My 4th graders are going to build a city using boxes...cereal,oatmeal,shoe. Etc. any ideas for securing them to eachother ? Will have tape, heavy glue but I'm wondering if anyone
Has. Better ideas? Thanks,Anita

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(I don't know when this message will go out, but you might have time to send it out to interested students and parents. Even if you can't watch it live, most webinars give recorded links after the event. If you sign up now, you'll be sent the link.- Brandy)

FREE VSA Webinar Series - Setting Up Success for Visual Artists

Join us for a Webinar on December 11

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Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/350028518

Presenter: Sonja Cendak, Artist Services Assistant Manager, Office of VSA & Accessibility, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The dream to be the next Picasso or Pollock is a noble, yet challenging goal. “Making it” in today’s art world takes more than just creativity on the canvas - it requires skills and strategies that encompass communication, technology, and outreach in order make a mark (and sell a painting) in the art market. This webinar will provide the foundation on how to set up the practical side on one’s art career â€" from preparing a portfolio to seeking grants and funding â€" and is geared towards working artists, art administrators, and anyone who works in an organization that supports visual artists.

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Preschool has been added to my K-6 art teaching position this year.  I am trying
to come up with a clay project that can be fired in the kiln for them.  I
already do pinch pots with kindergarten.  I need something that would not
require scoring and slipping and that the kids could work on somewhat
independently.  I really would like to do something besides a hand print, but
have not found any other ideas!  Please help!

We did tree faces one year in clay, and it requires no slipping. (or doesn't
have to.) The only danger is if they poke too deeply and then cover it up.
Here's the artsonia page.  (We only put up one small class. I don't always get
all my classes up :)
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=262977

Regards,
Brandy

--- In art_education@yahoogroups.com, "ebart_teacher"  wrote:

  Preschool has been added to my K-6 art teaching position this year.  I am
trying to come up with a clay project that can be fired in the kiln for them.  I
already do pinch pots with kindergarten.  I need something that would not
require scoring and slipping and that the kids could work on somewhat
independently.  I really would like to do something besides a hand print, but
have not found any other ideas!  Please help!

I did leaf bowls with our pre-K.

We took large leaves, they pressed them into the clay cut around them with
plastic knives or Popsicle sticks. We placed them over a Styrofoam bowl to air
dry before firing. You can peel the leaf off or leave it on. When you fire it,
it will burn away.
Alyssa
San Diego

So we here at my school are attempting to reach across the various subject areas
and come up with ideas for  class projects that will require more of the four
"C's" (creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration) and DOK
(depth of knowledge).  We are attempting to prepare the students for the new
assessment testing that is around the corner.   It will involve more "project
based" assignments.  Soon  the days of bubbling in the answer will be gone.  I
think that this is great news for art classes and art teachers.  I'm already
getting many requests for creative ideas from other teachers.  We as artist and
art teachers sometimes take for granted the fact that we really do think in a
creative manner.  This can be difficult for others not accustomed to the
"creative process"
   I'm currently attempting to Create projects that will incorporate many other
subject areas.  One example is for the students to learn one point perspective,
create a drawing of the interior of a living room that is tiled.  They must also
figure out how much tile was used, the cost, factor in percentage of waste
etc.etc.   I want to support the other disciplines without sacrificing ART FOR
ART'S SAKE.

HAS ANYONE OUT THERE BEEN WORKING ON SIMILAR PROJECTS.  If so,  can we share
thanks
frank

 

I'm starting to look at Common Core for my art program as well.  Do a google search and you will find a lot of information out there already.  One great site I found with a full K-12 listing of ideas is:

