K – 5TH GRADE ART IMAGINATION PROJECTS
2013-2014
KINDERGARTEN
SEPTEMBER –
1) Photography - Nature paper
2) Louise Nevelson - Assemblage
OCTOBER
1) Edvard Munch – The Scream
2) Suminagashi Marbling Paper
NOVEMBER
1) Paul Klee – Mosaic Letters
2) Finger Print Art
DECEMBER –
1) Guisepe Archimboldo – Food Portraits
2) Recycled Art - Taback Simms
JANUARY 1) Printmaking: Penguin Potato Prints
2) Chinese New Year Dragons/Lanterns
FEBRUARY –
1) African Textiles – Adrinka/Mudcloth
2) Paste Paper
MARCH –
1) Alberto Giacometti – Dream People
2) Mary Cassatt – Chalk Pastel Masking
APRIL –
1) George Seraut - Pointilism
2) Clay Pots (needs 2 sessions, Session 1: Build pots)
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K – 5TH GRADE ART IMAGINATION PROJECTS
2013-2014
MAY –
1) Clay Pots / Color Theory (Session 2: Paint pots)
2) Henri Matisse – Collage
JUNE –
1) Environmental Sculpture
2) Eric Carle – Collage
FIRST GRADE
SEPTEMBER 1) Morris Graves – Mystic Birds & Treasure Flowers
2) Ellis Gallagher – Sidewalk Shadow Drawings
OCTOBER
1) Jose Orantes – Happy House Paintings
2) Shadow Puppets
NOVEMBER
1) Watercolor – Wax Relief Leaves
2) Form, Shape & Space - Changing Geometric into Organic
DECEMBER –
1) Fingerprint Art – Thumb-body Special Books
2) Giacometti – Dream People
JANUARY –
1) Andy Warhol – Pop Art
2) African Jewelry – Zulu Beadwork or Ethiopian Wish Scrolls
FEBRUARY –
1) Color Theory – Cool Hot Hands or
2) Stained Glass
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K – 5TH GRADE ART IMAGINATION PROJECTS
2013-2014
MARCH –
1) Watercolor –Watercolor Techniques
2) Georgia O’Keefe – Up Close & Personal
APRIL –
1) Ellis Gallagher – Sidewalk Shadow Drawings
2) MC Escher – Depth Perception
MAY1) Grandma Moses
2) Clay Stamping & Relief – Natural Stamps
JUNE –
1) Suminagashi Marbling
2) Photography – Nature Paper
SECOND GRADE
SEPTEMBER 1) Stone & Granite Artists – A Slice of Granite or Mock Pink Granite
2) Clay Stamping & Relief
OCTOBER 1) Dale Chihuly – Machia Bowls
2) Francisco de Goya – When the Giant Came to Town
NOVEMBER 1) Paul Horiuchi - Shikishi Collage
2) Leonardo da Vinci – Body Silhouette
DECEMBER –
1) Fred Babb – Art Bugs
2) Aboriginal Bark Painting – A Study of Patterns & Colors
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K – 5TH GRADE ART IMAGINATION PROJECTS
2013-2014
JANUARY –
1) Pyramids – Architectural Wonders
2) Mosaic Art
FEBRUARY –
1) Andy Warhol – Pop Art Photograph
2) Line – Elements of Design/Textural Self Portrait or A Line Game
MARCH –
1) Louise Nevelson – Assemblage
2) Printmaking - Reflection Painting
APRIL –
1) Christo – Environmental Art
2) Paste Paper
MAY –
1) Photography – Nature Paper
2) Book Art – Recycled Book Collage
JUNE –
1) Alberto Giacommetti – Dream People
2) Foil Painting
THIRD GRADE
SEPTEMBER 1) Environmental Sculpture
2) Clay Pots – Pinch, Coil & Slab
OCTOBER 1) Edvard Munch – The Scream
2) Northwest Native American Masks
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K – 5TH GRADE ART IMAGINATION PROJECTS
2013-2014
NOVEMBER 1) Vincent Van Gogh – Perspective
2) Russian Art – Amazing Eggs
DECEMBER –
1) Color Theory – Cold Hot Hands or Contrasting & Complimentary Colors
2) Origami – Wishing Stars
JANUARY –
1) Origami – Wishing Stars
2) Vincent Van Gogh – Starry Night or Sunflowers
FEBRUARY –
1) Origami – Wishing Stars
2) Suminagashi Marbling
MARCH –
1) Juan Alonzo – Architectural Facades
2) Environmental Sculpture
APRIL –
1) Photography – Nature Paper
2) Francisco de Goya – When the Giant Came to Town
MAY –
1) Michaelangelo – Upside-down Painting
2) Typography – Create A Word Design
JUNE –
1) Ellis Gallagher – Sidewalk Shadow Drawings
2) Gyotaku Printing – Fish Prints
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K – 5TH GRADE ART IMAGINATION PROJECTS
2013-2014
FOURTH GRADE
SEPTEMBER –
1) Still Life – Still Life Drawing
2) American Folk Art – My America
OCTOBER 1) Northwest Native American Masks
2) Wassily Kandinsky – The Music Man
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER –
1) Origami – Wishing Stars
2) Printmaking – Printing with Foam
JANUARY –
1) Origami – Wishing Stars
2) Cubism – Braque & Picasso: Analytic & Synthetic Cubism
FEBRUARY –
1) Suminagashi Marbling
2) Clay Pots – Pinch, slab & Coil Pots (Session 1: Create pots)
MARCH –
1) Linda Okazaki – Dream Interpretation Watercolor
2) Clay Pots/Color Theory (Session 2: Paint pots)
APRIL –
1) MC Escher – Depth Perception & Optical Illusions
2) Illuminated Manuscript – Illuminated Letter
MAY –
1) NW Native American Totem Poles
2) Foil Painting
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K – 5TH GRADE ART IMAGINATION PROJECTS
2013-2014
JUNE –
1) LeRoy Neiman – Athletes In Action
2) Christo
FIFTH GRADE
SEPTEMBER 1) Environmental Sculpture
2) Jacob Lawrence - Local Inspiration=Global Transpiration
OCTOBER –
1) James Ensor – Skulls in Art
2) Edward Hopper – Recreate Nighthawk Creatures
NOVEMBER 1) Mosaic Art
2) Spencer Moseley – Op & Tondo Art
DECEMBER –
1) Origami – Wishing Stars
2) Suminagashi Marbling
JANUARY –
1) Origami – Wishing Stars
2) Gyotaku Printing – Fish Prints
FEBRUARY –
1) Origami – Wishing Stars
2) Book Art – Recycled Book Art
MARCH –
1) Clay Stamping & Relief – Build a Paper Clay Garden
2) Monotypes
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K – 5TH GRADE ART IMAGINATION PROJECTS
2013-2014
APRIL –
1) Henna (Requires permission slips)
2) Vincent Van Gogh - Sunflowers
MAY –
1) Chinese Scroll Painting
2) Paste Paper
JUNE –
1) Environmental Sculpture
2) Francisco de Goya – When the Giant Came to Town
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