March Art Update!

Hello and happy spring break everyone! If you are not laying out on a beach somewhere (oh how I wish I was), I hope you are at least enjoying some extra quality time with your family and are finding some time for rest and relaxation from your normal routine. I'm glad you're here to take a look at what the kids have been up to in art during the month of March. Our biggest art related event during this past month was the Cedarburg Cultural Center Student Gallery of Art that started on March 13th! If you have not made it over there to see the artwork from the Cedarburg schools, as well as some of the other schools in the area, you need to go! You will not be disappointed! Of course there is also professional artwork around the perimeter of the gallery, so LOTS to see, from all ages!☺Congratulations to those Westlawn students whose artwork was selected to be on display! Check out pictures from the art gallery opening on the "Art Shows" section of the blog!

Westlawn art display at the Cedarburg Cultural Center Gallery of Student Art

Other displays that have been featured in the front hallway of Westlawn during the month of March include the following...

Clay Picture Frames featuring Ms. Laux's 2nd grade class 

(put up over spring break and will stay up for most of March)

Henri Rousseau Inspired Jungles featuring Mrs. Huber's 2nd grade class

Clay Coil Mugs featuring Mr. Noel's 4th grade class

THANK YOU to the handful of families that donated disinfectant wipes! We are set ☺

If others are in the mood to donate as well, we are still in need of sponges and candy (for class rewards). Also... EMPTY TOILET PAPER ROLLS!!! The second grade students are beginning their "Pop Art Popsicle" art project and need more toilet paper rolls to create the popsicles. I have some, but need more! Those can either be delivered directly to me or dropped off in the paper bag outside of the art room door. THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your help ☺

As always, please visit your child's grade to see more pictures and updates. Thanks for stopping by, and hope to see you around school!

February Art Update!

Welcome to March! Glad you stopped in to take a look at what the students did in art class during the month of February. WOW... it's been a crazy month. The students and I have been awfully busy, particularly with the creation and completion of all the space themed projects that were on display for this year's Westlawn carnival! Between displaying those projects, preparing for our art and music 5th grade field trip, choosing and prepping artwork for two art shows, and maintaining all other day to day tasks, I am wiped, to say the least! But... it's all worth it when I see the joy on a student's face when their artwork is on display for all to see, or hearing from a parent how much their child enjoys art class and how much they've grown as an artist. Comments like that mean the world to me, so thank you for your continued support in your child's education and and interest in their involvement in the arts.
Please check out your child's grade to see lots of pictures and descriptions about what took place during the month of February.

Other News:

• If you are at all interested in helping out in the art room, please email me! I often need extra help and am so grateful to have willing and available volunteers!
• We can use some of the following items in the art room if you are willing to donate them... disinfectant wipes, sponges, and candy (for occasional classroom rewards).

Below are some pictures highlighting our busy, but fun, month of February...

Westlawn 5th graders at the Harley Davidson Museum on their combined art and music field trip!

Westlawn artwork on display in the Cedarburg District Board Room.

3-D artwork at the District Board Room

5th grade space craft sculptures on display for the Westlawn carnival!

Some more artwork from the WL carnival... pictured here are 4th grade space chalk drawings!