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Maud Lewis was our Artist of the Month for November. All of the grade levels have created some sort of folk art inspired by her joyful paintings. Maud Lewis painted on everything and anything she could find. My grade three students used bottles as their ‘canvas’ for this project. 

Eric Waugh won’t be our Arist of the Month until April, but some of our grade five students wanted to wish him a happy birthday!

Frank Stella was our Artist of the Month for October. Using a variety of materials and techniques, grade five students created these amazing mixed media sculptures.

These projects were done by Ms Lopez’s class.

These projects were done by Ms Zarikow’s class.

These projects were done by Mr. Burk’s class.

Today my kindergarten class had fun practicing, cutting, gluing, folding, twisting and curling.  The result…..some really crazy hats.

Here is a quick peek at just some of the wonderful things that happened during the first quarter in C100.

There are so many wonderful things going on in the art department this year. 

Tate Kids

Tate Kids is a wonderful art site for kids run by the Tate Gallery in England. Last week they posted a link to the our Art Talk page, because the were so impressed with a story that Wanling in grade 5, wrote about the new interactive game on the Tate Kids Site. The game is based on the Little Dancer, the famous sculpture by Edgar Degas.

Art Exchange – The Japanese School

We are getting ready to send 12 pieces of work to share with our friends at the Japanese School for their annual art exchange. The exhibition runs from 26th October to 6th November  at the Japanese School Changi campus and 7th November to 11th December at their Clementi campus. Be sure to check out the work that has been selected for the exhibition.

 Students whose work is selected will receive a certificate to mark their participation.

Inspired by Our Artists of the Month

This quarter we have been inspired by Jimmy Pike, and Leonardo da Vinci. We are currently having lots of fun exploring the work of Frank Stella. Be sure to check the Quarter 1 Photo Gallery to see what each grade level has been up to.

Next week, I will publish the Artyfacts Newsletter for Quarter 2. In the meantime a few student’s from Ms Farris’ grade two class wanted to share a little about Leonardo da Vinci and what they will remember from their self-portrait project.

Yesterday, some of the grade 4 and 5 students here at SAS were lucky enough to meet two artists from Warlukurlangu community in central Australia. Judy Napangardi Watson and Alma Nungarrayi Granites traveled to Singapore with the manager of the Warlukurlangu artist’s centre, Cecilia Alfonso. They are in town for an exhibition at the REDOT Gallery. Students got to hear the songs and stories of these artists as well as see some of their original paintings. We were very happy to see Alma Nungarrayi Granites again. On a previous visit to the school she painted the first panel of our Art History Mural that now runs along the hall outside the art rooms. We are very thankful to the people at the REDOT gallery for continuing to provide opportunities for our students to meet these inspiring artists.

I am very excited about the start of the new school year. Here is a list of the classes I will be teaching for the 2009-2010 school year.

Kindergarten – Mrs. Wan

Grade One – Mrs. Quick, Mrs. Derksen

Grade Two – Ms Farris, Mrs. Cuthbert, Mrs. Procida

Grade Three – Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Mutsch

Grade Four – Mr. Peterson, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Woodfield

Grade Five – Ms. Lopez, Ms. Zarikow, Mr. Burk 

Thank you to all of my students for a wonderful year. Enjoy your vacation and keep on creating!

Thanks to everyone who voted for this year’s Artist Idol. It was a pretty tight race for the top spot between Eric Waugh, Walt Disney and Vincent van Gogh.  In the end Eric Waugh came out on top! Here are the results.