NAEA National Convention

This past week, I was able to attend the NAEA National Confernce in Chicago with the entire Pecatonica School District Art Department!  It was so reaffirming in how our students are experiencing art in the Dragonfly Studio! 

I also made a couple new friends in the comic convention in McCormick Place!

This is Cassie Stephens blogger, "What the Art Teacher Wore."  She's famous in my world!

Rockford Art Museum 75th Young Artist Show

Five students at Pecatonica Elementary will have their artworks on display at the Rockford Art Museum's 75th Young Artist Show.  The show opening is on Sunday, April 10th from 1-3pm.  The 75th Young Artist Show runs through May 8.

Pictured (left to right):  Fiona Handy, Emma Daly, Jaxon Diedrich, Tyler Bird and Morgan Greenberg

We also have a new date set for our elementary school art show!  

May 5th from 5-7pm

Leather Stamping Old School Style

Third and fourth grade students have been experiencing leather stamping, thanks to some generous donations a couple years ago!  

Many are so engaged they didn't want to stop for a photo!

Kindergarten friends had stations set up for making aliens after listening to Aliens Love Underpants.  

This week we will cut up our painted papers! 

Due to the announcement of the 5th Grade Wax Museum and being a parent to a 5th grader on April 28th, we will be rescheduling the Art Show to another night.  I will post it as soon as Mrs. Brockway, Mrs. Hickman and I can confirm a new date.  Thanks for your understanding!

Author Day Fun!

Last Wednesday, the students spent the morning in a rotation of activities on fractured fairy tales.  These are known fairy tales, but with a different spin or twist.  

The Specialist teachers had the story,  The True Story of the Three Pigs (from the wolf's perspective).  This whole huff and puff was just a misunderstanding as he had a cold and was simply looking to borrow a cup of sugar.  The children wrote stories about why the wolf should go free and drew a picture in the gym.