Artist Workshop....
We talk of the first month of school- and for Artist Workshop it's only four classes- having flown by.
All classes have finished their 2016-17 Portfolios, and most have created their Cover Art for their sketchbooks,
 In fact, both KG and KD learned about" Museum Share ". They met the challenge, and adapted this first experience with putting post-its on a page and circulating through their classmates' art, and making smaller-than-thumbnail sketches of each other's work.  It is fascinating to watch  each respond to this challenge.
It may be the counting and arranging of post-its on the page that occupies, or the creating of undecipherable doodles, or it may be the precise following of directions to sketch all 16 pieces of art work on display, and even add the names of the artist, after asking each classmate how to spell his/her name !
Ahh, the satisfactions, and challenges, of the kindies!!!  And the clear message of how this age "meets the standards"  varies from student to student, assignment to assignment.

 For a wonderful , real Museum experience, consider visiting

the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. New Hampshire scenery is in the limelight

http://pem.org/exhibitions/192-american_impressionist_childe_hassam_and_the_isles_of_shoals

or NH's Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, where the new exhibit  Mount Washington:Crown of New England  opened on
October 1.

EKES Student Art Exhibit will be open on October 19th. These pieces were selected by students (grades 1-5) from their 2105-16 portfolios and will be on display in the halls for all to enjoy.   The art from KG & KD was done with a study of shapes, and the art of Josef Albers' "Homage to a Square".