Did your family view the eclipse on April 8, 2024?
We studied Alma Thomas's "The Eclipse" painting in art class recently. Thomas was inspired to paint this piece after viewing the total solar eclipse on March 7, 1970. https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/eclipse-24007 Does Thomas's "Eclipse" painting feel more important or meaningful to you? Are you inspired to make art about the solar eclipse? Or are you inspired to make art about other events happening around the world and in our community? 👏🏆👏👏🏆👏👏🏆👏👏🏆👏👏🏆 Congratulations to our FIVE SpongeBob Cover Art Contest winners! Eagles voted for five designs to promote Encinal's SpongeBob musical on April 25-27, 2024. The WINNERS of the SpongeBob Cover Art Contest are: 5th grade- Anushka Amar (left) 4th grade- Tommy Brock 3rd grade- Adam Chengly 2nd grade- Samantha Napoli (right) 1st grade- Matthew Rangel (bottom center) 👏🏆👏👏🏆👏👏🏆👏👏🏆👏👏🏆 👏 A special recognition is extended to SEVEN more designs (totaling TWELVE artists). Honorable mention goes to the following artists: 5th grade -Libby London, Katherine Loewke, Maayan Ginossar (top left) -Charlie May -Zoe Paulson, Alice Kekalo 4th grade- Isabelle Gobbato, Lili Ruiz, Aelia May (top right) 3rd grade- Emma Ruby Lee (bottom left) 2nd grade- David Maldonado 1st grade- Sana Torabi (bottom right) 👏
SpongeBob Musical Cover Art Contest!
Calling all student artists! Don’t miss this chance to have your artwork featured on the promotional material for this year’s musical, SpongeBob!!! All students are welcome, you do not need to be part of the cast to have your work featured. Your art can range from character illustration to story elements to poster design - the possibilities are endless! Submission: Draw your creation on an 8.5x11 standard sheet of paper, PORTRAIT (VERTICAL) style. Write your full name and your teacher’s name clearly on the BACK (First and Last Name). Use any medium. When & Where: Submit your art by 3 pm, Friday, March 15th to the Encinal front office or scan your creation and email it to Stephanie Noon [email protected] Who: All Encinal TK-5 The winner will be decided by the end of March. So, grab your sketch pads and start creating! Good luck and have fun! These are currently on display just outside the art room. Enjoy our paintings we created in the style of Alma Thomas. Instructions on how to contribute to the virtual Pottery Show and Tell:
Click on this link: Padlet - Pottery Show and Tell. Then click the + blue plus sign to add a photograph or short video of your pottery and family story (or just title the piece & your family name). Choose the country you'd like to highlight or just click on the USA and perhaps the region your family feels most connected to. Many may click on the SF Bay Area! If a child's face is in a photo or video please message Stephanie Noon on ParentSquare to give permission for this post. All posts will need to be approved by Mrs. Noon before they are public. K-5th grade artists will be making pottery in November in art class. *Note: children should not bring pottery from home to school. Virtual sharing of pottery is preferred so fragile pottery from home is not broken at school. Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist, is known as the Princess of Dots. This October, K-5 Encinal artists are exploring dot art like the 94 year old painter and installation artist. Kusama's art exhibition just opened at the SFMOMA https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/yayoi-kusama-infinite-love/ How do you pronounce your name? Do you have any pets? What are your favorite books? These are some of the conversations we had in art class as we started creatively drawing our names and adding pictures on a small strip of paper. Our inspiration was the book, Yefferson, Actually, which is part of Encinal’s Community Read initiative.
At Encinal, Empathy is one of our Learner Aims and this Art unit gives us practice in this area. Students observed how just one paper link could be combined with many others to make a beautiful installation. Kindergarten and 1st grade students were in for a treat when their individual art was connected to the others in the class to make a paper chain (thank you parent helpers). 2nd-5th graders worked together to form a plan, revise it and then build the collaborative paper art together. We had diverse outcomes as some classes created a letter from their links, a shape, a pattern, a toucan and even some candy. One 5th grader exclaimed while he worked with friends to build the toucan’s feathers, "This is the best art project ever!” The Community Read is spearheaded by Michelle Betancourt (Encinal’s Instructional Coach) and sponsored by the MPAEF (through a Jeanie Ritchie grant). Art class is taught by Stephanie Noon. Enjoy the art when you visit the classrooms and you can view more on Seesaw and the Encinal Art Website encinalart.weebly.com/gallery-6.html Click here for more contest information.
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