Arts Festival Photos 2009/2010

A few photos of our event.  What fun! 

More coming soon...

Making collages in Studio 101, AKA the  Romare Bearden room.  All the artwork exhibited in this room was inspired by our PSSA ("Pennsylvania Super Sensational Artist") Romare Bearden.  Visitors watched a short film about Bearden's life and career.  Artists chose to collaborate on a collage mural or create an individual collage.

Jason works on his landscape painting.  Some middle school students are studying impressionist painting techniques and learning how to use acrylic paint.

Mr. Stuart and and his guests check out the Warhol inspired cat drawings created by 2nd grade artists.

Artists work together in the art installation on the main floor.  Members of the Junior Curators Club conducted "Make & Take" art projects throughout the building during our festival.  They were given the role of Teaching Artist, demonstrating and explaining how to make paper birds like the ones hanging on the tree in this picture.

Two of the projects inspired by Romare Bearden: 5th grade Story Collages and 6th grade Watercolor Cityscapes.

6th grade artist and festival volunteer, Greg, shows off his festival tee shirt.  The festival logo that appears on the shirts was designed by 4th grade artist Kennedi.  Shirts were tie-dyed by the members of Art Club.

3rd grade singers perform 'Basin Street'.  The choral numbers at the festival were all jazz numbers chosen to support the study of Romare Bearden.  Much of Bearden's artwork showed a heavy influence of jazz music.

Jillian posts a comment on this blog the night of the festival.

Propel East 2nd Annual Arts Festival 2009/2010

Propel East 2nd Annual Arts Festival

Friday, May 14, 2010

6:00-9:00 pm

1611 Monroeville Avenue, Turtle Creek

Inspiration Museum

One exciting evening, featuring art and musical performances showcasing the talented students of Propel East. Over 800 pieces of art made by the 400+ students ranging in age from kindergarten to 8th grade will be displayed throughout the school alongside our permanent art installations. A busy schedule of musical performances will provide a soundtrack for Inspiration Museum, this year’s theme. Students studying piano and guitar in our instrumental music program will perform at scheduled times throughout the evening and our own student rock band “Kids in America” will provide an exciting finale to the event.

The Inspiration Museum features student art as well as an introduction to the artists that inspired it. Each project highlights a particular artist and a range of media and techniques. The National Standards for Visual Arts grades K – 8 require students to both: “understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures” and “reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.” This annual exhibition of student work highlights how our curriculum achieves both of these goals. Student docents will lead tours throughout the evening to underscore this learning.

Our art room, Studio 101, will feature artwork inspired by this year’s PSSA artist Romare Bearden. Each year during PSSA’s Art teacher Alison Babusci teaches every K – 6th grader about a Pennsylvania Super Sensational Artist. Romare Bearden has ties to our city and his childhood memories of Pittsburgh will mingle with our student’s impressions of their city. Bearden was especially well-known for his collages and we will have many student-made collages on display.

Beautiful fused glass jewelry and other crafts will also be featured at our festival in the artist market, ARTSMART. Festival attendees can stock up on unique gifts and support young artists at the same time.

1st Grade Blog Stars 2009/2010

1st grade artists learned about pointillism by studying works of art by Signac and Seurat.  They experimented with different brushstrokes to create these landscapes and seascapes.

Tony Reto:

Kenny Jordan:

Caitlyn Lucas:

 

Janii Nicholas:

Joshua DeLia:

5th Grade Blog Stars - Oaxcan inspired sculptures 2009/2010

Ryan Ash:

Laney Keys:

Ujinge Ikper:

Chase Calloway:

6th Grade Blog Stars 2009/2010

6th Grade artists studied masks form a variety of cultures from Africa to Japan.  They designed their own masks to represent a favorite animal or a blend of two or more different animals. 

They created these masks by manipulating paper to make it three-dimensional.

Jeremiah Ligon:

Ben Krings:

Ashley Francette:



Seraiah Green:

Weaving Blog Stars 2009/2010

Middles school artists used burlap to experiment with different weaving and stitching techniques.  They created these samplers and mounted them.

Amanda Ash:

Alex Berkeley:

Jessyka Wynn:

Tag Ikper:

Studio Art Blog Stars 2009/2010

Middles school artists have been exploring the basics of painting with acrylic paint. They studied light and shadow, brushstroke and color theory. 

Neal Ogburn:

Malayiah Jackson:

Acacia Davis:

Alex Gerdes:

4th Grade Blog Stars 2009/2010

4th grade artists studied architecture with Mrs. Mentzer.  They created these buildings from recycled off cuts from a local frame shop and studio.

Olivia Kunkel:

Austin Bacasa:

Torron Best:

Sarah LaTouche: