MIDDLE SCHOOL ARTISTS:

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MIDDLE SCHOOL ARTISTS

• Thinking About, In and Through Art.

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EXPERIENCE with ART ELEMENTS

• Student artists in Wisconsin focused on tints.
  Tones and shades by creating monochromatic
  paintings inspired by aerial photos.

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EXPERIENCE with ART ELEMENTS
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EXPERIENCE with ART ELEMENTS
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TRYING TECHNIQUES
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TRYING TECHNIQUES
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TRYING TECHNIQUES
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TRYING TECHNIQUES
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TRYING TECHNIQUES
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CRAFT
Weavings from California students.
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CRAFT
Functional ceramics from students in New Jersey.
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RESEARCH
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RESEARCH
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TRIBUTES

• Students in Massachusetts designed
• rooms for someone whom they considered
• to be a hero.

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TRIBUTES
Oregon students used metal tins to create a
tribute to a classmate.
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RECORDING AND REMEMBERING EVENTS
Students in Slovenia Europe created an animation
about Troy
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RECORDING AND REMEMBERING EVENTS
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NEW PERSPECTIVES
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NEW PERSPECTIVES
Abstract aerial compositions from Georgia.
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CONSIDERING THE ORDINARY
Still life drawings from Maryland.
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CONSIDERING THE ORDINARY

• Students observe everyday objects and create
  contour drawings.
• Watercolors are added. Students are encouraged to
  experiment with the effects of the media

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OBSERVING
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OBSERVING
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EXPLORING SELF
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EXPLORING SELF
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EXPLORING SELF
Students as there animal from Michigan.
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OBSERVING
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OBSERVING THE FIGURE
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OBSERVING THE FIGURE
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OBSERVING THE FIGURE
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• I like creating art because I can focus and not
  think about anything else. I think art is one of
  the ways people can express how they feel and
  show their thoughts
• student
  artist

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EXPLORING EMOTIONS
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EXPRESSING EMOTION
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HEALING
Students in Minnesota respond to a huge flood
by the Red River.
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• If there was one thing I liked it would be
  color. I can mix the colors and make as many
  textures and colors as I want. I love how the
  colors are limitless and I love that our school
  provides teachers to help improve our artwork.
  No art work is terrible it is always creative in
  its own way.
• 8th grade artist

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HEALING
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IDEAS
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IDEAS
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CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
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CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
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CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
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CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
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CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
Table setting for Traditional Thanksgiving feast
in paper mache.
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CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
Visiting artists in Canada expose students to
traditional painting techniques and to the
culture.
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RECYCLING
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EXPLORING SELF

• Students in Maryland begin with the metaphor of
  Book as Self.
• The cover of the book is designed to represent
  their outer self.
• The inside cover is designed to represent their
  inner self.

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The I Am poem format aids in the development of
the inside cover.
EXPLORING SELF
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Prompts including Two-Sided Self Portrait guide
students in exploring the differing sides of
themselves.
EXPLORING SELF
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EXPLORING SELF
Autobiographical Altered Books from New Jersey
students
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EXPLORING SELF
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EXPLORING SELF
Self Portrait Ink I am often told to be smart,
or athletic, or good at the cello. I feel like I
must work harder to be good enough, but when I
build or draw, all of that pressure goes away. I
can just be for a little bit and know I am okay
just the way I am.
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EXPLORING SELF

• Sheets of acetate are used for monotype print
  self-portraits. Students made colored pencil
  drawing of a favorite place or activity. The
  leftover acetate is then layered over the image
  to create a Double Self-Portrait.

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EXPLORING SELF
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EXPLORING SELF

• Personal clay totem pole. 
• We talk about totem poles, what they are made of
  and what they represent.  The students then
  create a personal totem pole.  They can choose a
  theme of something they like or just make it all
  about themselves. 

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EXPLORING SELF
personal symbol necklaces created in clay
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EXPLORING SELF

• Students in Maryland created Metaphoric Self
  Portraits

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EXPLORING SELF

• Students in Illinois create expressions of
  themselves with the use of symbols or objects
  that reflect their interests, hobbies, or hopes
  as a kaleidoscope design.

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• Art is made of love, heart, creation and
  feelings, you go deep inside to find an artist of
  beautiful creation. A creation from an artist
  isn't just a drawing, or a painting but a feeling
  or a thing that lives inside. Art is creations
  from people's hearts. Art brings out personality
  and love. Art is the feeling of Joy.
• 6th grade artist

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SHARING and CRITIQUE
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SCHOOL COMMUNITY
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SCHOOL COMMUNITY
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SCHOOL COMMUNITY
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ADVOCATING

• The Art Through the Generations exhibit brought
  together K-12 and community artists of all ages
  in Lacey Township, NJ.

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ADVOCATING

• As an art educator your responsibilities extend
  beyond the classroom. Advocating for art, for
  your students and for your program is important.
• Youth Art Month is an amazing program that will
  support your efforts and use them on the state
  and national levels.

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• I like art because art is there and there are
  no rules. Just draw what I think. Art is fun
  and it sets me free. Art is a way to find my
  style and dreams. Art is my life.
• 8th grade artist

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MIDDLE SCHOOL ARTISTS

• Thinking About, In and Through Art.

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