4th Grade Working on their Accordion Style Books

Art Enhances and Builds Upon other Subjects at Ginter Park

Ginter Park Elementary students are working on a variety of interdisciplinary art units. Kindergarten art students are using math shapes to create artistic pizzas. First grade students are using math shapes to create snowmen. Second grade art students are printmaking by creating stamps with geometric shapes. Third grade students are learning about architecture through creating imaginary watercolor paintings inspired by Austrian artist, Hundertwasser. Fourth grade art students are finishing up their accordion styles books which they used to write poems inside about themselves. And finally, fifth grade art students are creating abstract style paintings using plant and animal cell structures. Our students understand they can use art to enhance and build upon other classroom subjects!

Meet Alli our Art Alligator Mascot

Alli the Alligator is our new art mascot this year. Lower grade level students get to sit with and hold her if he or she is having a great day. Here she is with a first grade friend "learning how to paint".

VCU Metro Artwork Selected!

Congratulations to 4th grader, Lyric for her artwork selected for the VCU Metro Art Exhibition!  Only 1 piece of artwork from each school in Richmond Public Schools can be selected. This artwork was inspired by the country of India, motif, and radial design The art opening for this exhibition will be held in October. Way to go, Lyric!

Pinwheels for Peace

Not only is September 21st our Back to School Night at Ginter Park Elementary School it is also International Peace Day! Students in grades 1st-5th have been creating pinwheels with symbols and words of peace. These pinwheels are currently decorating our school yard. At Back to School Night there will be a table set up for families and students to create a pinwheel together. This pinwheel can be taken home or placed in our school yard. For more information on Pinwheels for Peace, please go to:  pinwheelsforpeace.com

Pinwheels for Peace

Welcome back to another school year! I am looking forward to some amazing, powerful learning in the art room this year. We are going to use our imaginations, problem solve, and get creative. Some of our first art lessons will include kindergarten learning painting basics, first grade drawing and painting our mascot-the alligator while practicing literacy and color theory, second grade using math shapes and color theory to create "hot dogs" and "cool cats", third grade creating their own emoji symbols to represent personal feelings, fourth grade learning how to marble paper and explore the Mexican holiday of the Day of the Dead, and fifth grade creating abstract watercolor painting of plant and animal cells.