Images of 2006-07 Art Club Events

Here are sample images from 2006-07 Middle School Art Club activities. Listed from top to bottom see..."pinch pots" (hand-building with clay), "paper mache mask-making," "cardboard loom construction and weaving," and "printmaking" (Styrofoam plate). Art Club welcomes new members year-round! Admission is FREE! Fund-raisers help support the cost of materials. We often seek donation or recycling opportunities to create art. We also strive to make a positive difference in our school and community through art. See "Art Club Open Invitation" Post on this blog. Meetings are at 3:05 p.m. on the last Thursday of each month in Mrs. Pierson's Middle School Art Room. Have fun, make friends, and create!

Taking Museum Requests...

Students enrolled in 7-8th grade art may request to attend an upcoming gallery tour of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City) or St. Louis Art Museum. Funds and time will allow for a trip to only one of these destinations on Friday, May 16th, 2008. Transportation will leave from the Middle School parking lot at exactly 7 a.m. and return to the same spot by 8 p.m. Students will bring a sack lunch and may bring extra cash for breakfast and dinner at inexpensive stops. Additional funding for the trip will be provided by art program fund-raising and the school. Please view a link to each museum located in "Mrs. Pierson's Favorite Links." Vote for the museum that you want to visit on the Poll at the bottom of Mrs. Pierson's Art Blog.

Potential New Art Classes!

The 2008-2009 School Year may bring exciting, new classes to the Art curriculum. Express an interest and support progression of art education in your school by enrolling in these classes! If enrollment requirements are met the courses will be open to 9th-12th graders and co-taught by Mrs. Pierson and Mrs. Holland. AP credit may be earned by Juniors and Seniors who participate.

Course Description: "Diversity in the Arts" - Experience the works of diverse contemporary artists, who have persevered and obtained successes while alive and thriving in the art world. Trained and self taught, professional artists will be introduced through personal workshops, demonstrations, slide lectures, modern text, Internet research, PowerPoint presentations, virtual and/or real gallery tours. Celebrate the differences of these modern creators, gain exposure, and broaden your life experience through their art, stamina, and spirit!

Course Description: "Art and Technology" - Make great strides in your digital portfolio next year with qualitative and quantitative technological artwork. Students will be offered experience in modern software programs and with relevant equipment to enhance work in graphic design, freelance, computer imaging, and animation. Such programs will commensurate with entry level university courses. Open your mind to advanced possibilities of art and technology!

Art Club Open Invitation

HEY...Prospective Students!
This is your opportunity to participate and express yourself in personal, campus, and community art projects if you are a student and unable to enroll in an art class. Art Club meets the last Thursday of every month at 3:05 p.m. in Mrs. Pierson's Middle School Art Room. Students are welcome to start attending anytime during the year! Upcoming events for the 2008 school year include the following:

Campus Arts Exposition (February 2008)
Students and teachers participate in a campus-sponsored all arts "happening." Participation of all art forms is encouraged: theater, prose, music, dance, art, etc. Feel welcome to join us in the art room for this unforgettable, exciting event. Meet others who are interested in art in its various forms. Experience the talents of peers and teachers. Refreshments served. Admission FREE!

Recycling Drive (March 2008)
Students will probe houses and community to gather recyclable materials to be used in improvisational and/or collaborative art projects. Bring found objects and materials to meeting. Projects to be announced.

Community Invite (April 2008)
Students will collaborate with members of the community in a site-specific, local mural. A local coffee shop will donate 8' x 10' interior wall space for this endeavor. Students and community members should submit full-color, 8" x 10" ideas that promote the "Arts & Community" for the mural at the April meeting. Owners of the coffee shop will judge winning idea. Painting of the mural will occur in scheduled increments with Mrs. Pierson, community, and Art Club members.

Library Exhibition (May 2008)
Art Club will participate in an exhibition at the Fair Grove Branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library. This show will be culmination of art production from Art Club events (Fall 2007-Spring 2008). Opening reception to be announced.

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