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ART at KES! Scroll down to see a sample of work from our amazing artists'! You will see most recent work at the top.
Natural Dyes
Students are now working with natural dyes, using turmeric, spinach, and hibiscus powder based dyes to create colored cotton string that they will each make a key chain with. Each student's key chain can act as a reminder of what nature provides. Natural dyes are safe, environmentally friendly, and can be very accessible.
Art Show Photos!
Our 2026 KES art show at the Brick Store Museum opened this past Saturday 2/7/2026. We had a great turn out. Thanks to the 140 people who came out for the opening and to those that will visit up until 2/26.
Take a look at the Current Issue of Tourist and Town for a magazine feature!
Printmaking
Students in Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade are all working on different methods of printmaking. Kindergarten is making their own stamps by adding foam to a cardboard surface. First graders are spreading positive messages using another form of relief printing, using Styrofoam plates to create a version of a woodblock or linocut. And second graders are making unique monoprints with Gelli plates and found objects.
Printing can be an efficient way to make art; these works were made by one second grade class in just 45 minutes!
First Grade:
KES Art Show 2026
Kennebunk Elementary School will hold an Art Show at The Brickstore Museum this year!
Images will be coming soon, but look forward to seeing Kindergarten Clay Maze Tiles, First Grade Kintsugi Inspired Objects on Paper, and Second Grade Surrealism Inspired Paintings!
Clay Animal Faces
First and Second Graders recently worked to create Clay Animal Faces, utilizing the slab building technique as well as the "Scratch to Attach" method.
Comic Strips
Artists created comic strips while they waited for their clay pieces in the kiln, turning the animal they sculpted into a character. They chose between a three-panel or six-panel comic strip to depict the parts of their story.
Kindergartners Play with Color!
Artists acted like scientists to experiment with color by mixing the secondary colors, then moved on to designing their own version of a color wheel.
It is hard to believe the first round of PreK classes is almost over!
Two of our amazing PreK groups have had art as their special since the beginning of the year, and they are making great work! Here is the most recent project inspired by Keith Haring.
Hispanic Heritage Month: Xochi Solis Collages
First Graders at KES recently learned about Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025) and Mexican-American artist Xochi Solis. They prepared their materials by painting beautiful paper showcasing brush strokes, then cut, layered, and glued them into collages just like Solis!
Second Grade painting "en plein air"!
Second Graders learned about Georgia O'keefe and the various nature subjects she painted. Then they went outside to the fairy garden here at KES, and painted what they saw. We had lovely fall weather outdoors!
Kindergarten Line Sculptures
Kindergartners turned flat paper "lines" into 3D art objects that take up space (SCULPTURES!)
All are Represented
All are Represented
Students created their very own flags with symbols and colors that represent them individually. These individual flags came together in beautiful banners for the glass cases in the school atrium. Everyone is represented by their flag, and their belonging is communicated through art.
Scribble Transformations
2024-2025:
Self-Portraits
Students in grades K-2 all completed self-portraits after exploring the many different ways artists can express themselves.
Weaving
Students worked extremely hard on their various weaving projects. Kindergarten wove delicate paper strips, 1st graders completed ambitious circle weaving, and 2nd graders warped their own looms and made tapestries.
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Circle Weaving
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Tapestry
Symmetry
Students created symmetrical preliminary artworks and then all created symmetrical (or asymmetrical) necklaces with hand decorated wooden beads.
For Lunar New Year, students dove into "Year of the Snake" projects, which included using Gelli Plates to create monoprints! This year, Lunar New Year is January 29th.
Wabanki Stories
Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade each read a different Wabanki story. The tales focused on animals and nature, which inspired clay fish, turtles, bears & caves. See the links below to read a version of each of the stories!
K: www.islandinstitute.org/island-journal/islands-of-the-dawnland/
1st Grade: openmindproject.com/2013-11-05-20-45-30/262-native-american-cast-of-characters/539-tolba-the-turtle
2nd Grade: www.indigenouspeople.net/mooin.htm
K- Fish
1st- Turtles
2nd- Bears & Caves (Boxes)
Students experienced a week of choice stations, where they worked in a variety of different media. Some chose to paint animals (pictured right)
Students created 8 Page "About the Artist" Zines from single sheets of paper. A zine (pronounced ZEEN) is a self-published, small-circulation work of art that can include images, text, and other creative materials. Zines are often made by a single person or small group, and are usually photocopied.
Kindergarten continued their exploration of color, learning how to mix secondary colors.
Pre K students at KES will come to art class for a nine week session throughout the year. Currently Pre K artists are exploring artworks by Yayoi Kusama and Alma Thomas!
A sneak peek from the kindergarten artists at KES. We are starting an exploration of color, beginning with the Primary Colors. Students are creating 3D line sculptures utilizing these special colors while mastering their paper bending and gluing skills.
Second grade artists are focusing on creating color wheels! Students are painting with the primary colors and will begin mixing the secondary colors in the coming weeks.
To start off our year first graders read The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds and created their own dot inspired artworks, all framed in swirly gold.
For a video tour of the Kennebunk Elementary School art show from 2022 at the Brick Store Museum Click Here!
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