2017 Purdue Bug Bowl Art Contest

Well, it's the last week of school, and I haven't posted in two months....I've been very busy! There are a lot of art projects that won't make it onto my blog this year, unfortunately, but I do want to share CES's submissions to Purdue's annual student art contest at Bug Bowl. The contest is open to grades K-12, but I only submit artwork from one grade level, to avoid repeating the same art assignment. I chose to submit 6th grade artwork.

Bug Bowl was April 8 and 9. I was delighted to find out that three of my students received awards! Students from CES received the 1st place award, the 2nd place award, and one of the honorable mention awards. Students from other schools won 3rd place, and the remaining honorable mention awards. These are the winners from CES:

Dr. Seuss Week!

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday yesterday, my students have been creating their own portraits of the Cat in the Hat! Here are a few paintings from today:

2nd Grade:

1st Grade:

Kindergarten:

2017 YAM Celebration at the Indiana Statehouse

Each year, the Youth Art Month celebration at the Indiana Statehouse is one of the most exciting art shows my students participate in. I am only allowed to submit 5 pieces, which is hard, since I teach 7 different grade levels! The art show reception was yesterday, and the students' art will be on display at the Statehouse until March 25. The Statehouse is open 8-5 on weekdays, if anyone is in Indianapolis, and wants to pop in and see the art! These are the pieces from CES in the exhibit.

6th Grade:

5th Grade:

4th Grade:

3rd Grade:

Kindergarten:

2017 TAF Art Show!

Every year, the Tippecanoe Arts Federation invites schools from Tippecanoe and surrounding counties to participate in their annual Youth Art Month student art exhibit! It's a very fun show; I worked alongside many other area art teachers in grades K-8 last night to hang the show. TAF has a great gallery space  and accepts 2D and 3D art for the show. Tonight is the opening reception! Below are 12 submissions from CES. If you are in Lafayette between now and March 24, I encourage you to check out the exhibit. TAF's gallery hours are M-F 9-5.

Kindergarten:

1st Grade:

2nd Grade:

3rd Grade:

4th Grade:

5th Grade:

6th Grade:

Junior Primary Heart Boxes

My school has a Junior Primary class, for remediation for students who completed Kindergarten, but aren't ready for 1st Grade yet. It's a small class (8 students!), so I can accomplish a lot with them. This week, they completed heart boxes. The bottom and the lid are a slab cut out with a cookie cutter. For the sides, we rolled a long slab, and traced the edges of a 12-inch ruler to make a long skinny slab the size and shape of the rectangular ruler. The diameter of the heart cutter turned out to be exactly 12 inches!

With this class, the lesson went smoothly with 8 6-year-olds. But, if you were to try it with a larger class of 20 or 30 students, I would recommend teaching it to older students; perhaps 3rd or 4th grade.

February "Artist of the Month" Awards

I am excited to have some beautiful art on my bulletin board for this month! I was worried I would be short a few pieces, after making selections for a few art shows and contests whose deadlines are this month....but I still had plenty of stellar pieces for school awards, after picking the best ones for art shows! Stay tuned for some incredible art heading to Indianapolis and Lafayette for Youth Art Month exhibits soon!

Kindergarten:

1st Grade:

2nd Grade:

3rd Grade:

4th Grade:

5th Grade:

6th Grade: