2022-2023

Congratulations to Mohamed and Kyndall They were recognized at City Hall on August 5th 2022 for having their artwork included in the 22-23 RCSD calendar.

Mohamed

Kyndall

Mayor Evans

All Smiles

Congratulatios Shionna!

Her collage is on the cover of Magic Dragon Magazine. The magazine contains art and writing by young people. Many of our students art pieces were chosen recently for publication.

Artwork wil be on display at Rochester City Hall as a part of the Link Gallery .

Kindergarten

Sanai

Zion

Anna and Malachi

Kindergarten students have been learning, creating and having a fun in art.

Play, Art and Exploration

Kindergarten students explored color mixing, created painted paper collage and images of toys from long ago and today. We started by listening to read aloud Color Blocked by Ashley Sorenson. The book helped them to review or introduce primary and secondary colors. We painted various colored papers and added texture with tools. We discussed, What does play look like in Art?

Before beginning our collage art we reviewed scissor safety, the appropriate use of glue and watched a short video of Eric Carle painting. We used both torn and cut paper. Students created various images of toys they learned about in their classroom visits with The Genesee Country Village & Museum, and field study visits to The Strong National Museum of Play. The final product of their expedition is a memory game to share and play with. Thank you to Tom Licatta at the RCSD print shop for printing and laminating the artwork.

General, Roselle, Christina, Ethan

James and Bella holding Snowman Sculptures. Students are learning about winter weather and what humans and animals do during the winter months,

Sy'ire

Lily

Willie

Trevor ,Aaron

Winter Wonderland Landscape by Willie

Self Portrait

We are Unique We are a part of a community

We are good Citizens

Grade One

We began our exploration of family units and how they are unique. We drew a picture of our families. During our next class we listened to the read aloud the Colors of Us by Karen Katz. In the book a small girl compares the variety of skin colors in her neighborhood. I demonstrated how skin colors can be mixed. We examined and compared the colors of our hands. Each student used red, yellow, brown, black and white tempera paint to create their own unique skin color.

On the second day I presented them with a map showing exactly where to place the eyes, nose and mouth. I demonstrated how to draw each feature of the face and students used pencil and colored pencils to complete their drawings. We used tempera paint stix and colored pencil for the hair. We used sharpie to outline the features of the face.

Harmony

Our Gratitude Gallery dedicated to school staff

Grade Two

Our School is a Community

Students reviewed what they know about drawing a portrait.

They chose one or more persons they were grateful for in our school community. We used pencils, marker, colored pencil and tempera stix for this project. Students were excited to see teachers and school #10 staff members faces on the art room interactive screen when entering the room.

After completing their portrait of a staff member or two we wrote a short explanation of why were grateful for or teacher or other school #10 staff. We compared grateful to thankful and our discussions occurred during the fall when we were experiencing Thanksgiving. If you have not seen it yet school #10 has a thankful tree pictured below.

Students are very excited to share their Grateful Gallery with everyone. This project was inspired by an art teacher Cassie Stevens. Her gallery was made with a different media, she created relief portraits.

Hamadhi

John

Portrait of Dr. Thomas by Leilani

Chalk Pastel Landscape Featuring Waterfalls by Grade Three

D'onte

Laniah, Londyn and Desmond

Laniah, Londyn, Desmond, art by Taylor

Grade Three and Four

Students analyzed photographs of various waterfalls. They chose an image and made a sketch of the foreground, middle ground and background. We discussed what a horizon line is. After sketching they were given pastel paper which has a texture called tooth that holds the chalk.

We examined the variety of colors in each image. We blended the chalk to create the colors we saw. We discussed the formation of a waterfall and why people are drawn to the natural phenomenon. What makes you want to visit places in the natural world? How they make us feel? How do you know that?

Chalk pastels are messy and some students really enjoy mixing and blending their landscapes. I sprayed the pastels with a coat of aqua net hairspray to fix them to keep them from smudging. They will still smudge just not as easily. Pastels work is described by some artists as painting although it’s a dry media.

Yahira, Keymoni and Jesus

Monochrome Poem

Third and Fourth grade students began the year by asking the question, Why and how do artists try new techniques? We decided artists are like scientists experimenting, making discoveries and never giving up.

Artists chose a color and were given the challenge of creating a composition starting with shape. The learned how to create tints and shades.

After completing their art piece, they wrote a sensory poem about their color. As a class we compiled a list of things that are usually a color or remind of us a color. We also discussed the meaning and uses of color schemes, how a color can evoke a feeling and inspire art and music. We listened to BB king perform the blues. I created an overlay by recycling old transparency film.

Fourth grade

Weaving

Fifth Grade Ceramics

Malachi Nevaeh and

Mohamed

Jahonesty ,Michael and Abriella

Grade Five

Students created ceramic vessels inspired by ancient Meso-American art,.Using basic handbuilding techniques and red clay they experienced the properties of slip, clay in its plastic stage and the use of glazes to complete the look.

Mahki,Nevaeh

Charles McGee collaborative mural

Grade Six

Heroes of Change

Grade 6 students are learning about ancient civilizations and the contributions they have given us. They are using the elements of art, color, pattern, shape, line and implied texture in their work.

Eliyana

Demario, Janiya,Zero and Azzyana

Six-grade students immersed themselves in local heroes who made a difference in Rochester. Students wrote essays about their heroes and how they saw themselves as heroes. We created Self -Portraits inspired by Black Artists. Many artists are also heroes of change. We used transparencies, sharpies, and tempera paint. We examined the work of Kehinde Wiley, Jean Michelle Basquiat, and Bisa Butler.

After School Program

Sweet Treat sculpture

Donuts and Pizza

Nevaeh C

Amir

Eternity

Kalena

Amina

Jorden

Justin

Alivia

Gees Bend Quilts.pptx

Third Grade Paper Quilts

Students analyzed the quilts of Gees Bend,Faith Ringold and Bisa Butler. We discussed the origin of quilts and art as craft. Many of the quilts were geometric and or abstract, some were figurative, other pieces told a story. Artists have many ways to communicate ideas

Wolves Calendar 2024.pptx

Third Grade

Gray Wolf Advocacy Final Product

Student artists created wolf sculptures using a subtractive method of sculpture. They painted their ceramic pieces using tempera paint. Students painted landscapes for a colorful background after discussing wolf habitats.

Rain Rain Go Away

Kindergarten students explored all types of weather

Bella

In art we examined storms, rain, snow and how to be prepared for Rochester N.Y. weather

Naseer

Third grade Watercolor Weavings

First Grade

We used chalk pastels to create an image of a sun setting or rising including a horizon line.

Students learned about the Earth Sun and stars

We also created glow in the dark space paintings

Jesus

Congratulations Spelling Bee partcipants and winners!

Elijah

Lyndin,Nahveah and Amoya With her Dad

The annual Spelling Bee is sponsored by the 19th Ward and the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity at the U of R. Every years RCSD students from schools in the 19th Ward compete on the UofR campus.

Have a great Summer

Never Give Up!

Creativity Takes Courage

See you in the Fall

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