“Art@SMOS is a program of St. Margaret of Scotland Parish School that mobilizes the vibrant resources of school and Shaw neighborhood communities’ to fill a need. This parent-led, volunteer/faculty collaboration increases art exposure for K – 8th grade students at St. Margaret of Scotland School in lieu of dedicated art faculty.”
~ From SNIA Helping Hands Grant application, deadline June 1, 2013
2012-2013WRAP-UP
“THERE IS A DRAGON IN EACH OF US.
It waits within consciousness like a dragon sleeping beneath the surface of a pool.
A whispered prayer, a cry, a breeze can rouse it from the depths.
The dragon comes in dreams; it comes in the waking day.”
~ Lawrence Yap, American Dragons
IN THE END…
Library display, May 2013: 4th Grade Shadow Boxes
Parent-led Visual Arts program for K – 8th
* volunteer/faculty collaboration ** Community-building, community-dependent, community-responsive *
Innovative * growing * Creative * Skills-building
* REACHING…inward, outward, upward *
WHAT IS ART@SMOS
?
…IT’S THE BEGINNING THAT COUNTS…
Historic Shaw Art Fair, October 2012: 39 entries representing all grades, PreK-8
EVERY SMOS CHILD REACHED THROUGH PEACE CRANE PROJECT
OVER 40 VOLUNTEERS MADE THIS HAPPEN…* 17 classroom teachers in 9 homerooms* 6 mount & hang regulars + special teams* Grant specialists, internet trollers, library cataloguers, gallery curators, brochure designer, field trip
researchers, faculty/staff mentors/helpers, materials donors, artists, educators, guest speakers, coordinator, photographers, advocates… THE LIST GOES ON …
Clockwise from above: Hanging art at Shaw; teaching crane making; telling the story of the Peace Crane; Andy Goldsworthy-inspired sculpture…on a tree branch!
VOLUNTEERS MAKE ART@SMOS HAPPEN…* 17 classroom teachers in 9 homerooms* 6 mount & hang regulars + special teams* Grant specialists, internet trollers, library cataloguers, gallery curators, brochure designer, field trip
researchers, faculty/staff mentors/helpers, materials donors, artists, educators, guest speakers, coordinator, photographers, advocates… HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Clockwise from above: Hanging art at Shaw; teaching crane making; telling the story of the Peace Crane; Andy Goldsworthy-inspired sculpture…on a tree branch!
DRAGONS WILL CONSTANTLY AMAZE YOU…
…& OUR STUDENTS ARE AMAZING!!! A LOOK AT ART@SMOS CLASSROOM WORK, K-4TH
Self-portraits, Kindergarten
“My personal best was paper cranes because I like it so much and I made it with my buddy.”
“My favorite was stained glass window with pencils because we went up the stairs to be higher up in church.”
“Portfolio was my personal best because I had to scribble
and make it explode. There’s a little thing that exploded.”
“Bugs was my personal best because we got to rip
paper & I’m the best person at ripping paper.”
“Colored pencils of stained glass was my favorite because my family is holy and this is very holy.”
“My least favorite was Starry Night because I tried to make these perfect circles but I didn’t do it well & tried to mix colors but it didn’t really work.”“Mondrian was my least
favorite because it didn’t really make any sense.”
MORE KINDERGARTEN
Mount & Hang teams regularly adorned school walls with every participating student’s work & in the cafeteria Gallery
1ST GRADE… ART OF STAINED GLASS FIELD TRIP & MARKER ARTWITH SPECIAL GUESTS FR. O’TOOLE, ARTIST/HISTORIAN & KATHLEEN FISCHER OF EMIL FREI STAINED GLASS STUDIOS
1st grade stained glass inspired art in marker
1ST GRADE
“My favorite was Andy
Goldsworthy. It just put this
thing, this energy inside
me and it went everywhere
inside my body! I don’t how that
happened…”
“I wish we made masks you could wear.”
“I never knew masks could be flat on paper!”
“I never drew something like
overlapping leaves before. I
never thought to draw two things
touching; I always drew
them right next to each other.”
2ND GRADE… COMPLEMENTING THE AWESOME ART TEACHING OF FACULTY MRS. HOFFMAN
“Anything else about your year in art? Not really. I noticed you were the only one to use Chinese characters in your Miro. Why? Oh, my sister and I were looking on the internet and found them. Did you copy them and bring them in? Yes. (Pause). They all mean something… love, joy, and numbers…that one means “8” for my age, and “2005,” the year I was born…”
3RD GRADE (MRS. FINNEGAN’S CLASS)
Self-portraits (paint, tissue paper),Hung above west stairwell to 2nd floor, old building
MORE 3RD “Well, ok, you can take a picture. But I’LL hold it. You have to be very careful with it; it’s fragile.”
4TH GRADE: ALWAYS OFF-THE PAGE & OUTSTANDING
• Practiced curriculum integration…With focus on Missouri artists ahead of 4th grade trip to Jefferson City capitol with murals
• Enhanced Open House “Raising the standards” wall with ink church drawings
• Replicated the Missouri map, student-by-student, inspired by Annie’s aunt-artist
ALL-SCHOOL YOUTH ART MONTH CELEBRATION:PEACE CRANES
“I will write peace on
your wings and you
will fly all over the world.”~ Sadako Sasaki,Age 12
Special thank you to Tina Bailey & Mary Beth Bussen who led us through this
adventure!
2012-13 ACCOMPLISHMENTS• New tools… Portfolios, End-of-Year
Portfolio Reviews
• More space: a bigger cabinet
(that we’ve outgrown…)
• Fewer general meetings more frequent, focused subcommittee meetings (e.g. grade level planning meetings, Grants and YAM planning cmtes)
• 100% increase in showing at Historic Shaw Art Fair!• New school-wide event: Youth Art Month’s Peace Cranes Project involved all
students…to “wows” & “whoas”
• Fundraising for Art Coordinator underway! Will submit 1st grant by June 1st + contest submission by May 31st (Jen Kav & 5th grade), with supportive match from school by 2014-15
• Other????
YOU are the change we wish to see…it is happening…
THANK YOU so very much!!!!
JOIN ART@SMOS TODAY!Art@SMOS needs volunteers now who can:
___Share their appreciation & enthusiasm
for visual art with students & community!
___Help display & photograph
student artwork (very flexible!)
___Team-teach/assist with art lessons –
art or teaching backgrd. helpful
___Assist with special school art events
___Grant writing/Fundraising for visual arts
For more info:
YOUR TURN, MAMA & PAPA DRAGONS………..
•What did we do well?•How can we improve?•Do it again next year???
