Showing posts with label collaborative project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label collaborative project. Show all posts
Monday, April 4, 2016
5th grade life cycle clay tile mural with visiting artist
5th grade students from the 2012-2013 class worked with visiting artist Ileana Barbou to create a public art piece for Crest View Elementary. The 5th grade classes each created a relief clay tile piece inspired by the theme of life cycles. Students learned new techniques while also integrated their classroom studies of plant life cycles.
Visiting Fiber Artist Julie Ireland
All 4th grade students worked with visiting fiber artist, Julie Ireland, to create an amazing community quilt map. The quilt will be on display at the Dairy Center for the Arts and is now a public art piece in our school which represents strength in community. We titled this Crest View Strong.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Cultural Identity Mural collaborative art project with Crest View & New Vista HS
Crest View students collaborated with 30 high school students from New Vista High School to create a Cultural Identity Mural. The murals our now installed in Crest View Elementary cafeteria.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Art of Migration and why birds matter.
Each August I start off the school year doing an installation project with all my students from grades K-5. This year in Boulder there is a community event called the 2nd annual Americas Latino Eco Festival, my students are making artwork for the K-12 Art Eco Festival Exhibit. The Americas Latino Eco-Festival (ALEF) was designed to promote environmental awareness among American Latino audiences and create a platform for dialogue and mobilization for a just society to ensure that everyone has access to a healthy environment.
Each student drew a migratory bird and we installed over 600 birds in the front hallway. Birds have been a great source of inspiration for people all over the world and throughout time. Artists of all kinds have used birds in their paintings, stories, for their music and even in fashion. Different aspects of birds - their colorful feathers, brilliant songs and their ability to fly across the globe - are all represented in art. This art project celebrates the continuing relationship between migratory birds and people. The relationship between birds and people has always been a special one, and the closer one looks at these valuable associations, the greater these connections seem to become. Throughout time and across cultures humans have relied on birds, be it to supply food, to deliver messages, or to serve as symbols of power and prestige.
Each student drew a migratory bird and we installed over 600 birds in the front hallway. Birds have been a great source of inspiration for people all over the world and throughout time. Artists of all kinds have used birds in their paintings, stories, for their music and even in fashion. Different aspects of birds - their colorful feathers, brilliant songs and their ability to fly across the globe - are all represented in art. This art project celebrates the continuing relationship between migratory birds and people. The relationship between birds and people has always been a special one, and the closer one looks at these valuable associations, the greater these connections seem to become. Throughout time and across cultures humans have relied on birds, be it to supply food, to deliver messages, or to serve as symbols of power and prestige.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Selfie Expression: Who Am I? Images
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Selfie-Expression: Who Am I?
Boulder’s Crestview Elementary 5th grade Graduates celebrate their strengths in Selfie-Expression at The Dairy Center for the Arts . Public reception will be held July 22nd 4:30-6:00pm
The Dairy Center for the Arts announces the installation of a positive self-image project undertaken this spring by 5thBoulder’s Crestview Elementary School. Students’ photographic self-portraits and writings comprise the exhibit Selfie-Expression: Who Am I? The work will be on display at The Dairy through July 31, 2014. A pubic reception for the students will be held at The Dairy at 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22nd
In words from the exhibit, these students feel they have progressed, “... since their frightened kindergarten days from awkwardness to confidence, from confusion to self-determination.” The photographs are a cut above the usual cell phone selfie. Photographer Benjamin Buren of Boulder’s Alive Art Studios, worked with the students, setting up professional equipment and encouraging them to play with poses. The students themselves then “clicked” the camera on themselves at moments of their own choosing.
Boulder physician and Crestview parent Rohini Kanniganti conceptualized and developed the project, in collaboration with a Crestview team including Jessica Bernstein, Charlie Wright, Ned Levine, the parents and volunteers of Reach Out Crestview, and the 5th grade teachers. John Molinare of Rock Bottom Press provided printing and mounting services. Other assistance, including volunteer time and/or funding for the project, was provided by Marc Plinke, Amy Shoffner, Kim Friel, Susan Enfield, Sitha Plinke, Charlotte Buren and Layla Enfield.
