4/5 Civic Oriented Artists! Decorate our next voter's pamphlet!

2012 Kids’ Art Contest: “If I Could Vote”

OLYMPIA… The Office of the Secretary of State invites students in grades 4 and 5 to enter the 2012 Kids’ Art Contest. The theme for this year is “If I Could Vote.”

This art contest is an opportunity for Washington’s youngest citizens to be a part of elections and think about what they would value as voters. Students enter the contest by submitting their art with an entry form no later than April 16th. Please see the entry form for contest rules and requirements.

The winning art will be featured in the 2012 General Election Washington State Voters’ Pamphlet. Last year, there were 3.5 million copies distributed statewide. The winning artist will also receive a surprise visit from Secretary of State Sam Reed at his or her school. You can view examples from previous years on our website.

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Twas the night before the paper due date...

Avoid the trauma of waiting until the last minute and get the Art paper finished before the due date! What better way to spend your vacation than writing an Art paper?? Fun! Merriment! You can entertain your family and extended relatives by performing a reading of your essay! Tears will surely be shed and the Christmas spirit will be felt by all. Or you can wait until Thursday, Feb 9 to work on your paper.

Papers may be turned in ANYTIME before February 9. The new artists are listed.

**** Don't forget to save your stinky old sneakers for the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe campaign that begins on January 3!

Museum of Glass - Kids Design Glass Contest!

Once a month, the Museum of Glass will choose one lucky child - ages 12 and under - to create a design in glass. The designs are fantastical creatures of their imagination and the artist must name it, write an explanation or story with the creation on the attached document and turn it into the Museum.

"The Museum’s Hot Shop Team selects one design every month based on its aesthetic merits and transforms the two-dimensional drawing into a three-dimensional sculpture. As the designer, the child directs the artists as they make two sculptures—one for the child to take home and the other for MOG’s Kids Design Glass Collection." The family is given a pass to visit the Museum in Tacoma for free to watch as they create the artwork and the work may be selected as part of the traveling exhibition that visits museums around the country.

I am traveling to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma on October 20 and I am happy to submit any entries from students 12 and under! Please refer to their website to investigate previous winning entries and for more information: Museumofglass.org

Name the Art Show Contest

A hefty sum of loot, praise, honor and prizes will be bestowed upon anyone who can come up with a better name for the annual art show than the current title, Shine and Show. It's 2011, yo! Time to get rid of that old school moniker.

Name Bug/ Monster

2011-2012

Welcome back!

Students will begin the year exploring the line. Students in kinder and first will review the different types of lines as they create their portfolio cover. Following the completion of their portfolio cover, second through fourth grade will receive a brief introduction to one-point perspective. As an artist, one of the most important skills to learn in drawing is perspective. It creates the illusion of depth and realism in work. I will begin working with sixth through eighth grade on a more detailed investigation of perspective.

Fifth grade will buck the linear trends and make some super cool name bug/monster creations for their portfolios. We will fly through this abstract shape/ color blending lesson and begin our work shortly preparing for a fall trip to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.

If I have any parents that need share hours and don't shy away from a few pesky paper cuts, I have HUNDREDS of portfolios to be made, as each kid in the school (PreK - 8) will need one. I provide the paper and the tools, you provide the patience!

Eighth grade has already chosen their theme for the spring art show and it's going to be awesome.

Thanks!