Fall in the Art Room!

Happy fall!  We have been busy in the art room so far this year, and here's a sneak peek!  If you would like to view more, there are 6th-8th grade displays up in both the middle school hallway and office display case.  Rotating displays are occurring in the elementary halls as well.  Here's a bit of a preview in case you haven't made it in to see the great work happening!

With the end of the trimester quickly approaching, please remind your middle school student to pick up their projects from the art room.  I am already starting to keep both middle and elementary work for the Spring Art Show, so that artwork will be returned in late spring.  Also, the art room is in desperate need of extra rags!  If you have any old but clean towels or fabric for rags that we could recycle for you, please send them to Mrs. Fingland!

Take care,
Mrs. Fingland
  
6/7th Mixed Media:  (Self Portraits) 
   
7th Clay Creations:  (Animal Vessels)
   
6th 3D Sculpture:  (Chihuly Sculptures)
   
Kindergarten:  (Color Cones and Warm/Cool Eric Carle Seahorses)
  
1st Grade:  (Textured Hamburgers and Pumpkin Still Lifes)
  
2nd Grade:  (Fall Leaves and City Blocks)
  
3rd Grade:  (Still Life and Abstract Landscapes)
  
4th Grade: (Illuminated Letters "Stained Glass" and Safari Silhouttes)
    
5th Grade: (Dia de los Muertos Skulls and Bierstadt Landscapes)
   

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Welcome to WWA Art!

Welcome to the 2012-2013 school year!  My name is Katie Fingland and I am WWA's K-8 Art teacher.

The best ways to get general information about what we are doing in the classroom is by checking out this blog.  You may follow this blog, or have email notification sent to you when it is updated (look for those links on the right of this page).  For more specific questions, please email me at kfingland@wwacademy.org, or you can always call the school and ask for extension 182.  To look at specific grade level pictures and information, click on the desired grade level link to the right, under the heading "Pages".  

Throughout the year (especially in the Spring with our Art Show), I will need volunteers to help with miscellaneous items in and out of the art room.  If you are interested in volunteering, please contact me and we can work a time out.  In addition to volunteers, the art room is always in need of various "stuff" to use for projects.  I will post a "Wish List" below, but if you ever find that you are recycling or getting rid of something we might be able to use, please let me know. 

Thanks for taking the time to get to know a little bit more about myself and the art room.  I am grateful to work in such a supportive community, as well as work with all of your artists!  I hope you enjoyed your summer and look forward to a wonderfully creative school year.

Take Care,

Mrs. Fingland

Art Room Wish List:
-rags (old towels, new towels--just clean!)
-newspaper
-cardboard of any thickness
-mat board (any sizes)

-any old art and/or craft supplies you are discarding

-recycling (egg cartons, paper bags, plastic bags, bottle caps,plastic tubs, etc.)

-ziploc bags of any size
-wood scraps
-beads
-old calendars with pictures
-magazines
-paint shirts (old tshirts)
-ribbon

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Summer is here!

I will be out of the school for the summer, returning Thursday August 9th.  Thank you for a wonderful and creative school year, and enjoy your summer!

Mrs. Fingland

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May

Welcome to our last month of school!  It's hard to believe it's already here.

What we're working on...

K-Flower Gardens

1-Egyptian Mummies

2-Clay Owl Sculptures

3-Weaving

4- Medieval Knights

5- Realistic Self Portraits

Middle School:

Drawing/Painting class has been learning how to create realistic portraits, and will draw their portraits with words their chosen person is famous for saying.

Mixed Media has started learning a different way to batik.  We will be using gel glue and painting on fabric to create these masterpieces!

Announcements about Doodle 4 Google should be coming SOON!  I will keep you posted as soon as I hear news.  

Enjoy your May!

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Happy Spring!

Congratulations Artists!

A big congratulations to our student artists who were featured in this year’s Art Show!  Your work brightened the hallways and looked amazing!  From paintings, drawings, sculptures, and more, our WWA students produced high quality and creative works for all to enjoy.  Thank you artists for your hard work and effort in art, keep up the great work!  Also, thank you to the students and staff that helped set up the show!  All artwork will be returned to students before the end of April.


Doodle 4 Google Entries Sent!

A huge thank you and good luck goes out to all of our Doodle 4 Google contestants!  We had the most doodles in WWA history sent in,with over 50 entries!  Fingers are crossed and we hope to hear from Google at the beginning of May.

Enjoy the Spring weather,

Mrs. Fingland

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Doodle 4 Google!

‘Google for Doodle’ art contest is back!  This year, we can accept an unlimited amount of entries instead of only 6!  This means all K-8 students have the opportunity to turn in a doodle to the competition!  Please encourage your students to try this out.  I will also be talking to all of my classes in the art room about this as I see them. 

 Theme for this year’s contest: “If I could travel in time, I’d visit…”    Incorporate your idea in, on, around Google’s logo; or create your own design that forms the letters of Google.  Materials used can be:  colored pencils, crayons, markers, paint, or using computer drawing or design (anything 2 dimensional!)

Deadline:  Return entries to Mrs. Fingland by Friday, March 16th.  I will mail them all in as a school.  If you are unable to get your doodle to me by then, you may mail it yourself by Tuesday, March 20^th.

Prizes:

One (1) National Winner ($30,000 college scholarship, trip to NY,design on the   Google homepage, Google computer, Wacom tablet, tshirt with your doodle on it, $50,000 technology grant to school)

Four (4) National Finalists ($5,000 college scholarship, trip to NY, Wacom   tablet, tshirt with your doodle)

Fifty (50) State Winners (trip to NY, tshirt printed with your doodle, doodle displayed in a special exhibit at the New York Public Library.)

Two Hundred and Fifty (250) State Finalists (winner’s certificate, featured   on the contest website)

Guest Judges!  This year Google’s guest judges include:  singer Katy Perry, Jeff Marsh (creator of Phineas and Ferb and other animated series), American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, and more!

If you would like to get more information, as well as the Google logo templates to draw on, you may ask me or the front desk for a Contest Packet, or print the information off for yourself.  Follow the link below for the information:

                       http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

Keep in mind the deadline and the rules listed in the packet/online.  If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me!

Happy Doodling!   Mrs. Fingland

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Happy New Year!

There is a lot going on the 2nd half of the year for the Art Room! 

    *Middle School designed spirit shirts are on sale now until January 20th!

    *Art Club for Grades 1-5 has started on Wednesdays after school

    *Doodle 4 Google competition kicks off again in March!

    *WWA Art Show Grades K-8 will be held at Spring conferences!  Mark your calendars now!

Keep checking back here each month for what's new!  I will be posting the Doodle 4 Google contest information here later, as well as more information about the WWA Art Show as the time comes.  Thanks!

Stay warm,

Mrs. Fingland

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