Glass Fusing & Wearable Art Blog Stars 2009/2010

Our students are really enjoying the glass kiln and the new glass fusing projects. In March we sold glass jewelry to raise almost $800 for Haiti earthquake relief! Way to go middle school artists. Another gorgeous fused glass creation:

Kevin Matiyasic:

These bird silkscreens will become part of an art installation that will be unveiled at our Propel East Arts Festival May 14, 2010! We will post pictures of the finished product.

Matt Mullen:

Stephanie Orwig:

Middle school artists also used their new silk screening skills to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis. At a fundraiser on March 4th we sold tee shirts with original designs printed on them. According to the Cystic Fibrosis foundation "65 Roses" is what some children with cystic fibrosis (CF) call their disease because the words are much easier for them to pronounce. This inspired the design below.

Jade Jackson:

4th Grade Blog Stars 2009/2010

4th grade artists were given the challenge to choose something round that they could turn into a 3D soft sculpture. Artists used acrylic paints and muslin. Ms. Babusci did the sewing.

White Tiger by Ryan Martin:

Hamburger by Jillian Ferguson:

Color Wheel by Izzy Mangretta:

Disco Man by Justin Rawlings:

3rd Grade Blog Stars 2009/2010

Weaving is the textile art in which two distinct sets of yarns are interlaced with each other to form a fabric. Third grade explored weaving on a small wooden loom to create a multi-colored "Kente" cloth after reading "Seven Spools of Thread" and African tale of brothers who must cooperate to transform their thread in to gold.

Sebastien Pamphile:

Hailea Mort:

Frank Pelligrino:

Jhade Heidelberg:

2nd Grade Blog Stars 2009/2010

These paintings were inspired by the book Tar Beach by Faith Ringold. In the story a little girl named Cassie imagines she is flying over NYC, her apartment building and the George Washington bridge. We imagined we were flying over the city of Pittsburgh and all of its bridges. Students used tempera paints, Sharpies, colored pencils and their imaginations to create these paintings.

Steven Hopkins:

Jillian Lehosky:

In 2nd grade artists in Studio 101 focus on line in many of their art explorations. The relief printmaking process utilizes line to create texture and contrast. Artists chose an animal to represent in their prints and they carved styrofoam printing plates. Each artist made two prints, a monoprint using washable markers and damp paper and a black ink print using more traditional printmaking methods.

Mia Catone

"Cat" monoprint and ink print:

Jonathan Parker

"Dolphin" and printing plate pictured

Kindergarten Blog Stars 2009/2010

This fantastic picture book is a favorite in my classroom. We can all relate to this tale at one time or another. The students laughed through the story and then were inspired to create their own Grumpy Birds.

Andreina Taylor:

Nathan Parasky:

Jordan Burke:

Izzy McGeorge: