February Meeting

Thanks again to our art teachers for sharing such wonderful lessons at both of the February Meetings!!

Musical Instruments, St Jude School

Gabriel Pacheco, Art Instructor

Mixed Media Portrait, St. Mark School

Irva Mandelbaum, Art Instructor

Trees Our Lady of Lourdes School

Sara Lauth, Art Instructor  winter trees lesson

Modigliani Inspired Portraits

Cheryl Solomon, Art Instructor  Modigliani

Action Figures, Immaculate Conception School

Rayanon Smith, Art Instructor  Figures in Motion

Illustrated Dreams, Mount Carmel Holy Rosary School

Melanie Ende, Art Instructor   Marc Chagall_dreams

"The Art Room" Perspective Drawings, Transfiguration School

Janice Nowinsky, Art Instructor   Perspective Lesson

Kandinsky Inspired Watercolors, St Ann School

Cathy DePasquale, Art Instructor  Following Kandinsky’s Example Lesson

Natural Details, Immaculate Conception School

John Nguyen, Art Instructor

Kindergarten Animal Drawings

Elizabeth Foster, Art Instructor  1st Grade Color Mixing   1st Grade Animal Drawings

Early Childhood Portrait

Bill Moakler, Art Instructor  First Grade Drawing People

Oil Pastel Portrait, Corpus Christi School

Liz Lazarus, Art Instructor

Abstract Emotions, Incarnation School

Natalie Wood, Art Instructor

Winter Landscapes, St. Anthony School

Kathleen Lee, Art Instructor

January Meeting Highlights Part II

Once again, a big thanks to all the teachers who shared their work and submitted lesson plans at the second January Meeting.

Painted and Printed Chairs, Ascension School

Painted and Printed Chairs  John Mejias, Art Instructor

Action Figures, Corpus Christi

FiguresInAction_LizLazarus

Value Drawings, Sneakers, Sacred Heart School

Sneaker Value Drawings, Michelle Goguen, Art Instructor

Super Heroes, St. Mark School

Super Hero Portraits, Irva Mandelbaum

Life Goal Illustration, St. Jude School

Life Goal Illustrations, Gabriel Pacheco, Art Instructor

Mailman Collage Portrait, Transfiguration School

mailman lesson plan

2nd Grade Collagraph Prints, St Anthony School

K.Lee 2nd Collagraph

Winter Self-Portraits, Immaculate Conception School

R. Smith Winter collage portrait

Build a Word Wall

A word wall is an excellent tool for teaching students new vocabulary.

Every time you introduce a new vocabulary word to your students, add it to your Word Wall.

Here are some examples of word walls created by CCVA teachers in their classrooms.

Transfiguration School

Transfiguration School

St. Elizabeth School

January Meeting: Printmaking Workshop

This month’s meeting focused on printmaking. Teachers were able to experiment with different printmaking techniques they can use with their students including styro-foam etching and collagraph.

Detailed instructions on how to print with your students can be found here:

Collagraph Printing

Styrofoam Printing

January Lesson Plans Part 1

Thanks to all our teachers who contribute lesson plans each month. We learn so much from seeing the lesson you are working on in your classrooms and are continually inspired by the art your students create.

Thank you for all your hard work! : )

Kandinsky Lesson, Cathy DePasquale, Art Instructor

Kandinsky Lesson, DePasquale

Pre-K Collage, Anthony Fuller, Art Instructor

fuller_anthony_mixed_media_collage

Romare Bearden Collage, Melanie Ende, Art Instructor

Romare Bearden

Pre-K Cityscapes, Elizabeth Foster, Art Instructor

PREK4 City Scenes

PREK4 City Scenes 2

PREK4 City Scenes Part 3

Animals, Sara Lauth, Art Instructor

Animals Lesson

November Meeting Highlights

Thanks to all that attended the November Teaching Artist Meetings. There was a great variety of projects presented including ceramics, mosaics, collage, painting and drawing. Thank you for sharing. It is your energy and input that make these meetings valuable.

Drawing from Observation

Drawing Shells from Observation

Create a Character

fuller_anthony_characters_lesson

Pre-K Cardboard Collage, Liz Foster, Teaching Artist

(part 1)

PreK3 Cardboard Collage 2-1

Famous Artists, Monet and VanGogh, Sara Fendelman, Teaching Artist

S. Fendelman

Shoes in an Environment, Teaching Artist, Cathy DePasquale

DePasquale. november, CreativeClassrooms.

Van Gogh's Bedroom Collage, Teaching Artist, Janice Nowinsky

Lesson Plan – CC – Bedroom VG

Kindergarten Shape Pattern Drawing, Teaching Artist, Bill Moakler

Bill Moakler Lesson

Portrait Collage, Teaching Artist, Liz Lazarus

7th8thCollageLessonPlan

Centennial Mosaic, Teaching Artist, John Mejias

Lesson Coming Soon…

My City Island, Teaching Artist, Michelle Rivas

M. Rivas,

Cheryl Solomon, Teaching Artist

dogcollage2012v

Hand Patterns, Teaching Artist Michelle Goguen

Lesson coming soon….

Prayer Dance, Teaching Artist, Irva Mandelbaum

Lesson Coming Soon….

Making Connections

Students in teaching artist Kathy Lee’s class created these Native American inspired clay vessels.

K.Lee NativeAmericanPottery

Navajo Pottery Designs, Immaculate Conception School

R Smith Pueblo Art Lesson Plan