{"id":1520,"date":"2015-03-06T17:39:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T01:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2015-03-06T17:39:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T01:39:13","slug":"arts-alive-2015-capture-a-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/2015\/03\/06\/arts-alive-2015-capture-a-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Alive – 2015 Capture a Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Students have been working for more than a month on this biennial art event. \u00a0Here is the process we went through:<\/p>\n

In January, as a class, we discussed moments in our lives (memories).\u00a0 I read the book, \u201cWilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge\u201d, by Mem Fox.\u00a0 This is a story about a young boy (Wilfrid Gordon) who lives next door to a senior citizen\u2019s complex in Australia and all the folk who live there.\u00a0 Wilfrid Gordon\u2019s favourite person is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper (as she also has four names).\u00a0 When he overhears, from his parents, that she has lost her memory he sets out on a quest to find out what memories are and how he can help Miss Nancy regain her lost ones. \u00a0It is a very touching story.<\/p>\n

After we read the story, students completed activities (in class) that explored all sorts of memories \/ moments; times when they were happy, sad, nervous, worried, etc. As you know, they were asked to discuss family memories with their families. \u00a0They wrote about, and brought to school, photographs of a specific \u2018powerful\u2019 memory.<\/p>\n

Students made a preliminary plan (drawing) of what their final art piece would look like.\u00a0 The next step was to focus on the background.\u00a0 This was quite difficult for this grade level!\u00a0 Using watercolour paper they painted just the background colours.\u00a0 The following week they chose the part of the photograph that they wanted to include.\u00a0 They also made other pieces to be included \u2013 via collage.<\/p>\n

With the idea of bringing attention to an important (special) part of their art, students had a choice of using a flashlight or popsicle sticks to \u2018frame\u2019 it \u2013 a few chose to use both.\u00a0 The flashlights were clipart off the internet.\u00a0 We used a technique that I learnt from a workshop at the Burnaby Art Gallery.\u00a0 The pictures were covered with packing tape and then cut out.\u00a0 Students soaked them in a tub of water and scraped off the paper backing leaving the image on the tape.\u00a0 They seemed to really enjoy doing this. \u00a0Students who chose to use the \u2018frames\u2019 had to determine how many they would need (by laying everything out) and then they painted them.<\/p>\n

The last stage of the process was to put it all together.\u00a0 Students put all the pieces into place and then glued them using liquid glue. \u00a0The final touch, for those using flashlights, was to add tissue paper as the light beam shining on their focal point.<\/p>\n

Students completed ‘Artist Statements’ which were required by the Burnaby Art Gallery in order to have the piece considered during the jury selection process. This meant that they needed to name their piece and describe what it is \/ why it was chosen as a powerful memory. \u00a0These were attached via paper clip to the back of each piece. \u00a0The Jury Panel from the B.A.G. came to our school yesterday morning and spent time looking at each of the pieces, which were laid out in the Multi-Purpose room for them. \u00a0They do this process on their own – no school personnel included – I find out what they take after they have left! \u00a0They photograph each piece of art which they put into their ‘digital’ display. \u00a0Our pictures will be incorporated with all the other artwork, from participating classes, from other Burnaby elementary schools. \u00a0This digital display will be able to be viewed both at the Art Gallery and via their website. \u00a0I will let you know when it is up and running.<\/p>\n

As always, this has been a great learning process for the students.\u00a0 They often seek instant gratification from their assignments (\u201cI\u2019m done!\u201d).\u00a0 This journey showed them that there are many steps and stages needed to create a complex piece of art.<\/p>\n

The Jury Panel typically chooses a few pictures to physically take to the art gallery, from each participating class, to be put on display. \u00a0This is my fourth time doing this at Rosser (it is offered to elementary schools every second year) and each time we have had two pieces chosen. \u00a0This year was no exception. \u00a0We are all very proud and happy for Lily and Jayden that their pieces will be on display at the Burnaby Art Gallery. \u00a0The rest of the pieces are on display on the bulletin board in the hallway outside of our classroom, near the office. \u00a0Please drop by and have a look. \u00a0The picture (above) really doesn’t do justice to the great results of the students’ hard work.<\/p>\n

There will be an Opening Reception on Thursday, April 16th from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Burnaby Art Gallery. \u00a0The exhibit is then open to viewing during their regular hours from April 17th – May 17th. \u00a0Everyone is welcome to attend the Opening Reception – no tickets are required. \u00a0There is an official opening with a few speeches; often by the mayor or other municipal councillors and usually some school board people, as well. \u00a0It is a great opportunity to see a wide variety of artistic interpretations on the theme. \u00a0I always enjoy going. \u00a0I hope to see many of you there.<\/p>\n

As always, a huge thank you for all of your support with this project!<\/p>\n

Shelagh Temple<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students have been working for more than a month on this biennial art event. \u00a0Here is the process we went through: In January, as a class, we discussed moments in our lives (memories).\u00a0 I read the book, \u201cWilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge\u201d, by Mem Fox.\u00a0 This is a story about a young boy (Wilfrid Gordon) who … Continue reading Arts Alive – 2015 Capture a Moment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1523,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/temples\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}