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2020-2021
2020-2021
Ceramic "Snow Globes"
Ceramic "Snow Globes"
Sheri Ellingsen's 4th and 5th grade class worked on these ceramic "Snow Globe" ornaments, making use of textures and layering to create complexity in their final product. They worked hard to learn clay-working and glazing techniques.
2019-2020
2019-2020
Students practice sewing and beading with seasonal art.
Students practice sewing and beading with seasonal art.
Making pumpkin pillows students practiced the whip (wrap around) stitch often used for traditional skin sewing.
Beaded sealskin ornament are often hung on Christmas trees throughout our region. These ornaments are made with otter.
Chinik (Golovin), 2019.
Students create art for the holidays.
Students create art for the holidays.
Students represent their local ecosystem through art.
Students represent their local ecosystem through art.
Large 3-D paper constructions of whales depict an orca, narwal, and bowhead.
Ceramic orca.
Salmon Mobile.
Ceramic Bear and Salmon Figurines and Salmon Fish Prints outlined in salmon facts.
20 inches to 5 feet long. Chinook are the largest salmon. They can be blue, red or silver. Salmon change color. They have soft ray fins and short dorsal fins. Females have stream line heads. Males have a hook-like jaw. They travel 7,000 miles to reach spawning areas. Female salmon lay 5,000 eggs.
Salmon are reduced to 1/3 of their original size due to overfishing. Salmon can reach 20 inches to five feet in length and 4 to 10 pounds. Salmon can be blue, red, or silver in color. Salmon change the color of their body. Females have a steam line head. Salmon travel thousands of miles.
Elementary students celebrated fall by creating a pumpkin patch and a sunflower field using pastels, watercolor, and even string art!
2017-2018
2017-2018
Gyotaku fish printing with salmon!
Students learned beading techniques as well as acrylic painting and mask making from teaching artist Moe Wassilie during an Artist in Schools residency in November 2017.
Students perform a shadow story using the Crankie and shadow puppets!
2016-2017
2016-2017
Story Quilt
Artists: 2nd-3rd grade
Materials: Oil pastel, tooling foil, sumi ink, watercolor
Students studied the art of Faith Ringgold, known for her painted story quilts. Each student contributed to this collaborative quilt by designing a square that tells the story of a time that they lent someone a hand, or worked together with someone to make a task easier.
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