As the end of Term 2 approaches, students have been creating work to go home with report cards. Each one (in K-4)will have one or two pieces of visual are in a protective sleeve to share with families.  These pieces reflect personal preferences in subject matter and medium. Some of them are keenly aware they will be sharing and family will be looking at the art, others enjoy the creation process. The following is a portion of the accompanying letter.

                                     One thing teaching has taught me is that children are        

                         entranced  by what happens as they create. Art making is a process,                                                        and  its particulars  vary from artist to artist, regardless of age and                        

                            experience.   Why each makes what he/she makes, and what it                         

                            means is usually concealed in the pleasure of the experience, in                   

                             seeing paint mix and blend on the paper – a brush circles the                        

                            paper touching it with varied pressures, the splatters sprinkle    

                           across the paper, again and again making bigger and bigger spots.     

                           The significance is in the making  and the explanation is sometimes   

                          seen in the faces as the bands of color evolve,or the splatters                  

                           expand and mix. 

                                    Please keep the art work, and return the sleeve. If you would like      

                         to talk to me,  email me at msansoucie@sau16.org for an   

                         appointment.  I post information on the EKES PTO face book page, in     

                      Wednesday letters, and on www. ekesartistworkshop.blogspot.com

               

Fifth graders are bringing home the polymer clay pieces each created. Each made a “pot” and a second item of their own ideas. They will come home in a decorated paper bag, with some artist reflections accompanying the work.

Mrs. San Soucie