Season Wheels
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Preschool - Miss Marcella
(the
list below is in addition to projects planned by
their teachers)
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Cotillion
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Picnic
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Sari Painting
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Maypole
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Danish
Expressionist – Per Kirkeby
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Vietnamese
Expressionist – Pang DInh Hoi
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Malian
Expressionist – Abdoulaye Konate
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Alphabets
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Numbers with
Illustration
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Alphabet Poem
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Line
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Shape
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Swirls
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Caterpillar
Circles
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Infants - Miss Juanita and Miss Maria
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Valentine’s
Day
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Italian
Expressionist
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS AT THE DEL MAR
FAIR
Siena Meng - California Poppies, Michael
Chandler & Jackie Bonner - California Hacienda,
Aaryan Booter - California Lighthouses, and Sam
Bigham - California Seashore
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO 2011 WATER POSTER WINNERS
JACKIE BONNER, SAM BIGHAM, NANI ESPIRITU, &
SIENA MENG |
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SIENA
MENG 3rd Place K-3
JACKIE BONNER 1st Place 4-6
SAM BIGHAM 1st Place K-3 Metropolitan
Water District 2012 Calendar

NANI
ESPIRITU 2nd Place Grades K-3
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO 2010 WATER POSTER WINNERS
MICHAEL CHANDLER 3rd Place for Grades 4-6 &
SAM BIGHAM 1st Place for Grades K-3 |
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MICHAEL
CHANDLER 3rd Place for Grades 4-6 |
SAM
BIGHAM 1st Place for Grades K-3 Metropolitan
Water District 2011 Calendar |
CONGRATULATIONS
TO 2009 WATER POSTER CONTEST FINALIST SAM BIGHAM, Grade 1

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CONGRATULATIONS
TO 2011 SDMA YOUNG ART SHOW PARTICIPANTS
All 4 art projects submitted to the SDMA Young
Art Show "Making Multiples" have been
accepted. Kindergarten & 5th grade projects
were displayed at the San Diego Museum of Art
& 1st & 3rd grade projects were
displayed at the Joan Kroc Library until May 29,
2011.
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Jackie Bonner & Michael Chandler
"Deep Sea
Octopus"
San Diego Museum of Art
cut
paper and markers |
Nani Espiritu & Siena Meng
"Three Snails"
San Diego Museum of Art
cut
paper, fabric and raffia |
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Sam
Bigham
"Cape Town Beach Houses"
Joan Kroc Library
cut
paper and markers
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Aaryan Booter
"CItiscape at Night"
Joan Kroc Library
cut
paper and markers
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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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2010-11
Discovering Art some projects included:
ENCHANTED LANDS
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Snow Globes, Broadway Playbills and 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
featuring U.S. National Parks. A Flash Animation
of transportation.
Photoshop applications show images of crazy
buildings from around the world.
SPECTACULAR SPACES
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Student
projects will depict spectacular spaces on Earth
and beyond. Projects include: Desert Scenes,
Cacti, Palm Trees, Stars, Globe Scene, Planets,
Scenes from a Planet, Tundra Scenes, Freshwater
Scenes, Tropical Rain Forest Scenes, Rain Forest
Vine, Grassland Scenes, Swamp Scenes, Deciduous and Coniferous
Forest Scenes, Pine Cones, Acorns, Under the
Sea, Bridges, Views from Windows.
WONDERFUL
WILDLIFE - Hummingbirds, Ceramic Bugs, Snails, Dolphins,
Bird's Nests, Bug Boxes, Safari Sticker Scenes,
Hand Herds, Zoo Doorknob Hangers, Sheep,
Elephants, Bird Houses, Marsupials, Tropical
Birds, Lizards, Safari Fans, Cats, Turtles &
Tortoises.
AMAZING ARTISTS - Projects include studies of: Rebecca
Brown (New Zealand), U.S. Folk Artists Sharon Ascherl & Kathy Jacobson, 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, Hokusai Katsushika (Japan), and
Gerald Bhengu (South Africa)
CREATIVE CRAFTS
- 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, and an Art Book.
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2009-10
Adventures in Art some projects included:
ARTFUL GAMES - Beach Balls, Beach Towels,
Card Game Designs, Board Game Designs, Ship in a
Bottle, Big Top Clowns, Caricatures, Yoyo's, Sand
Art, Magician Hats, Mahjongg Tiles, Egyptian
Collars, Egyptian Frontalism, Domroo Drums,
Powerpoint Presentation on Acient Games from Around
the World; Flash Animation Moving Games; and Photoshop
Applications - Fun House Mirrors.
ART IN MOTION - Surfboards, Skateboards, Boomerangs, Sailboats,
Safari Hot Air Balloon, Photo Choo Choo, Chimes, Tie
Dye, Festival Posters, Spray Art, Megaphones,
Pennants, Snowflakes, Rain Sticks, Haiku
Illustrations, Pinwheels, Maracas, Kaleidiscopes,
Twirls, Ladybugs,
MEDIEVAL TIMES - Tryptichs, Illuminated Texts,
Castle, China Ming Dynasty, South American Chimu
Mantles, India-Mughal Dynasty, African Malian
Empire, Viking Art, Maori Paddles, Native American
Arrowheads, Harlequin, Kievan Rus Miniature
Portraits, Persian Khatam-Kari, Wax Seals, Heraldry,
Crowns & Scepters, Bayeux Tapestry, Beowulf
Illustrations, Native American Canoes, Stained Glass
in Paper, Medieval Architecture,
HOME IS WHERE THE ART - IS Citiscapes, Vases,
Umbrellas, Lamp Designs, Rugs, South Pacific Tapa,
Mailbox, Teapots, Leaves, Ponchos, Decorative Orbs,
Worldly Welcomes, Native American Beading, Leather
Tooling, Found Art, Aborigine Bracelets, Recipe
Cards, Telescopes,
HOMAGE -Interpretations of art by
Andy Warhol, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Jacob
Lawrence, Georgia O'Keefe, Man Ray, Mary Cassatt,
Jan Vermeer, Diego Rivera, Rene Magritte, Paul Klee,
Eugene Martin, Kameda Bosai, Pierre Bonnard, Henry
Ossawa Tanner, Jackson Pollock, Gabriela Aberastury,
Daniel Kinyanjui Amos, Janet Sanon, and Joel
Gauthier.
SPECIAL
THANKS TO SUZANNE FREDERICQ, widow of American
Artist Eugene Martin
for sending t-shirts, books, postcards and a
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2008-09
Exploring Art
some projects included:
DREAMSCAPES - 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 - Sfumato study; Chiaroscuro
study; Vanishing Points & Perspective; Inuit
Sculpture; Landscapes; Picasso's Modern,
Surrealism; 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;
DESIGN - 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;
LITERATURE & POETRY - 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;
GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA - 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
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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,
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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,
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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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