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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Clay Night - 4th/5th graders and parents!

Another successful Clay Night!

Working together...

A family event!

Creating a memory that will become a treasure!

Something to smile about!

A night to remember!

A fun-filled evening!

Friday, May 4, 2012

Kindergarten - Gumball Machines

Kindergartners created gumball machines!
Their paintings were inspired by artist, Wayne Thiebaud.



Thursday, April 19, 2012

4th graders making origami boxes....

Students enjoyed making colorful origami boxes.
Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding!

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Cultural Arts Fair

Artwork displayed at District 25's Cultural Art Fair
held at Thomas Middle School on March 14th.

Something to smile about!

Ivy Hill students were very proud of their artwork!


Friday, March 2, 2012

First graders make clay penguins!

First graders enjoyed making clay penguins. They added black glaze
and orange acrylic paint to their sculptures!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

5th graders making masks!

Using cut paper and found objects, 5th graders 
enjoyed creating masks.

 Masks show symmetry - a type of balance in
which either side of the center line is the same.


Friday, February 10, 2012

Pop Art

Second graders learned about American pop artist, Jim Dine.
They were inspired by his work as they designed their heart paintings.

Students learned that adding white to a color makes a tint!

Monday, January 30, 2012

Building a Snowy Village....

Using the interactive white board, kindergarten students used
 geometric shapes to build a snowy village.


Kindergartners enjoyed tracing, cutting and gluing
geometric shapes to make their snowy village.


Friday, January 20, 2012

A snowy day...

While it was snowing outside......
.....second graders painted winter landscapes.
Landscapes showed the art concepts of foreground and background.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Futabakai students visit Ivy Hill!

5th grade students designed Robots.

Futabakai students enjoyed having art with Ms. Papadimitriou's 5th graders.

The possibilities were endless....
Robots were created in a collage style...gluing paper and found objects
to a flat surface.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Designing a backdrop...

Students painting on fabric to be used during morning announcements.