DANGEROUSLY EDGY ENCAUSTICS

Learn up to four encaustic basic techniques while making an easy and economical encaustic painting from beeswax and other mixed media. Adding collage materials and embedding other fun objects to your encaustic art is a great way to learn the basic of this ancient form of art. Go home with a completed project in under 50 minutes. No mess. Only fun.

Dana Mainzer

studied the Visual Arts at CSU, Long Beach where she received a BA in Art Education. She has worked for several school districts in the southern California region since 1998 teaching Art to grades K- 8th. Lived and worked in Costa Rica for four years painting and teaching. Currently, she is an Art Teacher for the Rio School District teaching grades 6th - 8th. Believes in implementing STEM adoptations to art lessons and giving all students the opportunities to learning using the 5C’s.

BODACIOUS BATIK

Join this session to learn how students can create batik art in the classroom using glue, fabric and natural dyes. During this session you will work through the steps of creating a batik design and take home samples. All materials are provided at the workshop!

Leann Guzik

is an art teacher for Rio School District, where she has worked with K-8th grade students supporting the development of a wide variety of artistic skills. Currently as a middle school art teacher, she focuses on creating a space where students can explore different ideas of creativity.

ART WITH DR PUGLISI

Tape, paint, lines, areas, shapes, paint, canvas

Come explore the possibilities of abstraction in this hands on painting session utilizing masked areas, math, ratios, and proportions.

John Puglisi Ph.D

is superintendent of the Rio School District and also an avid maker of things arty since age 4. JP earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from West Virginia University in 1983. Making art and making art with children in order to develop their humanity and learning has been an ongoing endeavor since 1985 when he entered the world of teaching in Californian public schools.

SAY IT WITH A WREATH

Join the spirit of the season with this maker workshop to create a wreath for family, friend, or self. When thinking about what to give a boss or holiday pal, nothing says I care about you like the gift you make yourself for them. In this workshop grape vine wreaths will be decorated with ribbons and materials to design a special decoration just for your purpose. Materials will be provided to fully construct your wreath. Feel free to bring along cute touches-tools for your handy person for instance, to attach, or crayons for that teacher buddy, or whatever strikes you as a way to personalize. A twelve inch grapevine wreath will be there waiting for your creativity. Before the workshop check out images of wreaths on google and Pinterest to spark the imagination. Can you picture how cute a candy cane wreath might be for your peppermint loving friend? See you there.

Sarah McIntosh Puglisi

is a teacher in the Hueneme School District. Teaching art and elementary school since 1983, Sarah earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts and Art Education from West Virginia University and Masters of Education in Curriculum from Chapman University.

WATERCOLORS THREE WAYS

Join this session to learn how to introduce students to different techniques of using watercolors. We will explore painting methods including wet on dry, wet on wet, and salt! Watercolors are a great medium to use in all grades and for many different projects! All materials will be provided in the workshop and you’ll be able to take home your work!

Jennifer O’Toole

Prior to joining the Rio School District, Jennifer taught art for seven years for kindergarten through eighth grade. She is currently teaching 6th grade language arts and social studies at Rio del Valle Middle School, and integrates art projects and creativity into her lessons as often as possible.

BRINGING CULTURE TO THE CLASSROOM WITH PAPER MACHÉ

This project was inspired by my trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. I wanted to give my students a feel of the folk art from their homeland. This session will focus on tips and techniques for successful paper maché projects. During this session you will see the steps necessary to make paper maché projects that last. We will start with ideas on building the underlying structure and then move on to the multiple layers of paper. I will show you my technique of alternating materials to ensure full coverage on all layers. I will give you ideas on how to incorporate projects into all academic areas.

Sandra VonCannon-Legaspi

Is a first grade teacher for the Rio School District at Rio Plaza School. She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts from California State University Northridge in 1994. She started teaching her teaching career for LAUSD in 1996. Sandra enjoys teaching, traveling and making art. She found a way to combine all three loves after a school district sponsored trip to Oaxaca, Mexico.

ARTE DE OAXACA

Art from various regions of Oaxaca will be introduced. You will learn how to make a 3-D interpretation of an alebrije using paper.

FAUX STAINED GLASS

Join this workshop and learn how to create a faux stained glass image. Give the gift of light, colors, and symbols with this interesting technique. In this workshop we will be working with paints, paper, and tinted glue. Turn any image into a luminous work of art.

Jeanine Garza

is an artist and illustrator. She earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts with a minor in Illustration from California State University Northridge and is currently completing a single subject credential for Visual Art and a Masters degree in Education. Jeanine enjoys working with many different art mediums. Jeanine enjoys life drawing, painting, and gardening.