Lower School Art

Events & Announcements

Please feel free to Come Visit the Lower School's colorful art space. Nestled in the woods behind Moore Hall, and down the path winding through the trees, you will experience the creative atmosphere and want to come "art". You are welcome to do so!

Super Silly Creatures are hatching in the art barn. The 1st graders are excited and proud parents. For more pictures of the emergence, go to the 1st grade pages and see the fun happening.

Auction 2008: Beautiful art made by the Lower School students found new homes the night of the school's annual auction. Please go to the Auction Works pages to see your kids creating these masterpieces.

Table design painted by the 3rd - 5th grades with wrought iron legs crafted
by artist Peter Austin.

5 ceramic platters painted in the art style of famous artists. 1st grade Kandinsky circles, 2nd grade Georgia O'Keefe flowers,3rd grade undulating Matisse cut out shapes , 4th grade Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night, and Mondrian colored squares by the 5th grade.

The EMPTY BOWL dinner on February 24th was a smashing success. Grateful thanks go to all the generous diners and huge core of volunteers who all helped to make the evening a triumph. Please go to the Empty Bowl pages to see the festivities underway and all the colorful beautiful bowls. The final tally to be sent to Second Harvest will be available soon.

On the Photo Archive page you will find links to gallery pages with photographs of art projects and students from past seasons. Double click on any picture to see an enlarged version.

Overview and Program Description

This year the Kindergarten classes will frequently have an opportunity to come to the art barn to explore painting, collage, printing, gluing, cutting, stamping and blending, along with numerous other activities. They will be working with clay and we will be making many murals from their colorful and unique art works.

The first grade will explore many of their social study themes through painting, drawing, printing and the messy fun of paper mache. They will explore perspective, color theory, blending techniques, line designs, quilting, and self portraits. Taking inspiration from the historical beginnings of ceramics, they will make clay story tablets along with pinch pots and turtles. In the spring, the class will start to create their fanciful and creative Super Silly Creatures.

Early American history is the inspiration for the second grade art program, and sheep, wool, colonial traditions and painted floor cloths will be just the beginning. Perspective will be used as they draw scenes of Early American farm life and the class will experiment with painting techniques, color families and point of view. Clay will be manipulated into animal pinch pots and wooly sheep and then perspective flower floor cloths, influenced by the art of Georgia O'Keefe, will be started. Printing will follow in many of its rich varieties.

Art inspired by the many traditions of the North American continent will be the starting point for the 3rd grade art program this year. Creole beaded designs, Native American ceramic art, Japanese Gyotaku fish printing, Alaskan carving, and North American totem poles will be only some of the unique art forms visited and explored.

Many of the earth's ecosystems will influence the 4th grader's art projects as they explore perspective, painting, collage, sculpture, ceramics and printing. The oceans and land masses of our earth will inspire and entice. The art of the Native American people and the animals of these unique ecosystems will teach and provide subject matter.

Starting with art from 30,000 years ago, the 5th graders will explore the history of the beginning of man's creative work. Mother Goddesses, fetishes, amulets and cave paintings will start their journey. The art of the Maya and Inca civilizations will come next, followed by a move across the ocean to the Cradle of Civilization in the Euphrates valley. Egypt, Greece and Rome, with their rich artistic history , will then be studied and explored.

3 Peace Poles installed near the SSFS Meeting House.

Close up of large Peace Mural outside the art barn.

View additional photos on the class pages.

Events & Announcements

Things to look for in and around campus.............

Overview and Program Description