Youth Art Month Show 2014

                                

Join us at OCAF for the Oconee County Youth Art Month Show. 12 pieces from each school are on display through March 2014. Here is the art from CFES. 

Day of the Dead Skull Pendants

Who knew kids could get so excited about skulls?! 5th graders learned about the Mexican celebration Day of the Dead, Nov.1-2.  They sculpted these skulls from small pieces of clay and added eyes and details with old marker caps and clay tools, then used an old skinny paintbrush (long screws work too) to poke holes through the skulls.  The next class the students started by painting the clay white then using bright colors to decorate.  The last step was string and a coat Modge Podge to seal the designs.  The project was simple but the students had to show patience and a steady hand to work on the small surface.

Holiday Cards for Heroes

This is a bit delayed but I am finally getting caught up on my blog.  Before the holiday break Art, Music, and Media worked together to create Holiday Cards for Heroes through the Red Cross.  It was fun to work together on messages and images.  It put us all in the holiday spirit to think of others that help so much.  

Day of the Dead Collages

The day after Halloween is full of tired yet over sugared children.  So we had fun with Day of the Dead collages.  I found a great worksheet with skeleton pieces (on Pinterest of course). They fit on 12X18 paper and then the students chose accessories.  We started by reviewing the traditions of this Mexican holiday, November 1st & 2nd, and looking at examples of decoration and crafts.  The decorations are mostly skeletons but covered in colorful patterns.

Haring inspired school murals

      I started the year with a wonderful student teacher from UGA, Rachel Blair.  She did a gesture drawing Keith Haring style painting project with the 4th and 5th graders. While introducing Keith Haring, Rachel found a video from the 80's of Haring working on a mural with high school students. (It's quite amusing to see a professional artist try to instruct teenagers). We were so inspired by the process that we know we had to make some murals for the school.  Rachel drew these with black paint and then all of us painted patterns inside the shapes without the same color shapes touching. It was simple and really fun.  We painted quite a few shapes ourselves!  They are hanging outside the art and music room, the front entrance, and the cafeteria.