Art Night 2014

Blue Ridge Elementary's Second Annual Art Night was December 11th, 2014 from 5-7pm.  Every student had art work displayed throughout the school.  The Sixth Grade Chorus performed in the cafeteria while snacks were served.  There were several activities in the gym including, ornament making, watercolor painting, clay, and demonstrating artists.  There was also a scavenger hunt with the student artwork that encouraged families to work together to answer questions.  It was a wonderful experience for families at Blue Ridge to share!

Families viewing hallway artwork

Activities in the gym

Featured Student Artists displaying and demonstrating their talents. (Savannah Wilcox and Chris Sturgill)

Docia Denny showing her quilting

Appalachian State University students brought a fun watercolor activity for the students of Blue Ridge.

Jimmy Savely brought clay and tools for students to experiment with.

The Ashe County Arts Council shared program information and had a coloring activity for students.

High School volunteers did face painting.

Painting a mini canvas was a hit!

Paper ornament making station

Pop up card making station

Christy Hoffman brought a spinning wheel for students to try

Christy Hoffman also brought a loom for the students to try their hand at weaving.

Sewing and Weaving in the Art Room

Pre K students have been weaving in the art room.  We started with a material kind of like a screen door to begin their weaving.  They started with yarn and needles making lines around the edge.  The next class they worked with more yarn, but without the needles.  Then they used pipe cleaners.  The results were some wild weavings! I wanted to put them all together in the hall, but all the students wanted to take them home.  I settled for a picture of a few.

Pre K Weaving

Fourth Grade is completing their softie sewing project.  The began by drawing their softie design.  Then they drew it on a bigger sheet of paper and cut it out to make a template of their softie.  They traced their template on fabric and cut it out.  They added buttons and stitches for eyes and mouths.  They stitched around the sides to attach the back of their softies and then stuffed them. The last part of their project was to write a story about their softie explaining its personality.

Fourth Grade Softie Sculptures

Pre K Hearts

In Pre K we looked at the art of Jim Dine.  I love his hearts and so did the kids!  We created lots of color on our paper with a tissue paper collage.  Then we made mono print hearts and glued them to construction paper. We then cut around the heart with fancy scissors.  Finally we glued the heart to our tissue paper collage!