St. Peter Catholic School Art Room

 Fifth through Eighth grade students are implementing the Elements of Art to create an educational poster on Substance Abuse. Students have learned about the history of the "Just say No" campaign and have the option to participate in the regional contest for a cash prize. Check out 6th grade working hard: 

 This school year students in grades 5th & 6th can attend "Lunch with van Gogh" in the Art room. This lunch program invites students to eat lunch with Ms. Thurman in the Art room and talk about famous artists and their work. Check out our selfies below! 

Our 6th and 7th grade art club members took a field trip to the Jefferson City Museum of Modern Art. Most of our group had not visited before, and it was a great opportunity to see original artworks.  We viewed the artwork of Purvis Young , who's artwork is also exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Students also saw art by Thornton Dial , who has artwork on sale at Christie's for $225,000 starting. We interacted with the vibrant, detailed work of Aboudia ; who's works have been exhibited globally in New York, London, Paris, Barcelona, as well as Art Central in Hong Kong . Students also saw an original Picasso !  Thank you so much to the JC MOMA for hosting us! Check out our photos below and  https://www.jcmoma.com/  webpage for more! 

 Grades sixth through eighth have been working hard to create a winter canvas using paint. Check out their artworks in the sixth grade hallway! 

 Students spent first quarter learning about creative process.  They met various objectives throughout the quarter to complete a final, finished project. This included brainstorming, practicing technique, planning a layout, and finally: creating their poster.  Throughout the creative process students learned about various artists, including Bonnie Maclean who created the first Rock posters for the famous Fillmore Concert venue. We discussed different design elements through observing Maclean's artworks to gain inspiration for our posters.  Students also covered artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec and Alfred Mucha for inspiration and context into the art world. We discussed themes of art as advisements and functions of street art.  We applied this knowledge to our own artwork.  Pictured below: 8th through 6th grade posters.