Kindergarten Earth Day Art

 St Peter's students participated in Earth Day by learning about our Catholic faith and how creating Art can advocate for the Earth. We learned about famous Catholics who participated in Earth day. 

Here is a slide from our unit: 

Here are photos of Kindergarten artists creating:

 

Sketch Day 2022

 Today was Sketch Day for the Jefferson City Diocese's. St Peter had 8 students compete in two different categories. They were graphite pencil and oil pastel. We spent 3.5 hours creating our artwork, while enjoying the beautiful Capital grounds and Missouri sunshine. 

Congratulations to all participated, and to Nik Hull who received 2nd place for his oil pastel artwork. 

Check out below for photo's of our day! 

Art Contest and Exhibition: hosted by 8th grade Art Club

Submit your artwork! 

Students interested in displaying their artwork, and competing against other artists in their grade, may submit an original work to the 

2022 St. Peter Catholic School Art Contest and Exhibition. 

Any student in grades K-8 are welcome to submit original artwork by April 29th. 

8th grade Art Club members will judge each artwork and select the Top 3 artworks to be exhibited. 

Information regarding the type of artwork accepted, and protocols for judging are listed below: 

Type of artwork accepted: 

2D 3D and photography

Protocols for judging: 

Composition: balance, unity, theme 

Color: greyscale or vibrant 

Format:

completed work, no wide-rule notebook paper, no tracing/copying, Student name (first & last), grade, and date must be included on the artwork.

Students may submit one original artwork following the above protocols to the art room by April 29th.

Questions? Reach out to Ms. Thurman.

Good luck to all!

This contest and exhibition is student led.

The Arts and Mathematics: Tessellations

 7th and 8th grade students worked together on this project. Students engaged with tessellations in their math classes, and then came to the art room to learn about a famous artist and create their own art. 

Students explored the artworks of MC Escher. Students learned about Escher's use of shapes, depth, and tessellations in his artwork. 

Then students voted on what type of tessellation they wanted to create. After choosing their tessellations, students applied their knowledge of shape, movement, pattern, and color or greyscale, to create an original artwork. 

Each student then had the opportunity to connect their work with classmates in one tessellating work of art. 

Check out our work in the upstairs hallway, and photographed below: 

Art Club

This year students are able to join Art Club. Since Christmas break, students have been attending Art Club after school for a hour of Free-Choice Art making. 

This is a great opportunity to explore new mediums and tools, as well as develop crafting skills. Students enjoy leading their own projects, or working together to create an original work of art. Art Club is a free extra-curricular activity for students run by Ms. Thurman and student volunteers. 

Art Club will run through the end of year, and start back up in August, when students return from Summer break. 

Check out some of our art below: 

8th grade Promotion Project: Butterfly Sculpture

8th grade has begun restoring the Butterfly sculpture that was donated to our Art Room. 

Students worked hard plastering cracks and sanding the sculpture. After a few days air drying, students applied two coats of white paint. Now we have a blank "canvas" to create our class design. 

We plan on installing our finished Butterfly in the garden for everyone at our school to enjoy. 

Check out the process so far!