Student mini mural…

…inspired by John Steuart Curry

Congratulations Sebastian!

Congratulations to Randall 5th grader Sebastian Brauer!! Sebastian’s art work was given a blue ribbon at the South West Youth Art Month art show this last weekend. This means his art will move on to the Youth Art Month Capitol art show!

Go see Sebastian’s work and art work from students all over Wisconsin next month.

2012 WAEA Youth Art Month Capitol
Rotunda Exhibition
WAEA Youth Art Month (YAM) in the Capitol Rotunda will be celebrated March 18 – March 30th. Ceremony honoring PreK-12 artists will be held March 30th from 12 Noon -1:00PM. Awards sponsored by W.T. Graham, the DPI, Nasco, and Sax will given. The Capitol building hours are M-F 8a.m. – 6p.m. and on weekends/holidays from 8a.m. – 4p.m.

Youth Art Month South West Regional Art Show

It’s that time of year again! Youth Art Month is celebrated in March and in March is the big student Wisconsin art show at the Capitol. But before the big show at the Capitol, are all the regional shows.

Madison is part of the south west Wisconsin region and our art show starts this weekend! Tomorrow I will go hang Randall student art in the show!!

The show is available to see starting tomorrow (Saturday Feb 18th) until the closing reception on Sunday Feb 26th. The closing reception is noon tp 2pm but you can go see the show whenever Hilldale Mall is open.

What: Youth Art Month South West Regional Art Show

Where: Hilldale Mall

When: Feb 17th to Feb 26th

Congratulations to the following artists!!

Carson Meyer

Ferguson Orr

Hanna O’Brien

Syliva Knauss

Danika St. Maurice

Olivia Boller

Ian Brown

Toby Sibert

Sebastian Brauer

Pa Dao Lor

Hope Judge

Eric Jiang

Katie Ripple

Children’s Museum May Artists

“May’s Art Studio theme is papermaking. Artist-in-residence is Mary Hark, UW-Madison professor and papermaker, whose work will be on display in the Art Studio Gallery, along with Barbara Landes (master of fine arts papermaker), and select undergrad students. Also displayed in the gallery is work by students from Gompers and Schenk elementary schools, as well as work by local artists Matt Reedy and Lorraine Barniskis.

There will also be a special exhibit from Community Partnerships called “Story Shoes” on display in our 3-D case in celebration of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week.

This month’s artist-in-residence program is sponsored by Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, with additional funds from The Evjue Foundation, Inc., the charitable arm of The Capital Times.” -Children’s Museum
While art is still up from April that features both Randall and Gompers students, May is focused on Gompers K/1 and 2/3 students and their paper making skills.

At this month’s Twilight night, I only ran into one artist! But his big smile made up for missing out on running into anyone else. He did a beautiful job!

There are so many more featured Gompers paper makers but you need to head to the museum to check them out for yourself!

The other part of the gallery I suggest you check out while your there is the “Story Shoes” display.

So much more to go see in person! It’s supposed to be rainy this week anyway. The Children’s Museum is the perfect place to be. : )

Children’s Museum April Artists

This entry is a little overdue but I’d like to highlight artists from both schools who were chosen to have their work shown at the Madison Children’s Museum for the month of April. Actually, the museum left them up for May as well so you can still go see the following art until the end of May!

Congratulations to all the artists who were chosen to share their artwork with the Madison community. It’s so exciting when you get to see your work up in a real gallery!

Photos of students shown with parent permission. If your child is shown on this site and I have not asked permission, it is a mistake. Please contact me as soon as possible if this is the case!!

 

 

                                                                        (PS I love MTI, too. : ) )

The Madison Children’s Museum is really an amazing place with a passionate and caring staff. If you have not been to the new Children’s Museum, get there now!

Student Spotlight: Tavion

Tavion is a 5th grader who has a passion for his sketchbook.  He likes to experiment with typography and lots of different drawings.  Check out some of his work!

Student Artist Spotlight: Tony

“I start to concentrate and begin to draw and a character appears on my page.”  -Tony, 4th gr Randall Student

Tony was a 3rd grader at Randall last year and this year is part of the LEAP program as well as a 4th grader at Randall.  He is a very talented artist.  He has not been part of his class’ art experiences this year and therefore has been meeting with me for an hour alone each week.  (He can’t live without art!!)  He has been working very hard on putting together his first solo art show.  (date and location TBA)

Here is Tony, hard at work:

And here is a preview of his work!

He has been experimenting with pen and ink, painting, graphite and clay.  I love watching his characters transform from media to media!  Watch for an update on where and when Tony’s show will be.