Sixth Grade Painters: Rene Magritte, Henri Matisse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marcel Duchamp, Grandma Moses, Elizabeth Jane Gardner Illustrators: Bill Waterson, David Weisner Sculptors: Do Ho Suh, Camille Claudel, Maya Lin Seventh Grade Painters: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Mary Cassatt, Diego Rivera Illustrators: Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Shepard Fairley Sculptors: Rachel Whiteread Designers: Isaac Mizrahi, Eighth Grade Painters: Artemisia Gentileschi, Chuck Close, Edward Hopper, Edgar Degas, Rembrandt van Rijn Sculptors: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Damien Hirst, Andy Goldsworthy Photographers: Cindy Sherman, Ansel Adams Animators: Nick Park, Hayao Miyazaki Architects: I.M. Pei, Frank Lloyd Wright

6-8 Art papers

Well it seems to be a good thing that you have Ms. Atkins and Miss Cestnik in the building because my technological skills involve putting a post it note on my computer screen. Despite wasting the better part of my morning editing the blog only to see that it did not indeed change one iota, I am resorting to listing the papers by "post." Hopefully one of my more technologically gifted colleagues can come to my rescue and help me figure out this goofy problem, but until then, the papers are listed below.... PAPERS Due dates: Friday, November 8 by noon Friday, February 21 by noon Friday, May 16 by noon Sixth Grade Painters: Edvard Munch, Frida Khalo, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet Sculptors: Alexander Calder, Auguste Rodin Architects: Frank Ghery, Frank Lloyd Wright Illustrators: Chris Van Allsburg, Maurice Sendak, Stan Lee, Matt Groening Seventh Grade Painters: Jacob Lawrence, Piet Modrian, Carravaggio, Paul Cezanne Designers: Vera Wang Illustrators: Andy Warhol, Charles Schultz, Gary Trudeau Sculptors: Andy Goldsworthy, Julie Taymor Architects: Alvar Aalto, Antonio Gaudi Eighth Grade Painters: Kehinde Wiley, David Hockney, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall Illustrators: Norman Rockwell, Tim Burton (not just his films!), Jeff Smith Sculptors: Duane Hanson, Ai Weiwei Architects: Maya Lin, Henry Bacon

Art Lit Meeting Thursday, October 17!

Please meet me in the Art Room tomorrow at 8:30 for donuts, coffee and an art lesson! All you need is your cute self! Unless you like writing in notebooks, then bring that. See you soon! Jenn Larkin

Fall Art Paper

Grades 6 -8 have their paper due on Friday, November 8. Students may choose an artist from the list to the side that they have not yet written about and turn in a typed 3-5 paragraph paper. You can use books! Hooray! You can go to art museum websites! Fun! You may not copy and paste from Wikipedia. Boo!!!! You lose one letter grade per school day that it is late so TURN IT IN!!!!

WELCOME BACK!!!!

We are only a few weeks into school and already we are scheduled for our visit to the Portland Art Museum and our visit to Tacoma to the Museum of Glass! Not even a full week of school and already I am plotting to get kids out of school. Mwah ha ha! For the first time, fourth grade will be participating in the visit to the Portland Art Museum, scheduled for Thursday, November 29. Fourth grade will be touring the Native American artifacts as part of their unit of study in their home rooms. Fifth and sixth grade will be on the thematic tour of the portrait at the museum, observing scultpures, drawings, photographs and paintings. Seventh and eighth grade will tour an exhibition from the renowned British Museum. The exhibit, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece, will display the human form through objects from the British Museum’s collection of Greek and Roman sculptures. This collection rarely travels due to its size and value and will be the first stop after its debut in London during the Summer Olympics. We will begin our school year as we always do with our investigation of the line. This year we return again to a unit on cartooning. Students will begin working on line, shading, action, expression, plot and dialogue! Look for a St. Joe's Comic Book in early 2013! Our Art Literacy program will begin with a meeting of Art docents on Thursday, September 27 at 8:30 in the Art room. No skills needed and I provide tasty treats to attendees! This is your chance to earn clock hours and work on art projects in the classroom with your student. No theme has been determined by the eighth grade for our art show on Thursday, May 23, so feel free to bribe and attempt to influence your middle schooler if you have a winning idea! Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns or are interested in volunteering some time! Best wishes, Ms. Larkin (360) 696.2586 ext. 1401 jenniferl@stjoevan.org

Colgate smiles art contest

Art Contest for Children Ages 6–9
Win a Grant for the Art Classroom!

Colgate is offering a contest open to students 6-9 to illustrate "Why My Bright Smile is Important" and submit their artwork to be featured in the 2013 Colgate "My Bright Smile™" Global Calendar. Judges look for originality and creativity, so every child qualifies!

The calendar features artwork by children from all over the world. One winning entry will be chosen to represent the U.S.A. and will receive these great prizes!

$500 Colgate-Palmolive scholarship
$500 Colgate-Palmolive classroom grant
Download your Entry Forms Today!

Contest deadline is May 18, 2012. Click here to see all contest rules.

Last year's winners came from Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, U.S.A., Venezuela and Vietnam. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to share your students' artistic talent with the world!

Happy Spring Break! Sleep, eat & eat some more!