The Global Cardboard Challenge

The Global Cardboard Challenge is an annual event presented by the Imagination Foundation, which celebrates children’s creativity and the role that communities can play in fostering it.  This event was inspired by the short film “Caine’s Arcade,” a story of a young boy’s cardboard creations.  This project encourages kids to collaborate, innovate and think outside the box.  Click here to learn more about the importance of creativity. 

Kindergarten paper sculptures

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A video posted by Nora (@artclass_allday) on May 27, 2015 at 7:24am PDT

I'm back!

After a brief stint at Waitsfield School and a lovely February break I am now back at Fayston until the end of the school year.  Mrs. Morse will now be covering my classes at Waitsfield for the rest of the year.  

I returned from maternity leave to find many wonderful lessons completed or in progress.

First and second graders created "Stick-Start Abstract Paintings." They used sticks to print abstract designs in black acrylic, then painted the white space with liquid watercolors. 

 

Third and fourth graders learned about the color wheel and complimentary colors.

They also created Picasso face collages.

Kindergarten artists also learned about Picasso and created Picasso Portraits. 

Click here to learn more about the progression of Picasso's portraits from realistic to abstract.

First and second graders created collages inspired by Jerry Uelsmann.

Fifth and sixth graders learned about Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.  They created buildings in Hundertwasser's architectural style. 

First and second graders painted green paper in different values and textures, then used these to create tree collages.

 

Thank you to the wonderful Kindergarten class for such a warm welcome back and a fabulous Dr. Seuss hat! 

Paper relief sculptures and photography

Fifth and sixth graders experimented with creating three-dimensional sculptures out of our most basis two-dimensional material : white drawing paper. We discussed different ways to create paper relief and then artists experimented with applying these techniques to their sculptures. We set up a photography station, using an overhead projector to supply a bright spotlight. Students used iPads and basic photo editing to capture different views of their sculptures.

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