Sock it to Me

sock it to me winners

Sketchbook: Word to Draw About Each Week

***YOU CHOOSE what materials to use and what to draw. *** 

Valueing Value

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Everyartist Live October 29th at Riverview Middle

“ The greatest scientists are artists as well.” Albert Einstein 

“Creativity is not a concept, it's like any skill: a disposition you have to nurture."Steve Jobs

October 29th, 2015      Everyartist Live!

 This is an annual day celebrating the importance of creativity. Hundreds of thousands of students all over the world on one day will create art about "What Fuels Your Creativity? and their art will be uploaded and exhibited at the Houston Museum of Art

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Riverview Middle's Art Gallery for Everyartist Live 

Why does creativity matter?
Research shows that involvement with the creative arts increases our capacity to
innovate as children and adults.
Creative arts are shown to increase, motivation, cooperation, and self-esteem.
Kids initiate their creative thinking abilities before they even develop reading, writing,
or arithmetic skills. It is creativity that drives innovation in everything… creativity is
what moves people to new ideas and advancements.
• Participation in the arts improves problem solving abilities.
• Creativity is shown to increase motivation, cooperation, and self-esteem
• A movement called STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) to STEAM
is emerging. STEAM adds Art+ Design into STEM. We want to get ahead of the
curve.
• The workforce of the future is facing complex problems that will require
creativity and innovation to solve.

Color Cookie Quiz or Edible Art

color cookie quiz art gallery Artsonia

Sculpture unit:: 2D guitar or 2D/3D person, 3D letter

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first choice project: 3D letter

first sketch your letter

or second choice project 2D guitar

Paper Guitars on Artsonia

or third choice project: Person sculpture in Motion

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Valentines Day projects: HeART ART ART....

Artsonia Heart Lollipop gallery

 

• What can you make with 2 pipe cleaners and a round lollipop? 
• Photograph your concoction on Artsonia and eat or give to someone.
• Most Creative/unique will win a prize in each class.

 For the first 2 weeks in February we will be making art with hearts. There are circle, squares, triangles, stars and for 2 weeks heARTS.....in clay, painted and finally edible art candy wrapper.

ASSIGNMENT:
1. How do you mix different colors with just the primary colors? Experiment!
Draw a picture with just hearts. Fill the watercolor paper with hearts of different sizes and paint each heart a different color that you mix from red, yellow and blue.

2. Draw YOUR Valentine Candy bar wrapper, color, cut out, put the chocolate bar in the wrapper and photograph.

3.Clay heart coil coasters
candy bar wrappers Pinterest Board
heart art pinterest board
heart painting/drawing Pinterest Board

The 10 "Best" in the Art Room

1. Memory project portraits sent to Paraguay, Nepal and Nicaragua orphans 
Nepal Portraits
Paraguay portraits
Nicaragua portraits

2. 7 new iPads through Donors Choose

3. 2 new art classes started:

ceramics

animation

4. mosaic started after 3 years of planning

5. National Junior Art Honor Society first year at Riverview
NJAHS page

6. The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) announces the selection of Mrs Baldauf/Riverview Middle to complete a pilot of a Model Cornerstone Assessment in the new media art standard for 8th grade.

7. 3 articles excepted to be published in School Arts Magazine
1. " 2 classrooms in 1"
2. "Graffiti Mosaic"
3.  "Clay Bowls"

8. Baldauf Blogart (digital classroom) started.

9. 600 art pieces in the Contra Costa County Fair 

10. Students photograph their own art creating a digital portfolio on Artsonia.