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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Hassan Art Studio, K-2 Art Show

It's the end of the school year and we are celebrating students work in a big way at Hassan Elementary. Welcome to the digital gallery for kindergarten through second grade. Our K-2 at ISD728 uses Seesaw as a digital platform. Each frame below is linked to a Seesaw blog.

For a final project, students have been asked to create a tutorial to show us how to make something. I gave two options to create a tutorial and some students even created a video to share their 'lesson' with their peers. In the final week of school, Hassan students will be asked to learn from each other. They will be challenged to find a lesson that their peers have made and create something new. I really think this is a fun way to celebrate the Artists that we have at Hassan Elementary.

If you like this idea, feel free to use it. Below is a video that shows how I created the digital Art Show and why I created it in this way.

If you want me to slow down on how to create and find the best images for a slide show... here is another video focused on just that.

Friday, December 14, 2018

Making It Announcement

WE DID IT!!

Billy Kheel is coming to Hassan Elementary. With the funds raised from Art To Remember, and a Donors Choose that I recently put online, we are fully funded to bring this AMAZING Artist to our school. There so many families that helped fund this opportunity as well as a large donation from Education Closet to bring in Billy Kheel, a Fiber Artist who recently participated on NBC's Making It!

To celebrate, I have some homework for the students of Hassan Elementary.

Watch 'Making It' on NBC.com (Bonus points if you watch as a family)
Look at Billy's Website (https://bkheel.com/)
Or... Take a look at his Instagram... maybe even message him! (click here)
Finally, I'm very excited to share that we are going to do a Making It, Hassan Elementary! This will give everyone an activity to do over the break. Check out the details below.

Making It Challenge

Students must be the primary maker, but assistance can be given by friends and family.
Students can work in groups, but it's outside of school time only.
The size restriction is 12 inches tall, by 12 inches wide, by 12 inches deep. Art can also be two dimensional but the same restriction of 12" by 12" is applied.
The BIG requirement is the Artwork must incorporate recycled materials. That means some parts of the Artwork must have something in it that was going to be thrown away.
The Art can be brought to Hassan Elementary January 29th through February 1st. It will be displayed when Billy comes to visit us in February!
Some students will be awarded an apron for their creativity and use or recycled materials.

This is going to be amazing! We have so many creative brains at Hassan Elementary! To inspire you as Artist I would like to show you Master Artist who create using recycled materials.

Look close!! Can you see what Federico Uribe used in this work of Art?

Yep, Federico Uribe used colored pencils to create this work of Art. Going to his website (click here), you will discover he uses garden tools, boats, bottles, forks, shoes, and so much more to make his Art.

How about this butterfly Art by Michelle Stitzlein. What did she use?? You will see licence plates, toothbrushes, records and bottle caps... so many bottle caps. In fact, Stitzlein has created a book of how to use bottle caps in her Art. Please take a look at her website to discover amazing use of recycled materials... and also find out how big these butterflies really are. (click here)

Here's a good idea from Charles Kaufman. He uses crushed cans to paint on for his recycled Art. That would be challenging, but maybe you want to give it a try at home! Find more from him on his website (click here)

These are really fun projects for the home. Look around your house as Carolien Adriaansche does. What do you have at your house to create new 'creatures' from the 'garbage' we toss in the trash. Carolien too has lot's of great ideas on her website. (click here)

Image result for Mario Caicedo Langer website

Maybe this robot is more what you would like to make, you can search the images of Mario Caicedo Langer to find more inspiration like the image above.

In my research, I ran across this amazing article (click here) that can lead you to lot's of other inspirational Artist for this 'Making It' challenge. I can't wait to see what you come up with Hassan Elementary Artist!

Saturday, September 8, 2018

Illinois Art Education Association FREE Webinar

Have you registered for this FREE event? Illinois Art Education Association has opened this webinar up to anyone who would like to participate... Non Members as well!! They host several webinars over the year with truly amazing Art Educators highlighting the 'GREAT' in their classrooms.

I will be sharing the many ways that I'm creating a Connect Effect in the many communities that I belong to. My students, my homeroom teachers, my school, the families of my school, my local community, my online tribe, and my global world. No matter what your goals are this year, creating a Connect Effect in your classroom will not only enhance your students experience but help support and fill your soul!

Can't wait to 'see you' all on Sept. 10th at 7:00 CST. Sign up by clicking here.

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Tracy Hare -- Visiting Artist for Clay Week

I'm so excited to invite Tracy Hare to Prairie View Elementary and Middle School as a Visiting Artist for Clay Week 2018. As many of you know, I'm allergic to clay so I have chosen to seek out a solution to allowing students to still have a clay experience. In the past, I have organized a trade with one of the other Art Teachers in the district Sue Davies and Leah Schultz (read more about these exchanges here).

This year, I am inviting Tracy Hare into my classroom to provide a clay experience to the Elementary Students of PVEMS. She comes highly qualified teaching for many years at Becker Middle School. This year she is working for The Art of Education, a company that provides professional development for Art Teachers around the world. I lucked out, because not only am I friends with this amazing woman, artist, and teacher, but I also teach her kids. She will come to our school as not only an expert clay teacher but also a parent of students in our school.

Clay week will take place April 17th through the 24th. Elementary students will have one hour with Mrs. Hare. If the day is missed for whatever reason, a clay project will be created for the missing student to decorate. Join me in making Mrs. Hare feel welcomed as she visite PVEMS!