http://commoncore.org/maps/documents/Art_in_the_Maps.pdf

Kathy

as  artist  painter  exonorated  educator  in secondary schools  i  can  say 
that !  every  aptemptement  for  to mack  aby  yanger  student  inderstand  any
technica  belonging  to  arts  drawing  or  si  fine  arts  skyled : is  basen  
first  on the taste coming  from  the  students  in  it s  subjest  as 
perspectives well appreciation in  appliquation ; thus  und  i can  say  every
tast of  creative  arts works  is  so  attractive for  every yanger student who 
really  have  the  power for  to reacht  the  perfection  improuving  the 
control of moudel hand  in  drawing in iol ar whatever  as  a  technica for  to 
chanlenge  basin in.  with  this  a  bit of experiment i can add  a classical 
music by  the  way is  the  best stimulator  for  all  best  results  in  the 
field  of teatching  creative  arts
by  BEHAZ  TOUFIK
--- In art_education@yahoogroups.com, "ayalafart" <ayalafart@...> wrote:
>
> So we here at my school are attempting to reach across the various subject
areas and come up with ideas for  class projects that will require more of the
four "C's" (creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration) and
DOK (depth of knowledge).  We are attempting to prepare the students for the new
assessment testing that is around the corner.   It will involve more "project
based" assignments.  Soon  the days of bubbling in the answer will be gone.  I
think that this is great news for art classes and art teachers.  I'm already
getting many requests for creative ideas from other teachers.  We as artist and
art teachers sometimes take for granted the fact that we really do think in a
creative manner.  This can be difficult for others not accustomed to the
"creative process"
>   I'm currently attempting to Create projects that will incorporate many other
subject areas.  One example is for the students to learn one point perspective,
create a drawing of the interior of a living room that is tiled.  They must also
figure out how much tile was used, the cost, factor in percentage of waste
etc.etc.   I want to support the other disciplines without sacrificing ART FOR
ART'S SAKE.
>
> HAS ANYONE OUT THERE BEEN WORKING ON SIMILAR PROJECTS.  If so,  can we share
> thanks
> frank
>

My middle school is using the curriculum from Future City (Future City.org) as
an school wide project. I think it would be a good project from 5th to 10th
grade, even though it's written for 6th to 8th grade; it would be easy enough to
adapt. The curriculum is free, but to enter it would be $25 for an entire
school! No matter how classes/teams enter the final competition.  A lot of
states don't have a competition, or have just one that may not be convenient to
you, so I'm not sure how practical entering this would be, but it is a FABULOUS
cross curriculum project!
  It was our intention to enter the contest, but the one in Va went belly up this
year (after 8 years of existence.) so we decided to continue on with our project
and work in another science class- CSI. The kids will finish making the model,
and then use their scale city to help prove a series of small crimes. (The clue
may be "the witness saw the bank robber as he was coming out the Starbucks", but
the model will prove that the there is no Starbucks near the bank and so the
witness is lying- but why?!)
     This was a HUGE project! It involved time from the science and English
teachers (could have involved the math teacher, but she was not willing to
participate.). The biggest issue I had (as with all cross curriculum projects)
is not in getting fellow teachers who say they will be involved and having
enthusiasm for the idea of the project, it's actually getting them to write the
time into their syllabi for their section of the project to happen. There will
have to be more summer pre-planning, and I will have to be more clear on my end
that the English portion of this project is the English teacher's domain, and
the science teacher isn't getting a prewrittten curriculum from me to do her
part, she's getting a final rubric by which the students will be graded. The
science teacher felt the more put upon by this project than the English teacher.
I feel more support by the admin. would have been helpful to allow her to cut
some of her current program to inject this project's science needs in there. As
it stands, she felt this was just one more thing she had to add to her students
plate. She was vocal about how hard this was and how she felt about the
additional work, for both her and the students. And it was a legitimate
complaint the way it went down this year.
       So there were some pretty significant bumps in the road to my first 4C
project that I hope to learn from and avoid in the future. Mostly, have a
diagram written out for each member of the "team", Have them sign off on it as
soon as it's created- hopefully with plenty of time to adjust their syllabi for
the new year. Give them support, make sure they have support of the admin, give
gentle & kind reminders as their portion of the project nears. I assumed a lot
about this joint effort that I will not assume for future endeavors! All in all,
the final result, which nearly it's conclusion, is amazing.  I'm so proud about
what the kids have learned about city planning, the environmental concerns they
are bringing up, the creativity of their model and concepts for their industries
and universities.  It has been a challenge to make it happen, but I have to say
it's been worth it.
Good luck finding a project (and making it happen!)
Brandy





