Traveling Art

Last week we had the privilege of sending another Georgetown work of art to our friends from our Sister School in Raey Guang, Taiwan.

This is our third piece of artwork that has traveled to Taiwan – we hope our friends enjoy this Still Life that was created by 5th Grader Matthew.  Matthew shared that the best part about his “Still Life With Zentangles” was that after learning how to draw zentangles, he created his own zentangle designs to add to his piece.

Congratulations, Matthew!

 

More of these Zentangle Still Life pieces can be found in our Artsonia Student Gallery!

Raey Guang – Georgetown Student Artwork Exchange

June 2010 marked the beginning of our very first student art exchange with our sister school, Raey Guang, in Pingtung, Taiwan!  We will continue our new tradition each year by sending one of our student pieces to Taiwain and eagerly awaiting a return piece of artwork created by a Raey Guang student.

Our first piece from Georgetown Elementary was created by 2nd Grade artist Jordyn.  Jordyn used many bright colors and careful shading to create her happy, cheerful Green Robot.  We felt her piece would make our friends from Taiwan smile every time they looked at it.

Jordyn's Green RobotThe artwork we received from Raey Guang was created by Yun-Chang Hsieh from Grade 1.  The title is “Raey guang’s White Castle”.  Here’s what Yun-Chang wrote about the White Castle piece:  “Every morning as I get to the school, I see Raey Guang’s white castle that makes me energetic and vigorous.  Many beautiful butterflies fly around the campus.  They make Raey Guang even livelier.  I am so happy to grow and learn in Raey Guang!”

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I made an extra copy of Jordyn’s Green Robot so that we could frame both pieces and hang them in a special spot at Georgetown.  Can’t wait to see them framed and hanging in our school!

Going Back….

As the new school year approaches, I realized that I forgot to tell you about our June visitors from our sister school  in Pingtung, Taiwan,  Raey Guang!  Here’s a little recap from the art room.

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Here we are at Meijer Gardens.

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This is Helen, who stayed overnight at my home – I wish her visit could have lasted longer!

Felt Pins Be Nice Work Hard Learn Well

Here are the felt pins that Georgetown artists made as gifts for our friends from Taiwan; we wrote our school motto on the cards too.

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Our Georgetown students are excited about some special guests that are coming to our school in June – elementary students from our sister school at Raey Guang in Pingtung City, Taiwan! Some of our students are blog pen-pals and have been learning all about life in Taiwan.

Our art students wanted to create a special gift for our guests.  The challenge: create something small and lightweight that would easily fit into a small suitcase filled with other treasures accumulated during the trip to the United States.  And of course, our gift should be really cool too!

Our fourth grade artists were inspired by the fabric story quilts created by Faith Ringgold….and our little wearable art pins made from felt scraps, sequins, and tacky glue are the result.

Here are a few….I love them, don’t you?  Our artists made two pins – one to keep, and one to give as a gift.

Fourth Grade Felt Pins

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Fourth Grade Felt Pins

Fourth Grade Felt Pins

Hudsonville Artists Recognized at School Board Meeting

Four Hudsonville Elementary students were recognized Thursday night by our School Board for their outstanding artwork that was included in the 40th World School Children’s Art Exhibition.

Georgetown’s Shari and Aubrey, along with Bauer’s Elaina and Corrinne have their artwork on display in Taiwan through September 20th as a part of the World School Art Exhibition.  The exhibition showcases student art from all over the world in an effort to promote understanding and friendship between children through the exchange of their artwork.

It truly is an honor to be included in the exhibition – this year’s show included entries from over 100,000 students worldwide, with 30,000 pieces accepted for display.   The portrait submitted by Bauer’s Elaina also received a Silver Award in the show!

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World School Children’s Art Exhibition

Exciting News!  Last April I had the opportunity to submit five works of art created by our Georgetown students in the 40th Annual World School Children’s Art Exhibition.

This exhibition is held each August at the National Taiwan Arts Education Center in Taipei, Republic of China, and features children’s artwork from all over the world.

TWO of our student pieces were selected for display in the exhibition – Aubrey’s “Happy Robot” and Shari’s “Winter Pine”.

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Selection for the Taiwan exhibition is a great honor and our Georgetown artists deserve congratulations for their hard work!  Their pieces were selected from over 30,000 submissions (yes, thirty thousand!) from 53 countries.   Aubrey and Shari will be given a “Certificate of Merit” sent to me from the Republic of China for their participation in the Exhibition.   Congratulations, Georgetown Artists!

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We were also sent a beautiful catalog that contains color images of the World School pieces that were awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in the competition.  It will be on display in the art room….stop in for a look at the award winning artwork created by children living in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bolivia, Brunei….and 47 other countries!

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