New! Art Club!

New at Parker. The Parker Art Club!
Mondays: 2:30-3:30

Do you want more art time? Do you need a place to do projects for other classes? Do you want to enter the scholastic art contest, but don't know what to do? Do you want to experiment with different media, outside of the regular curriculum?

Come to the new Art Club on Monday afternoons in room 202. We're here for you!

Welcome Back!

It's so good to see you all again.
We are looking forward to a wonderful year of creativity, time to find out who we are and how to express ourselves to the world. Sixth grade will be examinging art cultures from around the world, and looking at how we express our culture and ourselves through art. Seventh grade will be looking at how art is a reaction to literature and society around us by examining American artists and art styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. Ceramics will be examining the techniques of hand clay building, as well as learning to express our thoughts and feelings through the medium of clay. Again, welcome! We love our subject, and hope you will love it as much as we do.

Final Project- grade 7

the 7th grade is working with clay, converting what they know about proportions and faces into 3D. They are to imagine they are casting directors, producing a new movie. What will it be? A comedy, a tragedy, a romantic comedy, a hero adventure?
They must figure out what assumptions people make about these type of characters so that they can cast an actor for the part. How do we think someone evil looks? Or someone funny? By using what they know about proportions,beauty thorugh the ages and styles of art, they will adapt a face design to clay. Students will create characters that will play the main part in their movies. It is up to them to create a character that the audience will instantly react to.

Open House This Thursday- May 15th

Open House is Thursday Night. Come see artwork from the entire year decorating the school. We have artwork everywhere. This is our opportunity to have a school wide art show. Come see what's new!

Arts Fest 2008

What a wonderful showing at the artsfest 2008. Hundreds of pictures and sculptures lined the walls and panels from one side of Main St. to the other at the High School. We were able to show all the fine work from Parker Middle School as well as track what some of our best artists were now doing in High School. As a viewer, it was fantastic to see the level and quality of the work these students produce. As an art teacher, it was a thrill to see what the other art teachers were doing in town. We shared ideas and built on lessons already produced. It was such a joy to spend time among all this work. And the music! How awesome to have a jazz ensemble playing while you look at art. The programs from elementary through High School were superb. We really appreciated all the rehersal work that students did to put on such fine performances.
For another look at the day, see the Superintendent's Blog http://superintendentblog.blogspot.com/ for a great understanding of why the arts are important in all our lives.

***ART SHOW ****ART SHOW***ART SHOW***

The district wide art show will be held at the high school on April 30th from 5-8, May 1st from 5-8 and May 2nd from 5-9.

Hope you can all make it.

Art from Elementary through High School will be on display.

Rather than give everyone notices about what artwork is in the show, we will try to get in as many art pieces as possible. Please check this out. With the art show on for three evenings, we should be able to have everyone attend.

Report Cards

Report cards are out. Don't forget to look on edline to see your grades.