Art night at school

Hosting a family art night can be the best way to build support for your art program, boost parent involvement and advocate for your program within your community. In this episode, I share my experiences with my own family art night both as a parent and as the organizer. I walk you through what worked

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Fine Arts Night '14 is in the books, and I think it was the best one to date - so much to hear, see, do! This music and art celebration is a tradition every year, but this time around the music teacher and I added a few new exciting components as you will soon see, starting with a push for families to share on social networking sites to expand our audience. We placed posters all around with our blogging, Twitter, and Instagram accounts posted with QR codes for quick access (#dolvinFAN). We…

Save to Favorites 0 Favorites X Save to Favorites Please Login or Register to save content. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. So, last week I started talking about art show planning. This week we are talking art show nitty-gritty. The nitty-gritty includes figuring out how to best display the work, gathering […]

Parent groups everywhere are planning Cookies and Canvas and other paint nights for kids. Learn how the event works, and read tips for organizing one at your school.

Last school year I held my first family art night. Because we are a Title 1 school we have to hold several parent involvement nights...

Fine Arts Night has been a Dolvin tradition since before I started teaching there in 1996; it's a night that celebrates art and music in our school. It has grown by leaps and bounds and it is so rewarding to see families enjoying and talking about our year's work. This year marks my 20th show! Forgive the boxes in this shot - I snapped this during set up and got too busy to get another shot, but you can get the idea of the professional quality of the display set up by Artome. They do all the…

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Over the last month or so, my 5 year old has become fascinated with famous artists. We stumbled across a few wonderful books at the library about DaVinci, Matisse, Picasso and Van Gogh. The more that she learns about them, the more she wants to know. Her new goal in life is to become a […]

Hello! I am already seeing lots of posts in Facebook groups asking what to do in the first few days of art class. In this post, I will walk you through what I plan to do this year in my classes. This is very similar to what I have done in other years. First, I start all classes with basic introductions and talking about the room and art class. We go over the rules and expectations. I use a video … Read more... →

Art class was one of my favorites in school. I had an awesome elementary art teacher. She was young and fun and came up with crea...

Night of the Arts! (NOTA) This is my biggest night of the year, folks! We work hard all year long to make this night happen. All the countless hours of planning, working, drawing, coloring, painting, cutting, gluing....the list goes on and on...are all worth it, on this night! Hearing the excitement in the halls, seeing the kids' faces light up when they see their art, just make me love me job more and more. It fills the school with an explosion of color and a sense of pride, that just makes…

I have only been at Rossview Elementary a short while, and am thoroughly enjoying making art with the students. We recently had a great ...

Tips for hosting a family art night at your school. Invite families into your art room for a sample of your awesome curriculum. See posts one and two. #visualartmatters #familyart#elementaryart #artandcommunity

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Are you looking for an easy end-of-year art project? On the last days of school, I had some students that needed to finish up art projects and others that really just wanted to be done with the school year. This was a fun and easy collaborative project that many students opted to participate in! I picked out some inspirational words, such as “Learn”, “Create”, “Respect”, “Dream” and so forth. In the interest of time and consistency, I wrote the words … Read more... →

After School Art Class Projects. Dots Landscape Tempera Painting, Hermit Crab Watercolor & Sand Painting,Ceramics Slab Angel, Eric Carle Style Spider, Olympics Watercolor & Medal Pendant, Huichol Penguin Yarn Penguin, Ceramics Slab Wall Pocket, BUGS! Mixed Media