SIGNS OF SPRING

Looking for any pics( or actual items )of pussy willows, forsythia, crocus, daffodils. for making collages spring landscapes

AWTGH for March

This  is just a teaser for the varied art work going home with report cards.

I am pleased to announce two more artists from EKES have work at the Exeter Town Hall as part of the Youth Art Month. Small clay pieces by Tavian Renzi and Amber Orleans are at the exhibit. Amber's resting dog and Tavian's sun/moon relief were a nice edition to the other work.
One way to celebrate Youth Art Month and show appreciation for the continued support of the arts by the East Kingston Community is to visit the Art Room. Visual Art Classes are on Tuesdays and Fridays. Email me at msansoucie@sau16.org to schedule a visit during your child's art time or whenever it is convenient for you. Thank You again, Mrs. San Soucie

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 

February 19, 2018,

Art work has been selected for exhibition at the Youth Art Month exhibit at Exeter Town Hall Gallery.  The opening reception is Saturday, March 10 , 12:00-4:00. 

 The students whose work was selected are:  Declan Farrand, Abigail Cumings, Brady Roy, Amelia Mills, Rowan DeCew, Averie Lynch, Simon Courchesne, Reid LaBroad, Joshua Gerwig. Also the “ tree”  with 18 pipe cleaner sculptures by students in 4W will be on display.

Work was selected from the various media and genres created in the first half of the school year, and grades. The work represents the high quality of creative work produced every day and in every classroom. These were selected from the work created in the EKES Artists Workshop.  The YAM Exhibit is a yearly event held at the Exeter Town Hall Gallery.  The SAU16 schools and area schools submit work from their students. Hope you can visit the show.

                             The exhibit will be open Sunday March 11, and following weekends in March noon to four o’clock each of those days. The final weekend the exhibit is open on Saturday, March 31 and Sunday April 1. All are welcome to attend.                  

   

from the ARTIST WORKSHOP

Happy 2018…..

There is a variety of art in the halls of EKES. Near the library there is a large dragon drawn by Miss George. Slowly students have been coloring coffee filters to use as scales on the body of the dragon. Details for the head and wing are evolving. This is in tribute to the visit of  author/illustrator Ralph Masiello, scheduled for January 23.

dragon scales

  As you progress down the hallway, you will see the collaborative work done on December 15, planned by the Theme Committee, and inspired by Peter Reynolds’  The Dot.  Everyone used oil pastels to put color on paper, and added black paint for details and a unifying element. Each is eye-catching separately and together it is a powerful statement of cooperation.

         

Near the end of the hallway, at the ramp, another collaborative is developing.  Composed of art projects from 4W and 3S, there are repurposed postcard woven pieces, and watercolor depictions of the paper baskets 3S made before the winter break. They composed a poem to accompany the visual.

The circular weavings are being added as completed.  

This is the cover letter to acompany each student's art work. 

Art Work To Go Home #1                                                               November 2017

     ”Art is not what you see, but what you make others see”  

                               E. Degas

Dear Parents,

This art work was created by   each artist specifically to bring home to share.

Each student creates  a specific piece or pieces for your enjoyment. Keep the art work, and return the sleeve to school.

When we talk about art work at school we talk about what we “notice”. When we notice something about a piece of art it is not always what we “like”.  It could be the colors – bright, dark, many or few. Kinds of shapes, lines and textures attract attention. Commonly students notice the subject of another’s art work – animals, sports, and of course, rainbows. 

Types of lettering are interesting to the artists.

Feel free to email me msansoucie@sau16.org  if you have any comments, questions or would like to visit art class. 

 I would change the sentence to read, “Art is not what you see, but what you lead others to see. “

                                                                                                                            

MEMORIES  all school exhibit...

The art work selected from 2016-17 portfolios is in the hallways of EKES. Take time to enjoy it when you are visiting. The pieces will be up for a while.
Media and themes are varied: "Blue Dog",  fall and winter themes,

geometric designs,with slick sticks, collage, colored pencils.and watercolors..., 

slick sticks

pop art label for "I Can"

gardens  - view out 

These sketches are based on the activity "1-12". Twelve objcts have postits on them . After looking at them, students choose 4 to sketch. Then they are working on art inspired by 

 one of the four.

Museum Share #1 for 2017-18
If you have ever noticed yellow postits in your child's prior sketchbooks, this may be of interest to you. They are from a "Museum Share"of a classes'art work. The selected work is positioned on the tables. Student arrange the needed postits on a page. Then they circulate through the "museum", look at everyone's and make a tiny sketch of  everyone's work.  Here are some pics.

We gather on the rug for each to then share what was noticed about someone's work - color, details, texture, shapes, and theme are the most frequently noticed art elements.
This is largely a 2nd-4th type of sharing.  The 5th graders prefer circulating and writing an art based comment on their classmates' works.

from the ARTIST WORKSHOP

How do I guide students to  improving sketching  styles without taking away personal strengths and interests ? A fun way I found  includes movement, observing and choice. I numbered 12 places/images with sticky notes. The class  (2-4^th grade) was to walk around, look at all images and then sketch at least 4 in sketchbooks.

