We are excited about a fun-filled year of learning in art! Please see below a list of items that we need throughout the year to complete our projects. ANY and ALL donations will be put to good use and greatly appreciated!
Empty paper towel rolls Wet wipes Q-tips Sponges Coffee filters Paper plates Empty egg cartons Heavy duty aluminum foil Empty plastic containers (with or without lids) Children’s books Dates to remember: October 30-November 12: Square 1 Art Fundraiser April 28: Student Art Show J Thank you for your unending support for the arts! J Welcome back and Happy New Year! As we start off our new semester full of imagining and creating, I would like to give a HUGE THANKS to everyone for supporting our Square 1 Art Fundraiser. It was very rewarding for all students be able to enjoy their very own personalized products with artwork they worked hard at creating. And we were also able to raise over $2,500 to benefit our school! It is such an inspiration to have a school filled with so much creativity and talent, so we will be recognizing our art students again later this year with a school-wide Art Show! Mark your calendars for April 2nd, and be on the look-out for more information soon! And again, thank you SO MUCH for being so dedicated to supporting the arts!
Square 1 Art order forms will be sent home this week!
Students have been hard at work creating one-of-a-kind masterpieces for their Square 1 "squickers" and products this year! There are a lot of awesome products this year, from tote bags and water bottles to tablet and phone cases! It's super easy to place orders: -Go to www.square1art.com/shop -Enter your child's personal access code (found on the front of your catalog/order form) -Shop away! OR -Turn in your paper order forms with checks made payable to "Square 1 Art" Please contact me if you have any questions about ordering. We truly appreciate your support in making our Art department the very best it can be for all of our wildcat students! The PTA Reflections contest is underway! Choreograph a dance, produce a film, write a poem or story, compose a song, take a picture or create a piece of visual art and tell us your interpretation of the theme: “The World would be a Better Place If….” No experience is required to participate in Reflections! All Grades are welcome to participate. Submissions are due at the school front office on October 6, 2014. The Fulton County Department of Water Resources provides a contest for elementary students to design their calendar each year. Several students from Wilson Creek have received honorable mention, or even won this contest in the past! The artwork must be done outside of class on 8.5"x11" paper, landscape style. All submissions are due to Ms. Hattingh NO LATER than October 1st . If you are interested in participating in this contest, please come to Ms. Hattingh's art room to pick up an entry form. Good luck! Starting next week students will begin their Unit 1 Art projects which will be used for the annual Square 1 Art Fundraiser! Square 1 Art prints your child's artwork on high-quality products, such as coffee mugs, mouse pads, phone cases, aprons, and MUCH MORE! We have worked with Square 1 Art for over 10 years at Wilson Creek, and we are always pleased with the time and care they put into representing each students' art achievements! Your child will spend several days completing their masterpieces to be used for Square 1, and we appreciate the support you can give our art program by participating in Square 1! Be on the lookout for order forms, sample artwork stickers, and more information to be coming home soon! Next week students will be bringing home their 2013-2014 Art Portfolios! Inside their portfolios students will have all 2-D artworks they have created this year, as well as their sketchbooks which contain notes, ideas, and concepts learned this year. It is an exciting day in Art class when we look back at the progress we've made this year, and the enriching projects we've completed! Please take a moment to look through your child's portfolio together to explore the value of art in their education. Also, don't forget to check out the art website at www.wilsoncreekart.weebly.com to view student art examples and displays from throughout the school year! Make sure you stop by the "Volunteering and Donations" page to see what you can do to help make our Art program a success next year too! The competition for this year's Doodle 4 Google is officially open! Last year Wilson Creek was HONORED to have a Doodle 4 Google finalist in the contest, and we're excited to recognize all of our creative students! This art competition is a chance for students to redesign Google's homepage logo. This year the theme is "If I Could Invent One Thing to Make the World a Better Place..." State Finalists will win a trip to Google Headquarters for the final awards ceremony; and the winner will earn a college scholarship as well as have their design as the Google homepage logo for a day! You can download the entry form at www.google.com/doodle4google Or you can open the entry form by clicking here Submissions are due NO LATER than March 20, 2014! If you would like Ms. Dreher to ship your artwork, please turn it in to the art room with completed entry form by March 18. GOOD LUCK! |