To label their photos and describe themselves with a positive attribute, the students wrote statements about positive qualities they see and love in themselves. According to the writing that accompanies the exhibit, “Here’s how we did it: We drew ourselves as icebergs. The tip of the iceberg, the part above the water, is our name, our physical appearance, our nationality, anything you can see on the outside. The rest of the iceberg, the largest part that is underwater, we saw as containing our inner qualities we are proud of... our true identity. What would you write inside your iceberg? What qualities do you see in yourself that you like or love? Can you imagine introducing yourself to someone as that quality, rather than using your name? Hi, I am smart. Hi, I am loving. Hi, I am ...”
The Dairy Center for the Arts is a non-profit cultural organization housed in the historic Watts Hardy Dairy building at 26ths home to three visual art galleries, three live performance venues, the Boedecker Theater, an art house cinema and 12 other arts organizations that teach, rehearse and perform there. The Dairy’s Mission is, “... to provide the Boulder and surrounding communities diverse opportunities to create, learn, and participate in high quality performing, cinematic, and visual arts experiences.”
The Dairy Center for the arts is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Dairy Center for the Arts announces the installation of a positive self-image project undertaken this spring by 5thBoulder’s Crestview Elementary School. Students’ photographic self-portraits and writings comprise the exhibit Selfie-Expression: Who Am I? The work will be on display at The Dairy through July 31, 2014. A pubic reception for the students will be held at The Dairy at 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22nd
In words from the exhibit, these students feel they have progressed, “... since their frightened kindergarten days from awkwardness to confidence, from confusion to self-determination.” The photographs are a cut above the usual cell phone selfie. Photographer Benjamin Buren of Boulder’s Alive Art Studios, worked with the students, setting up professional equipment and encouraging them to play with poses. The students themselves then “clicked” the camera on themselves at moments of their own choosing.
Boulder physician and Crestview parent Rohini Kanniganti conceptualized and developed the project, in collaboration with a Crestview team including Jessica Bernstein, Charlie Wright, Ned Levine, the parents and volunteers of Reach Out Crestview, and the 5th grade teachers. John Molinare of Rock Bottom Press provided printing and mounting services. Other assistance, including volunteer time and/or funding for the project, was provided by Marc Plinke, Amy Shoffner, Kim Friel, Susan Enfield, Sitha Plinke, Charlotte Buren and Layla Enfield.
To label their photos and describe themselves with a positive attribute, the students wrote statements about positive qualities they see and love in themselves. According to the writing that accompanies the exhibit, “Here’s how we did it: We drew ourselves as icebergs. The tip of the iceberg, the part above the water, is our name, our physical appearance, our nationality, anything you can see on the outside. The rest of the iceberg, the largest part that is underwater, we saw as containing our inner qualities we are proud of... our true identity. What would you write inside your iceberg? What qualities do you see in yourself that you like or love? Can you imagine introducing yourself to someone as that quality, rather than using your name? Hi, I am smart. Hi, I am loving. Hi, I am ...”
The Dairy Center for the Arts is a non-profit cultural organization housed in the historic Watts Hardy Dairy building at 26ths home to three visual art galleries, three live performance venues, the Boedecker Theater, an art house cinema and 12 other arts organizations that teach, rehearse and perform there. The Dairy’s Mission is, “... to provide the Boulder and surrounding communities diverse opportunities to create, learn, and participate in high quality performing, cinematic, and visual arts experiences.”
The Dairy Center for the arts is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Barrels for Education, Crest View Wins!
Barrels for Education is an unique collaboration between Impact on Education, Boulder Valley Public Schools, and the Louisville Library. 40 art teams from 22 different Boulder Valley Public schools participated in artistically transforming were previously ugly industrial barrels. The product: amazing street art that was displayed from June 15th through August 17th in front of the Louisville Library in conjunction with the Louisville Street Fair. Crest View Elementary 3rd grade barrel, "Flower Power" received the most votes so we will also get bonus funding. Thanks for your votes and supporting the arts! Check the website to see the 2nd, 4th, & 5th grade barrels. http://donate.impactoneducation.org/
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