About the curriculum writers:
Holley Smothers, a Missouri
native, has taught for over 20 years
in the Missouri public schools
system and at her Alma Mater,
William Jewell College. She
received her masters degree at
Lincoln University and is a National
Board Certified Teacher (NBCT).
Holley was chosen to be a STARR
Teacher (Selected Teachers as
Regional Resources) by the
Missouri Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education (DESE).
She is a DESE NBCT Facilitator and
mentors NBCT candidates around
the country. Holley has written
curriculum for Lexmark as well as
for the Atelier’s Art Inside the Park.
In summer 2006, she worked on the
MissouriVisual Arts Grade Level
Expectations and Model Curriculum.
Awards Holley has received include:
2003 Albert Shanker Elementary
and Secondary Teacher of the Year
Award; 2004 Missouri Middle School
Association Teacher of the Year
Award; 2005 Missouri Art Education
Association Middle Level Teacher of
the Year Award; 2006 Missouri Art
Education Association Educator of
the Year Award, 2007 National Art
Education Association Missouri Art
Educator of the Year and the 2007
Western Region Art Education
Association Middle Level Teacher of
the Year. Holley currently teaches
art at Thomas Jefferson Middle
School in Jefferson City.
Sherry Bingaman
• Professional artist since 1979
• Weaving business with husband
from 1979 – 1995 Designed and
created woven tapestries for
business and individuals in
U.S., Canada, and Japan.
• 1993 Artist in Residence with
Missouri Arts Council
• Since 1994, taught K-12 art and
gifted education in Missouri public
schools
• Presently at Blair Oaks Elementary
teaching K-6 art and gifted.
• Elementary Principal at Fatima in
Westphalia beginning August 1.
Atelier CMS inc., producer of ART INSIDE THE PARK, and Linn Sate
Technical College introduce the 2007 statewide art education competition
— Missouri WILDflowers! Ten student artworks will be selected by a
juried panel to become part of a lasting public art exhibit.
Thousands of visitors pass through the capitol city each day to tour the
historic buildings and grounds. Imagine their look of delight and surprise
when Jefferson City sprouts giant WILDflowers created by Missouri
students and reproduced in three-dimensional supersize by Atelier and
Linn State! Professional artists, faculty and students will fabricate the
winning flowers into sculpture using welding, torches, plasma cutting and
painting in the industrial arts studios. The WILDflowers will remain on
public view for at least a year!
TEACHER LESSON PLAN
YOUR PARTICIPATION IS SOUGHT!
When to get started and Who can participate?
We know it gets wild at the end of the school year and we invite you to get even wilder with a very focused project. All grade levels are
invited to participate. This is also a great activity for a starting summer school session or special class. The competition combines art
history and plant science to produce student WILDflower drawings based on Missouri native flowers.
How to get started in your classroom?
Using the websites provided, teachers will introduce Master Artists from the various movements in art history who represent distinct
styles. After the student picks their favorite artist and becomes familiar with their style, introduce our selected Missouri Wildflowers from
the Missouri Grow Native website (www.grownative.org).
Click on plant search using the common name (NOT botanical name) of one of the following Missouri native wildflowers:
Blue Sage
Butterfly Milkweed
Columbine
Fremont’s Leather Flower
Passion Flower
Pawpaw
Prairie Blazing Star
Red Buckeye
Sedum
Sky Blue Aster
Southern Blue Flag
Wild Ginger
Yellow Trout Lily
Zig-zag iris
Artists with fun and unusual STYLE:
Fernand Leger, Joan Miro, Henri Matisse, Max Earnst, Vasily Kandinsky, El Greco, Robert Delaunay, Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Paul
Klee, Edvard Munch, Emile Nolde, Diego Rivera, Umberto Boccioni, Pablo Picasso
Deadline June 30, 2007
Send drawings with return addressed envelope to:
Atelier CMS inc.
P.O. Box 106112
Jefferson City, MO 65110
www.atelier-cms.com
has supporting research materials for the wildflower curriculum
and will feature the winning artwork.
Winners receive $50 savings bond.
Usage rights will be transferred for the 2007 public art projects provided
by Atelier CMS inc.
Meets the following National Art Standards:
Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols and ideas.
Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of
their work and the work of others.
Visual Arts Grade Level Expectations:
Product / Performance Strand:
1. Select and apply two-dimensional media techniques, and processes to
communicate ideas and solve challenging visual art problems.
2. Two-Dimensional Drawing- Complete at appropriate grade level.
Objectives:
Students will be introduced to Impressionism, Fauvism, Orphism, Futurism,
Surrealism, or other time period that is appropriate for grade of student.
Research teacher selected flowers and/or student choice of flowers.
Draw their own creative WILDflower in the style of the artist or art period chosen.
Describe their flower by writing a paragraph or essay using as much descriptive
detail possible so that others reading can visualize the flower.
Art Websites:
http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_87.html
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/1998/leger/index.html
http://nyc.moma.museum/education/
http://www.thecityreview.com/leger.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/theme/impressionnisme.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/20th/fauvism.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/surrealism/
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/matisse/
http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/chagall.html
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Miro.html
http://www.denniskunkel.com/index.php?cPath=6
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/
Flower Websites:
http://www.grownative.org
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/qca/flowerparts.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_
10/life_cycles.shtml
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case4/c4facts1a.html