HAT DAY!

Happy Weekend from the Creekview Intermediate Art Room!!!

I'M A KEITH HARING!!!

Artworks created by (clockwise from upper left) AJ Loftus, Michael Cogossi, Remini Roush and Stella Moser

Mrs. Cotner's homeroom and Mrs. Orr's homeroom are finishing up their "I'm a Keith Haring" projects this week.  This project will serve as their Art to Remember projects as well.  I will probably send home A2R information sometime in October.
I love this project so much!  Maybe it's my love of Keith Haring's work on a personal level...but I always enjoy teaching this project to the kids...and on the flip side they REALLY seem to enjoy it!

JUNGLE BOOK KIDS!

This is the week!  It's Jungle Book audition time!!!  Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 27th we will hold auditions for our fifth grade students interested in being a part of the CIS musical, while Thursday we will audition the sixth graders.  Students will NOT be able to stay after school for auditions unless they have a parent-signed audition form!!!  Students will participate as a group to learn some choreography, learn some lyrics to a song, and practice a little acting...and then we will audition the kids six at a time.  Students are allowed to leave once their audition is done, so be aware that they may call you as early as 4:30, but also possibly as late as 6.  We do our best to get through the auditions as quickly as we can and we appreciate your patience as we go through this process.

With that...I hope to see lots of smiling faces this week at auditions!  If you have any questions you can contact either myself or Mrs. DelaHostria.  We will try to get back to you as quickly as we can!

mr. weller: drweller@mevsd.us

Mrs. DelaHostria: jldelaho@mevsd.us

iPads in the Art Room!

It's late on Monday...and I nearly forgot to update the 'ol blog!!!  So...as I sit here at home, away from the art room, and I try to figure out what should go on the blog tonight, I thought maybe it'd be best to officially announce that iPads are coming!  That's right...I've saved enough money over the past two years of Art to Remember fundraisers to add a collection of iPads into the CIS art room!  So...what does this mean?  Well...I don't know, but I have some ideas.  I've been messing around with some cool art apps on my wife's iPad and I think I've got some great ideas.  So...in time, I'm sure you'll get to see some cool things here on the blog of how kids are utilizing iPads in the Art Room!

ART TRIVIA

Here's a little art trivia to close out the first week of school.  The above Spongebob image is a parody of what famous artwork?  Can you also name the artist?  How about where the artwork is currently displayed?
Take a guess and leave a comment!  Talk to you next week! 

Keith Haring

Look what I found in Vegas!  A Keith Haring print!!!

Keith Haring is one of my personal favorite artists...and his art is so easily integrated into the art room.  His colorful, cartoon style of art makes it so adaptable and accessible to people of all ages.  Born in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, Haring is one of Pop Art's most recognizable names alongside Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein and was such an integral part of the New York city art scene in the 80's and early 90's!
I always start the year with a Keith Haring project with my sixth graders, and this year is no different!  Kids will be creating the annual "I'm a Keith Haring" project which will also serve as the sixth grade Art to Remember project.  It's probably the only art project that I actually repeat year after year with little modifications!

Art to Remember

I will once again be participating in the Art to Remember fundraising program.  This is a fantastic program that allows me to raise funds that go directly to the Creekview Art Department.  In years past I've been able to use these fundraising dollars to buy a SmartBoard and ceramic clay.  I've saved my money over the past few years and will be purchasing a set of ten iPads for my art room this fall (more on that another day...).  As I said...it is a GREAT fundraiser and I'm very happy to be participating in it again.

For those of you who have never heard of Art to Remember, basically your student will create an artwork in the art room and that artwork will be sent to "A2R".  You can then purchase a variety of items with your student's artwork on it; anything from matted prints, coffee mugs, t-shirts and the ever popular iPhone cases just to name a few! 

Given my odd schedule this year, I've had to break up the program just a bit to fit certain deadlines, but I promise at some point this year you will have a chance to purchase A2R merchandise.  I'll send out more specific e-mails and reminders once I actually get a little closer to the time frames!