--- In art_education@yahoogroups.com, "ayalafart" <ayalafart@...> wrote:
>
> So we here at my school are attempting to reach across the various subject
areas and come up with ideas for  class projects that will require more of the
four "C's" (creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration) and
DOK (depth of knowledge).  We are attempting to prepare the students for the new
assessment testing that is around the corner.   It will involve more "project
based" assignments.  Soon  the days of bubbling in the answer will be gone.  I
think that this is great news for art classes and art teachers.  I'm already
getting many requests for creative ideas from other teachers.  We as artist and
art teachers sometimes take for granted the fact that we really do think in a
creative manner.  This can be difficult for others not accustomed to the
"creative process"
>   I'm currently attempting to Create projects that will incorporate many other
subject areas.  One example is for the students to learn one point perspective,
create a drawing of the interior of a living room that is tiled.  They must also
figure out how much tile was used, the cost, factor in percentage of waste
etc.etc.   I want to support the other disciplines without sacrificing ART FOR
ART'S SAKE.
>
> HAS ANYONE OUT THERE BEEN WORKING ON SIMILAR PROJECTS.  If so,  can we share
> thanks
> frank
>

1st graders lead an art service project to make Heart Houses to raise money for
Super Storm Sandy victims. We sold the first 200 to our school community and now
would like to offer them to anyone else who might want to have a lovely
hand-made heart house and help others at the same time.
I set up a page on my website where you can see the video of my students making
the houses then browse the choices. You can  select a house and purchase it
through PayPal. I'll ship it ASAP.
http://drydenart.weebly.com/heart-houses.html
Thank you!
Tricia Fuglestad, IL

--- In art_education@yahoogroups.com, kamla ravikumar <kamla_rk@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the art teachers around the world.
> Hope our School sites are safe for teachers and students in the near future.
>  
> Kamla
> Chennai,
> India.
>
Same to you and Many happy returns.

We recently purchased a class set of Ipads in place of text books and are
looking for ideas for 7th and 8th art projects using the Ipads.  Any ideas or
suggestions for apps?  thanks!

Greetings All,

For all members who want to know what a "Tip In" is - or who have
never participated before, please sign up for a Yahoo Group (listed
below). I only posted now to see if Getty list members were following
my own rule and Getty's own rules - to not post email addresses to
list. I know it is an accident most of the time, however, Getty's own
STAFF still replies to the list when they are away from the the office
- and posts all email addresses when they do. I easily forgive people
I KNOW who do it by accident.

I am not posting any art sharing Tip In experiences to Getty list
again, however, I DO have one post about sharing ideas that is
IMPORTANT. I don't even think that former list member even "listens"
to Getty TeacherArtExchange anymore? I find him on TAB list (Teaching
for Artistic Behavior). I have learned so much from him on how to be a
better art teacher. I didn't know him until the end of my art teaching
career. He is a real "gem".  Yes, I did meet him on Getty list when it
was ArtsEdNet (? - something like that).

Also, If any one really wants "smart" goals, sign up for TAB Yahoo
List and listen before you ask questions - look in their list archives
and file section ....Sending to the other lists as well as I don't
remember which group asked the questions now.....
I need to know more what you mean by "smart" goals to answer how to
set them for any grade level. I am sure "smart" goals stands for
something that begins with S-M-A-R-T..... (Science? Math? Art?
Reading? Technology?) ... I have sort of lost the vocabulary. I need a
refresher course.

Yes, I do have enough participants already who WANT to participate
again in a Tip In. The exchange isn't until SUMMER 2013. I just wanted
to know if members were still interested in having another exchange.
ALL who have signed up in the past, WILL get personal emails from me
before the exchange begins. All who replied with interest who have not
done it before know where to sign up to find more information later
(ArtsEducators Yahoo and/or Art Education Yahoo). TAB Yahoo members
all already know where to find information. This time, I am only
organizing the exchange and I will be turning it over to someone else
to be host. She will set the end mail date and will have to be more
firm than I was. We now only do FIVE pages to be mailed - and we keep
one for ourselves (so a total of six pages). Each participant then
gets five different pages returned. We mail back PRIORITY MAIL only
now, so you have to send a PAID for Priority Stamp.

Regards,

Judy Decker
Retired since 2001 from teaching art - but never retired 100% from teaching.
I guess I will always be some kind of teacher?

P.S. Please accept my apology - as I am sure something I wrote may
have offended someone (smile).  I never offend people on purpose. All
I can do is apologize in advance now. I just got done writing my own
"smart" goals - but they have nothing to do with teaching art. I have
18 to list - but I need to re-write them in proper order. Actually 18
is way too many for me. So I am putting number 1 and number 2 in the
right order first. I can not post them to the list as I have already
posted them before and people did not like my goals, so I learned that
lesson.