Art News, May 2, 2014

Third graders working on their Anti-Litterbugs, a STEAM lesson

Thank you for taking a few minutes to catch up on the exciting things that are going on in Dryden's Art Room. 

IMPORTANT NEWS:

• May 5th is the Arlington Heights Memorial Library Art Show Reception from 6-7pm. Through out the month of May, District 25 Art will be on display at AHML. Come and celebrate our students' talents. See what it looked like last year.
• May 16th is the Hall of Fame Raffle. Please help your artist get their ribbons by inviting fan club members, writing comments, and checking comments on Artsonia. Learn more here.

Fugleblog:

• Arts Advocacy (trying to keep art education programs strong)
• Allow us to Illustrate-On the Big Screen (See the filmmakers present their film)
• Art Class to Art Class Skype (1-1 was invited to a quick Skype Chat)
• Fugleflick to Screen at Film Festival 
• We are Crawling with Insects (3rd graders made Anti-Litterbugs)
• Movement over Movement (see the results of 4th grade stop-motion videos)
• Little People with Big Dreams (visual metaphors with 2nd graders)
• App Smashing Animation Party (Dryden raffle winner and friends animate)
• Donor's Choose Chose Us (I re-blog a post about us)

Tweets:

• Thrifty Tuesday: Transformational iPad Grants (post about our fundraising)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Love the way 5th grd Face/Vase ... (kids working on project)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Singing about art while creating ... (kindergarteners)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Thx @Artsonia our #fugleflick ... (pict of filmmakers at fest)
• Twitter / fuglefun: This is a better pict of R ... (skype with 1st graders)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Our @ahsd25 #artsed #fugleflick ... (filmmakers-dressed up)
• Twitter / fuglefun: We have our @ipevo gear ready ... (iPevo gave us this tech)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Showing @LenDeptula how to ... (working with Mr. Deptula)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Actually we just made a ... (how to make a special FX)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Awesome free draw from a 3rd ... (talented artist Charlotte)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Okay, this is a the first time ... (3rd graders working)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Thx @UnderArmour your gifts ... (4th graders networked)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Dreaming about LCDs for ... (5th grdrs helped enter contest)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Kindergarten - singing for ... (Prepping for Kindergarten tea)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Last day of filming #stopmotion ... (4th graders collaborating)
• Twitter / fuglefun: Love the way our @artsonia ... (comment on artsonia)

Artsonia Galleries:

• Artsonia Art Exhibit :: Face/Vase Illusion on iPads (5th grade)
• Artsonia Art Exhibit :: Insects (3rd grade)
• Artsonia Art Exhibit :: Movement over Movement (4th grade)
• Artsonia Art Exhibit :: App Smashing Fairies (small group of 4th graders)
• Artsonia Art Exhibit :: Little People with Big Dreams (2nd grade)
• Artsonia Art Exhibit :: Superhero Silhouette (2nd grade)
• Artsonia Art Exhibit :: Picasso Collage (1st grade)
• Artsonia Art Exhibit :: IAEA Student Art Show Entries (congratulations!)