WINTER 2016/2017

NASD Art Newsletter Welcome to the Norristown Area School District Art Newsletter!

Save the Date: The District Art Show will be March 21st, 2017 at the Montgomery Country/Norristown Public Library. Ask your art teacher for more information!

Musselman: Linda Moye

Art Teacher Directory: Paul Fly: Sondra Dilks Avelar

Hancock: Susan Kelly

Cole Manor: Maureen Moore

Whitehall: Julianne Wertley

Gotwals: Angela Renish

Marshall Street: Deborah Broadt

Eisenhower: Patrick Humbert

East Norriton: Alanna Beland and Rachel Brewster Stewart: Elise Diamond and Brynn Stanchock NAHS: Dr. Jessica Kirker, Susan Guido, Alyssa Ogiony, and Lisa Noce

“To be an artist is to believe in life.” -Henry Moore

WINTER 2016/2017

Cole Manor Elementary School

Multi Line Landscape November Artist of the Month is Rosita Torres. Third graders learned about landscape and lines to create a colorful landscape

December Library Display Cole Manor on display at the County Library during December

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Radial Symmetry Fourth grade learned about warm Colors and symmetry

WINTER 2016/2017

Cole Manor Balanced Sculpture A small group of 4th graders learned about balance and sculpture to build 3”D” objects

Cardinal in the Snow

Mask

A third grade class created a

Second graders studies the art of

beautiful winter scene

Mask Making

Lined Landscape Another third grade Lined Landscape

Native American Totem Poles Third grade studied the

American totem pole traditions of North American Natives

Maureen Moore, Art Teacher Cole Manor Elementary School [email protected] 610-275-5525 ext 39023

Almond Blossoms First grade VanGogh Almond Blossoms at the MCIU Offices

WINTER 2016/2017

Musselman Color Study Students learned about the artwork of Piet Mondrian and his use of primary colors. Students learned to make secondary colors by mixing 2 primary colors. It was exciting for them to discover shades of color when doing the lesson!

When Yellow Met Blue

When Red Met Yellow

When Red Met Blue

WINTER 2016/2017

Musselman Swaddled in a Blanket Students learned about the artwork of Blanket blankett Gustav Klimt. He is known for creating patterns within his work. Students drew portraits of babies and swaddled in blankets with lovely colors and patterns.

Peaceful Kingdoms

Students learned about the artwork of Edward Hicks, a man who desired a peaceful world. We discussed his famous painting Peaceable Kingdom. Here is one student’s interpretation of peace.

Thank You! Linda Moye – Art Teacher/Musselman Kindergarten Learning Center

WINTER 2016/2017

Paul V. Fly Elementary Kindergarten Portraits Kindergarten students studied portraiture. First they learned to use basic shapes to make a shape person. Next they focused on working more realistically to make a self-portrait.

Emotional Support Students focused on the Art Element of Line. Listening to music, they chose colors based upon their feelings.

First Grade Cave Art Students learned about Lascaux Cave. They chose to create horse or bull paintings.

More Cave Art Cave Art herd of horses And bulls on display at P.V.F.

WINTER 2016/2017

Paul Fly Elementary 2nd Grade Amate Birds Students learned about Amate paintings from Mexico. They designed their own Amate Birds.

3rd Grade Monochromatic value painting

3rd Grade Medieval castle with grid.

using tempera paints.

4th Grade Analogous color cut paper line sculpture.

Sondra Dilks Avelar, Art Teacher Paul Fly Elementary School [email protected] 610-630-0380 ext. 66832

Thank You!

4th Grade Students created surreal paintings inspired by Spanish artist, Miro.

4th Grade Students busy working on their line sculptures.

WINTER 2016/2017

Whitehall Elementary

Impressionism Second graders learn about the style of Impressionism

Art inspired by Australia First graders create boomerangs in the style of the native people of Australia.

Primary and Secondary Color Study Kindergarten learned how to mix the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) to make the secondary colors (purple, orange, green)

WINTER 2016/2017

Whitehall Elementary “Rough Waves” Seascapes Fourth Graders used paint, cut paper, and collage techniques to create a landscape of the sea.

Fourth graders created waves Fourth grade students’ use cut by applying paint in the style of paper to create sailboats for their Abstract Impressionist Artist Seascapes Jackson Pollock

Winter Landscapes Third Graders used paint with recycled cardboard and a squirt bottle, chalk pastels, and collage techniques to create birch trees in a snowy setting.

Art Teacher: Julianne Wertley

Thank You!

email: [email protected]

Adding the final touches to a finished artwork.

WINTER 2016/2017

Gotwals Elementary School Keith Haring’s Positive People Second grade students learn about the Pennsylvania artist, Keith Haring, and about how his art is about all people.

3D Architectural Design Fourth grade students learned about the traditional architecture of the Aztecs, focusing on the traditional use of 3 –dimensional shapes. Here a student designed a building and then 3D printed it.

Symmetry Masks Third Grade students learned about the traditional masks and art of Native Americans as well as the art of a contemporary Native American artist, Brian Jungen. Students created symmetrical masks in response to the art work.

WINTER 2016/2017

Gotwals Elementary School Cave Narratives First grade artists work on their characters for their Cave Narrative Art. After completing their characters, students created stop animations of a day in the life of a cave artist.

