Archive for December, 2008

More Art Show Selections!

Here are a few more selections for our 2009 Hudsonville Public School Art Show – congratulations Georgetown Artists!    

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2009 Student Art Show Selections

Recent Selections for Hudsonville Public School’s 2009 Spring Art Show!  These Georgetown Elementary masterpieces were created by our Kindergarten through 5th Grade artists.  

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SIX NEW 2009 ART SHOW SELECTIONS!

Hudsonville’s 2009 Spring Art Show is scheduled for April 27-May 01, 2009 at Park Elementary’s Community Room.  Here are six new additions to the art show, clay projects created by our Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade artists! Clay Turtles, Screaming Fish, and Tea Cups!  

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Time and Talent Hour with Mrs. Brouwer!

Two fabulous Georgetown artists recently bid on a chance to create a special art project with Mrs. Brouwer.  Proceeds earned from our staff “Time and Talent” auction were donated to the Grace Thatcher Foundation. Erica and Analicia enjoyed lunch in the art room and created clay turkeys, owls, and bowls to take home.  They each [...]

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Mini Mona Lisas

Artists in Grade 3 have just finished learning about one of the most famous works of art in the world, Leonardo daVinci’s “Mona Lisa”.  They learned that daVinci was an artist, an inventor, a scientist, and an engineer! We discussed the Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile and learned about daVinci’s trick to draw her eyes so [...]

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Turtles and Tea Cups!

Kindergarten and First Grade artists recently finished their clay projects in the art room. Our kinders learned how to make a pinch pot, (roll a ball and stick your thumb in and pinch the edges!) and then created teacups and saucers using their newly learned pinch pot technique.  Afterwards we read “Miss Spider’s Tea Party” [...]

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Scenes from the art room!

Look what we’ve been up to in the art room….  

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What’s in YOUR locker??

When does the usual look UNUSUAL? When is something real but NOT REAL? Fifth Grade artists recently studied the Surrealism art movement and viewed the strange, dream-like art of Surrealist Salvadore Dali. Then we tried our hand at making the ordinary look strange in the Surrealist style; we took a little field trip to our [...]

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2009 Student Art Show

Our Ninth Annual Student Art Show will be held April 27 through May 1st, 2009. Our show features selected works of art from Hudsonville’s K-12 students, including 95 pieces from our own Georgetown Elementary artists. Check out our most recent art show masterpieces!  

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Exploring Alexander Calder

  Fourth Grade artists have been learning about American sculptor Alexander Calder.  We worked in groups to build small stabile (standing) 3-D sculptures, and then drew our works of art!  

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