Week of 4/21/2025 - Celebration of Art

 Celebration of Art - the biggest event at Zamorano we all excitedly wait for is here!!!

From the first week of school, Ms.Kathi and I start saving, mounting and creating labels for student artist works and this is the week they are ALL displayed in the auditorium! 

I am so grateful to have an amazing set of parents that helped us get the display cubes from storage, panels from the auditorium room and help us put them together. Ms.Kathi and I had 4 1/2 days to display ALL the works in the auditorium. 

In addition to the artwork display, we also have an art walk where every classroom teacher displays a set of artworks from each student in his/ her class in the south campus. Every grade level also hosts an art activity - students purchase an activity bag for $5 to participate.

Here is the website I created for the event :)

There were also food trucks, a cake walk and this is was around a GREAT event!!! 

Here is a great video that captures everything about this spectacular evening :)

 Celebration of Art 2025

 

 

Weeks of 4/7/2025 and 4/14/2025 - Last rotation with 4th and 5th graders

 This week 4th and 5th grade students returned for their last art rotation for this school year!

4th graders created embroidery and block prints on burlap over two classes. My sister had sent me wooden blocks from India traditionally used to create motifs on textiles and I have been eagerly waiting to use them! Students first learned how to thread a needle, create a knot on both ends to create a running stitch along the sides. Once done, they used a block of their choice and created 4-6 prints on the burlap fabric.

Next class they returned to add more embroidery using the running stitch and incorporate beads if they wanted to! This was a high engagement lesson and I am so happy the works turned out fantastic!!!

 5th graders returned to paint their bisque fired coil pots they created a few weeks back. I had a lot of paint remaining from the mural and had students use this to paint their works. There was so much variety in colors and patterns!

 

Students also finished the weaving they started during their last rotation! I explained and demonstrated the different steps like threading the needle, tying the knot and connecting a new piece of yarn to the one already existing in the loom. Students that finished weaving had the option to add beads to their work!