Winter Solstice Photo Collage In order to celebrate the start of winter, the third and fourth grade students created photo collages using green screening.

Art Goes to School Gotwals students explored famous art with the volunteers from Art Goes to School.

First graders learned about Aboriginal dot painting and picked their own Australian animal to paint. Ms. Angela Renish Gotwals Elementary School [email protected] 610-275-1077 ex 32113

Aboriginal Animals: Lots of Dots

WINTER 2016/2017

Hancock School

Hancock School Art Club These hard working Hancock School students meet every Friday morning to explore art! We use art in a variety of ways to help our school community!

Aboriginal Dream Paintings Created by First Graders at Hancock School

Frida Kahlo Self Portraits Created by Second Graders at Hancock School

Mummy Masks Created by Third Graders at Hancock School

WINTER 2016/2017

Hancock School

Aztec Masks

Created by Fourth Graders at Hancock School

NASD Art Show 2016! Hancock students were so proud to show their beautiful artwork at the NASD 2016 Art Show! Mrs. Kelly was so pleased with the number of Hancock families that came out for this event! The NASD Art Show grows with success every year!

Susan Kelly Hancock School [email protected]

Thank You!

WINTER 2016/2017

Marshall Street Elementary 3rd Grade Stained Glass We compared and contrasted

WindowsArt 2 examples of stained glass windows. We focused on the one that was built in the 12th century.

Marshall Street’s New Mascot

Evening Winter Still Life Art Students learned that a still life is a drawing of an arrangement of objects such as a vase with flowers. Deborah Broadt [email protected]

WINTER 2016/2017

Stewart Middle School Stewart at the Administration Building Stewart Middle school students displayed artwork in the Administration board room during the month of November.

Optical Illusion Drawings

Seventh grade students work on optical illusion drawings.

WINTER 2016/2017

Stewart Middle School

Knit/Crochet for Charity Some 7th grade students and

fiber art club volunteers

are learning to crochet and loom knit and will be donating their creations to the oncology unit at the King of Prussia C.H.O.P. Students are also creating rectangles to donate to Warm Up America, an organization that puts together blankets for homeless Americans. This project has been made possible by a grant funded by The Delaware Valley Fairness Project.

Color Wheel Collage 5th grade students in Mrs.Stanchock’s Recycled and Repurposed Art class used donated magazines to find color samples and create a color wheel collage.

Media Arts Documentary Stewart’s first Media Arts class is working on interviews for a documentary they are creating around the topic of cultural proficiency. The students created the questions, conducted and filmed the interviews, and are using IMovie to edit together the final version of their short film.

WINTER 2016/2017

East Norriton Middle School Portraiture 8th grade began to study portraiture by analyzing the

difference

between

idealistic

and

individualistic. They started by trying to learn general proportions and eventually were able to draw self-portraits.

Chip Art Portraits After their self-portraits, they chose another portrait to represent using recycled paint squares. They imitated the look of mosaic art by using a variety of shapes to fill in each area.

Georgia O’Keeffe Pastel Study

7th Grade students learned about Georgia O’Keeffe and drew enlarged pictures from nature. Students experimented with both oil and chalk pastels and chose which medium they wanted to use. To go along with O’Keeffe’s love of nature, students were given a wide variety of images from nature, such as flowers, leaves, shells, and skulls. They then chose a photograph to enlarge using the grid method of drawing.

WINTER 2016/2017

East Norriton Middle School Georgia O’Keeffe Pastel Study

Cubist Superhero Paintings 6th grade students explored cubism and created cubist style paintings of their favorite superheroes.

Texture Sea Creatures 5th grade students explored texture and watercolor techniques to create interesting oceanscapes.

Thank You! Rachel Brewster & Alanna Paradis-Beland

WINTER 2016/2017

Eisenhower MS

Radial Name Design 8th Grade students were challenged

to hide one

word in their drawing using radial symmetry. This concept helps support rotations and reflections which is being taught in math this year.

Student work of Radial Symmetry Can you find the hidden word??

Big Hands Little People

5th grade students are learning about perspective through drawing people who are foreshortened

Value study 8th grade students also studied how to use value to create 3d drawings. Check out this drawing of an old paneled basketball

WINTER 2016/2017

Eisenhower MS Coil Pots 6th grade students work on creating clay coil pots which they then glaze. These beautiful pieces of artwork are also functional.

Metal Tooling 7th grade students studied metal tooling this year. They worked to create patters and unique designs in the metal.

Name Explosions 6th Grade also has been working on 1 point perspective by creating names that look like

Patrick Humbert [email protected]

Thank You!

they’re exploding!

WINTER 2016/2017

Norristown Area High SchoolMs. Noce Rm. 101 Creative Design Students created their own textile designs using the print making method. They then transformed them into their own unique fashion designs using alternative materials.

Art Major 1 The Metamorphosis pieces are finally finished. Student’s creatively transformed one image into another using their understanding of basic shapes, contour, and value.

Sculpture Semester 1 students are finishing their ongoing sculptures. They created additive sculptures from wire and clay, molds and casts, and reductive sculptures in the style of Henry Moore.

Portfolio Prep Studio During preparation of their Portfolios for admittance into art Schools, the students had the opportunity to travel to Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and partake in a college drawing class in the historic cast hall where they observed direct replicas of famous sculptures from around the world! For any questions or comments you can contact Ms. Noce @ [email protected]