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Friday, October 31, 2014

Beetle Mania!

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First and second graders looked at the art of Christopher Marley.  He creates mosaics and "prisms" out of real beetles, butterfl...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Fall Trees and Leaf Collages by Grades 1&2

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First and second graders created beautiful leaf collages and fall trees for our bulletin boards. The fall colors are passing, but we still ...

Endangered Species Linoleum Block Printing

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Fifth and sixth grade artists chose different endangered species for our linoleum block printing project.  This ties in with their c...
Friday, October 24, 2014

Monster Draw!

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Monday, October 20, 2014

New National Visual Art Standards

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The new National Core Art Standards were officially launched at 9 am today.  I think that there is a lot to like about this new set of sta...

Waitsfield Art Curriculum Presentation

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I have been asked to present about the Waitsfield Art Curriculum to the School Board.  I created this presentation to introduce the new Nati...

Vermont Art Teachers' Association Conference

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Last Friday I was fortunate to be able to attend the 2014 VATA Conference at Shelburne Museum.  There were many aspects of this day tha...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Leaf collages

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Here are our collages made by first and second graders from our leaf rubbings and leaf printing. 
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Critique and Revision

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This video shows how a student uses critique and revision to create multiple drafts of a piece of work and ultimately shows great progress. ...

Repetition in Art

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What is repetition, pattern, and rhythm?  How do they relate to each other? Repetition  refers to one object or shape repeated;  pattern ...