The Art Studio is looking for volunteers. You must have already had a background check with ISD728 and able to come to the classroom during the dates of April 17th- April 24th. If you are able to help, please email me at nichole.hahn@isd728.org

While we are at it, I might as well mention the dates for an upcoming Art Show with a company called Artomé. Elementary students are making art that I will send to the company Artomé. Then the Artomé team will be framing and be displaying every work on art for an upcoming Art Show May 23rd, from 4pm to 7pm in the Prairie View Elementary and Middle School Commons Area. You are able to purchase the framed art for $25 or simply just come and enjoy the Art displayed. If you purchase, you take the work home that night. If you don't, your student will get their original Art handed back to them by the end of the school year. Since I was posting this message for the parents of PVEM, I thought I would give you all upcoming information and encourage you to put this Art Show on your calendar.

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Working with Visiting Artist!

#NAEA2018 is well on its way. I would like to invite you to join me at a presentation at 1:30 PM. These presentations are great because they are casual and you get to hear from several Art Teachers in a Carousel Presentation. This post is the support links and images for my portion of the presentation.

Thursday

1:30PM-2:20PM

Center/Meeting Room 619 & 620/Level 6

Elementary Carousel of Learning: Working with Visiting Artists in the Classroom!

I love introducing my students to Careers in Art. This idea came several years ago when I ran into a roadblock of bringing a Culinary Artist into my classroom to talk about her trade. See, when we were in school, she was working. It was difficult to connect. I was able to send out a counselor from our building to interview and record on location. This was an amazing way to bring an Artist into the Classroom. Also, I was able to share her message to all the students in every class with her only dedicating about 20 minutes of her time to us.

Our school was celebrating it's 10 year birthday and I wanted to go big with this theme. I did the 2D and 3D artworks of treats, cakes, and delectable themes. But the BIG idea I had was to allow each of my students to become Culinary Artist themselves. As a PBIS reward for our school, all students were able to come into my classroom and create real, edible cupcake filled with sprinkles and design. As we ate our Artwork, I was able to play the video we had taken of our local Culinary Artist. This was a mom of one of our students so it was extra special to the viewers. Even though the Artist was not able to visit us, we were able to visit her virtually. Please visit my previous post about this experience.

After having that great experience of bringing a LOCAL Artist into our school virtually, I was hooked... I wanted to bring others into my classroom but I wasn't sure how to get around that time restriction of the working day. Well, who better to reach out to than non-working people. I contacted a local organization called RSVP, they have retired adults looking for volunteer opportunities.

Originally I asked them to come in a sit for us to have a subject to draw. There were no takers for the Midwest retired community for this. So I changed this idea. I asked them to bring in items that they can talk about and we could draw for observational drawing. This was a hit. The variety that was brought it was tremendous! The experiences I witnessed were one of a kind. Read more about what I ended up calling The Connect Effect here.

Another way that I brought in the local and living was not so much as Artist but as subjects. I did something called the Pet Project. I asked parents to bring in 'table top pets' and allow us to draw them for the day. This was less about bringing in the Artist to my classroom and more about bringing in the art opportunities. It was also a way to create a connection between the Art Studio and the families I work with.

I truly believe it takes a village to raise a child and I continue to invite my village into the Art Studio. I recently finished up a sewing project that I invited 'Community Experts' to help out with. This post tells so much more, but what happened was these volunteers came in with the instruction to be a cheerleader and keep the calm. This is all my students needed to be successful. They did not need instruction, but more the encouragement from an adult... They needed my class numbers to be smaller, but when I received a 'no' for that... I made the classes teacher number go up. Bringing these volunteers was priceless and again, a great experience for all.

And finally... one of the best ways to bring visiting Artist into my classroom is through Artist Trading Cards. By having students trade with other students all over the world, they each have a little work of Art to be inspired by and learn from. They learn that art is universal and an Artist can be any age. There is so much to read about on this blog when it comes to Artist Trading Cards, please click here.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

ISD 728, Student Art Work

Every year, all of our art teachers at ISD728 select two works of art to represent their school. These images are photographed and printed on a really nice foam core and framed to hang in the District office for the next year. We celebrate these chosen works by presenting a certificate to the students at a school board meeting. Leah Schultz, a K-5 Art teacher at Twin Lakes Elementary School, takes the lead on this one and creates a slide show, and prints out the certificates. She presents the program with such grace to the School Board. Damien Husen at Elk River High School does the posters for us. He has done this in such an efficient way for so many years. Rana Nestrud also added these images onto a card so that each of the school board members would have a set of greeting cards with the student Artwork on it. We (the Art Teachers of ISD728) thank these three for the extra hard work they do on this project.

I promise you, this recognition allows these students to identify themselves as an Artist for the rest of their lives. I can't tell you how many past students who have been recognized have continued their path in Art. Parents often have share that students interest in Art increases after this night of recognition. This tells the students, "I see you, you are awesome, and you are Artist!"

These are the two works of art from Hassan Elementary. Louis, a Kindergartener told me, "Mrs. Hahn, I was really surprised because I'm only a kindergartener."

When Callen's Artwork was shown on the slide show, the crowd gasp because they were so impressed! Callen has always tried so hard in my class so it was amazing to have the opportunity to recognize her as an Artist! She will be leaving for the middle school next year, so it was just in time.