Extended exhibition celebration!

This year's elementary art exhibition was a great success (as always).  The artwork on display was full of imagination, creativity and a broad range of skills.  Thanks to all who joined us for the opening, the exhibition kicked off with a large and joyful celebration including families and friends admiring the exhibition and even creating some artwork of their own!  Creating and responding are two essential elements to understanding the visual arts. Throughout the week our young artists had many opportunities to respond to the wide variety of artwork on display.

They were able to share with family and friends at the opening, take notes and reflect on pieces that stood out to them during their art classes during the week, and include their creations of artefacts of their learning at student-led conferences.  They sketched and shared artwork that stood out to them with their peers and many were inspired to create pieces based on the ideas, techniques, and artwork they saw on display from other grades.

The exhibition was such a wonderful celebration of the ideas and talents of our students.  Each artist should be extremely proud! This year, to further extend the celebration in combination with the ASB Arts Festival, the displays were redistributed to new locations around the elementary school to continue the public display for a second week.

Finally, after two weeks of admiring our elementary artists' artwork, a selection of the artwork was transferred to the BKC campus for all to enjoy and see.  In exchange, a selection of middle school and high school pieces arrived on the ES campus for the younger students to respond to the types of artwork and skills they will be investigating in the higher grades. This is such a great opportunity for our community to exchange and celebrate the creativity across all grades, two campuses, and one school community! 

Art Exhibition is Coming!

Link to Photo Slideshow running during the exhibition (13 min of photos!):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2guXxnkj28

Background Music :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPf1W5LfsEk 

Art Anytime!

Artists are always thinking of creative ideas and drawing no matter where they are or what they do. Keeping a small sketchbook with you wherever you go can be one great way to keep track of all of your ideas and practice your skills.  Here are some artists from 3B sharing their stories of how they keep art part of their lives outside of the art room!

Emma and Lily have been working together to create colourful pictures from their imagination and inspired by a book they had seen. They coloured these two pictures during recess and in the morning. One is a picture of fairies and the other picture has mermaids. They are still enjoying free drawing for fun working on a cave drawing right now.

Jah and Sanjeet used their 20% time (time for students to explore their interests independently) to make art. They decided to make a marble painting after they talked over many different art ideas. This inspired many others in the class who tried the activity themselves. They had a lot of fun! They plan to use future 20% time on Fridays to explore art projects.

Isabella shared her sketchbook with us today in art. It is filled with drawings using pencils, markers, coloured pencils and more. She has had this book for a few years and draws in it when she sees something or has and idea to do something. She likes peaceful signs in art an warm colors.

How do you make ART a part of your life every day?!