 Number 12 was on the window where we have a view of the gardens.

This is the cover of the book “The Cat and The Bird” about Paul Klee.

 Number one was a photo of a piece of fabric art winter scene with a reflection.

This quartet includes the Miro, Charley Harper’s “Cardinal” ( a calendar reproduction.) the plant on my desk, and one of the drums in the room. 

 This is the oxalis on my desk. 

 This is the quilt with sunflowers, with the wall behind it. 

  

more "Sketchbook Cover Art"

With 3 Tuesday sessions and 2 for Friday's classes, we have some sketchbook cover art laminated. A share time will be planned soon for "cover art"or portfolios.

 I'll be at school for the Open House.

 "We Can"sculptures are in the hall near the office, and library. Some have been hung on the wall also.

repeated colorful images

http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tate-kids-presents-pop-art

  I was at the Exeter Town Hall Gallery Saturday LOTS of people.This is the Youth Art Month exhibit including all the SAU 16 schools as well as other area schools.
Open 12 - 4:00 March 12, 18, 19, & 25

REMINDER Youth Art Month exhibit opens at the Exeter Town Hall on  March 11, 12:00- 4:00, all are welcome and the hours for March 12, 18, 19 and 25 are the same. Art from all the SAU 16 schools as well as other area schools will be on exhibit. Works from EKES were selected from the great selection at art class projects to represent  the outstanding work that is created every day at EKES. 

From the ARTISTS WORKSHOP

Youth Art Month

It is with great honor that I announce the EKES artists that will have work on display at the Youth Art Month exhibit at the Exeter Town Hall. The opening is March 11, 12:00- 4:00, all are welcome and the hours for March 12, 18, 19 and 25 are the same. Art from all the SAU 16 schools as well as other area schools will be on exhibit. Works from EKES were selected from the great selection at art class projects to represent  the outstanding work that is created every day at EKES. The YAM exhibitors for 2017 are Maia White, Leanne Downs, Ethan  Kramer,  Cameron Massicotte, Nicolas Metcalf, Reid LaBroad, Kendall McBride, Christian Arcidi, Jack Lessard , Vera Webber, Abigail Kobrenski, Kennedie Gallant, Kaylee Miller, and Egan Beveridge. 

Happy New Year From the ARTISTS WORKSHOP

There are varied projects in progress, and starting in Art Classes as we kick off the year. Fifth graders are completing  woven pouches. These are part of their Social Studies “Trade Fair”. It is a challenging project, but end of the year conversations with prior classes reliably contain comments about it being their favorite( or one of), and yes, I should do it again.  The students of 4T have done circular weavings. They are hanging on the wall as you go up the ramp near the Art/Music Room. The 3/4 class have done rectangular weavings, which go home/have gone home after a sketch is done in their sketchbooks.  Basic, guided collage landscapes have been created by Kindies that are also on the wall  near the Art/Music room.  Using staplers and paper punches are part of this project, and prove to be effective tools. Also, 1O, and 1/2 Y created  winter landscapes of their own design. Some made reindeer by tracing their hands, and cut triangle trees, but many just had their own plans. The students of 2S did paper snowflakes last week and will be looking at some winter landscapes to enhance with more snowflakes. I take photos as much as possible, and post some to www.artistworkshop.blogspot.com

Survey Information

Thank you for the great response to the survey that went home with the report cards in December. I made several interesting discoveries, and plan on addressing some in upcoming Wednesday letters, as well as this one.

First, AWTGH stands for Art Work To Go Home. And yes all of their art work does go home, most of it is in portfolios that go home in June. The AWTGH pieces are small, specifically created pieces that fit in sleeves for their protection and go home at the time of  report cards for Trimesters 1 & 2. Since they are small,  the momentum allows trying, and comparing a variety of media. One  class session is devoted to planning, by talking about and doing thumbnail sketches of their ideas. These AWTGH  planning papers will be included in their final folders in June.

ART WORDS

After I saw that few students were using art language in sharing, I have renewed an emphasis on presenting/reviewing vocabulary as part of each class. They see it in writing, read it, and write it in their sketchbooks. Recent words include weaving, tapestry, loom, warp, weft, ( 3/4 W, 4T &5th),  3S also discussed weaving, pattern and 3- dimensional in relation to the baskets they took home in December. Watercolor, and still-life are the next words related to this project.  K-2 saw, read, and many wrote landscape, collage. Background, and foreground were part of the lesson for 1/2Y and 2S. Introductory work with sculpture and 3-dimensional were connected to work with blocks for KD, KG and 1O. As with any vocabulary work, they need to see, write and use them several times as well as having personal experience with the meanings before they “own” the words.

Friday I finished mounting and packaged art work to go home for Friday's classes. I included a brief survey. Here are more photos. I also posted a few on the PTO facebook page.

AWTGH Dec 2016
Tuesday's classes are done, ready to be delivered to teachers.