New Art Star of the Month

Our Art Star for September is Jack Adams in Mrs. Fiete's 4th grade class! Congratulations Jack!

Andy Warhol Exhibit!

There will be an awesome display of Andy Warhol's artwork at the Indianapolis Museum of Art beginning October 10 and going through January. This will be the largest exhibition of his artwork ever shown in a museum. The focus is on his most famous commercial artwork including the dollar signs, Marylin's, and self-portraits. I hope you will take advantage of this great opportunity!

Update on Art To Remember

We've been hard at work in the art room over the past few weeks! Our first projects were completed and sent to Art To Remember. The Art To Remember company will be creating a packet for each child based on their artwork that will then be sent back here to me at school. These packets will be going home on October 15. Parents will have the opportunity to purchase their child's artwork printed on various objects including, pot holders, coffee mugs, t-shirts, etc. Purchase order forms will then be sent back to school and finally sent to Art To Remember. Orders will then be sent back here to school and back home to enjoy before Christmas break! Here are a few dates you might need to remember for each deadline:

October 15: Art To Remember packets sent home for parents to review
October 27: Orders with payments and any unwanted magnets sent back to school (this is the deadline, of course any early orders are welcome)

Completed order return date is TBA, but will be before Christmas Break!

State Standards for Visual Arts

Here is the location on the Indiana Department of Education's website for the State Standards

http://dc.doe.in.gov/Standards/AcademicStandards/StandardSearch.aspx

For Visual Art Standards, you'll have to go to the right hand side of the subject bar and click the drop down arrow to find Visual Arts. Then select the grade level you're interested in and select "Search".

All units of study completed in the Art Room here at Brown and based on the State Standards for Visual Art.

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Art Club Information!

Art Club Information

Art Club will be a group of 10 5^th graders who are seeking additional art lessons to prepare for future artistic endeavors. There will be two “rounds” of art club, one for the fall semester and one for the spring semester, so there will be a total of 20 students selected. In Art Club, students will focus on drawing from life, throwing pottery on the wheel, working with color theory, and creating an Art Journal.

Art Club will take place on Tuesday afternoons right after school until 4:45 in the art room (room 103). Students will need to have their own transportation home at 4:45. Fall semester art club will begin October 5 and continue until December 21. Spring semester Art Club will begin January 11 and go thru April 5 (of course the Tuesday over Spring Break will be skipped and our last day will be the following Tuesday).

Completed permission slips are due no later than Monday, September 27. Once I receive all interested student’s permission slips back, I will put those student’s names into a pot and draw 20 names out. Those 20 students will then be notified that they have been selected and also which semester of Art Club they will be assigned to. Students who are not selected will also be notified that all the Art Club spots have been filled.

Printmaking

Instead of working on Egyptian Funeral Mask Self-Portraits for our their first project, the 5th graders are working on a printmaking project inspired by Andy Warhol. Attached are some pictures of the students exploring a website where they can make a Photo Silk-Screen like Warhol did. Also attached are pictures of the students working on creating their prints.

Our first Art Star of the Month for August is Michael Inglima from Mrs. Hall's 5th grade class! Congratulations Michael!