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ART at KES! Scroll down to see artists' work so far this year! You will see most recent work at the top.
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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Paper Weaving
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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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