Art Teacher
Horsing around in the fall, getting ready for Halloween with our favorite horse, Stoli.
Welcome to Mrs. Garden's art class! I have been teaching art for over 20 years. After having the unique opportunity of teaching all grade levels, I have landed in what is my most favorite place of all in working with 5th and 6th grade students at North Windy Ridge!
I grew up in Florida and graduated from UGA before moving to the mountains.
Our family lives in Weaverville. Both of our kids came through the NB district and we treasure our community!
We are outdoor people and love boating, biking, running, gardening, and camping. We also adore our pets, Bandit and Bindi our dogs, Pippin our cat, and way, way too many chickens and ducks!
Visual Arts at North Windy Ridge
Grades 5th and 6th
The Art program at NWR is aligned with both the National Standards for Art Education and the NC Essential Standards. Both grades are taught through Disciplined Based Art Education including the four major concepts:
Art History
Art Production
Aesthetics
Art Criticism
All of 5th grade will have art as one of their 5 exploratory rotations. Art class is 7 weeks long with 1 hour classes. 6th grade students not signed up for other options like band will also have exploratory rotations. During class, our goals with the Art program are to help students develop intuition, sensitivity, reasoning skills, imagination, and dexterity. Art classes at NWR help the student perceive and think in new ways and learn problem recognition, problem-solving solutions, and confidence in creativity. Communicating effectively, learning to adapt and respect other people's opinions, making creative decisions for new situations, and teamwork with the collaboration of ideas are all part of the experience in our Art class.
Visual Arts are imperative for building bridges between verbal and non-verbal skills and logical and emotional development. We are fortunate to have such a solidly supported program here at NWR. Please feel free to call or email, with any questions. We can also always use additional supplies, please see below for a copy of the Art Materials wish list.
ART CLASS wish list for North Windy Ridge Intermediate school
zip lock bags (1 GALLON PRESS TOGETHER CLOSURE, no zipper best)
Art paints, specialty colors
indoor plants (artificial or live)
Tupperware containers (with lids)
decorative papers of any kind
newspaper/appropriate magazines
sewing needles (ALL TYPES AND STYLES)
Brown paper grocery bags
black sharpie markers (fine and very fine)
any sharpie color markers
gel pens, paint pens, specialty markers
BRIGHT color yarn, string, ribbon
Aluminum foil
old ironing board AND iron, (can be rusty and smudged, won’t affect projects)
handheld mixer
paintbrushes (all sizes)
flour (any kind - for paper mache)
Elmer’s glue
Random collections of items that could be upcycled
*Gift cards for Walmart, Michaels, Highwater clay, or Blick Art Supplies
Essential Standards Links
NC Essential Standards Visual Arts 5-8
Art from around the World
Art classes at North Windy Ridge include art history, global connections, and technology throughout the year.
The NC State Standards for Arts Education, K-12, are implemented throughout the school year. The Arts Education Essential Standards are aligned with 21st Century Skills, global learning, and the new Common Core/Essential Standards in other subject areas.
1:1 ART WEB LINKS
Use your laptop to create cool art online. Be sure to send me a copy, link or snippet of your creation with your first and last name and homeroom teacher for our gallery!
Tate Kids
British based art games, creating and tutorials. Interactive facility to create your own street art. It also includes a number of other artistic games, with added art history education along the way, and the ability to create your own gallery choosing favorite works from the Tate collection, or allowing children to upload their own work to share with the world.
Culture Street Comic
http://www.culturestreet.org.uk/activities/superactioncomicmaker/
Comic strip template and designing
Culture Street General Art
http://www.culturestreet.org.uk/
Create a simple scribble, and then sit back and watch it ‘develop’ further – it’s quite entertaining to see what’s created from your original scribble.
Wordle
An online facility for creating Word Art in the form of word clouds.
Bomomo
A more advanced drawing and composition tool
How to Draw Tutorials - basic
http://artprojectsforkids.org/category/view-by-theme/drawing-tutorials/
Simple step by steps instructional
Google Cultural Institute
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/project/art-project
Google Cultural Institute. Discover exhibits and collections from museums and archives all around the world. Explore cultural treasures in extraordinary detail, from hidden gems to masterpieces.
The-Elements-of-Art.pdfThe-Principles-of-Art.pdf