Our Art Room Event theme
this year is “A Night at the Art Museum”
All of the pieces connect
to either an artist, a famous work of art and or an art movement
Kindergarten: “Sunflower
Splash”
Taking inspiration from Vincent
Van Gogh’s vibrant sunflower paintings and the unique splash and spatter
techniques of American abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock the kindergarten
artists created hand painted paper and cut paper collage elements to make this
modern masterpiece
First Grade: "Gay
Purree! "
This mixed media collage
piece has 3 major influences: Henri Rousseau (Primitive painter) Marc Chagall
(Magical Expressionism) and Sonia Delaunay (Geometric Abstraction) There are
over 90 unique tigers peeking out at you from a hand made jungle against a
geometric tissue paper sky while an oh so French tiger keeps a watchful eye on
a floating Eiffel Tower.
Second Grade: “Color
Wheel Guitars”
Drawing inspiration from
Pablo Picasso’s music centered art pieces and the work of American collage
master Romare Bearden the 2nd grade students painted paper in
primary and secondary colors to build the guitar forms. The border is designed
with 90+ hand drawn guitar picks.
Third Grade: “the Tree
of Love”
Gustav Klimt’s lush and
golden painting the, Tree of Life, is the inspiration for this creation by our
3rd grade artists. They cut and designed over a 100 paper hearts and
flower and applied dozens of blades of grass, bits of wind and star dust magic
to please the eyes and comfort the heart.
Fourth Grade: “Mona and
Joe”
Mona Lisa is the most
famous work of art in the Western World. Painted by the Renaissance master
Leonardo di Vinci it has captured the imagination of views for centuries. The 4th
grade students have created a colorful modern Mona who is energized by her
Latte, the entire mosaic is made from recycled Starbucks gift cards.
Fifth Grade “Dog with a
Pearl Collar”
Humor abounds in this
mixed media masterpiece that blends the compositional elements of Vermeer’s
“Girl with a pearl earring” and the subject sensibility of contemporary artist
William Wegman. Dog with a Pearl Collar is created from masking tape, packing
tape, newspapers, yellow pages, post its, magazines and a few other surprises.
The very Baroque golden frame is composed of over 100 individual clay dog
inspired trinkets and toys.
Sixth Grade: “18
Fridas”
Fame…The Papa of Pop Art
Andy Warhol is famous for his multiple silk screen images of such famous people
as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor and surrealist Artist and political
activist Frida Kahlo is as famous for her personal style and unibrow as she is
for powerful self-portraits. The 6th
grade artists combined these two colorful art figures in this paper collage
composition of 18 Fridas, a true Pop Culture tribute!
and our inspiration quote is from Maya Angelou
