Waitsfield Elementary Art

This is the blog for the Waitsfield Elementary School Art Program in Waitsfield Vermont. This site is maintained by Nora McDonough. It contains photographs and information about past and current art projects completed at all levels, K-6.

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Friday, February 22, 2013

Kindergarten Kandinskys

Kindergarten Artists looked at Wassily Kandinsky's famous painting "Squares with Concentric Circles." Kandinsky was one of the...

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Up, Up and Away... Hot Air Balloons!

Third through sixth graders looked at two examples of hot air balloon art that I found inspiring. The first is an assemblage by artist Dav...

Inspired by Robert Indiana

Third and fourth graders looked at Robert Indiana's iconic Love print and sculpture. They used oil pastels to create their own version...

Friday, February 1, 2013

Martin Luther King Jr. Portrait by grades 1 & 2

February is Black History Month. First and second grade artists worked collaboratively on these large-scale portraits of Martin Luther King ...

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

...make even more art!

Silk paintings in the windows!

These beautiful undersea silk paintings are helping us feel a bit tropical through the cold Vermont winter!

Wonderboard Architecture Game

This cool game is one of our choices for students who finish early. Students use magnets to create unique buildings. They can learn about a...

Inspired by Romare Bearden's Jazz Collages

First and second graders learned about artist Romare Bearden. Bearden lived in Harelm during the birth of the jazz age. Many of his mixed me...

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