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Mona Lisa Lego Mural

12/5/2019

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Click for the Mona Lisa Lego Mural

Click for Black History Lego Murals

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Animated Color Monsters

11/10/2019

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Third grade lesson exploring color, visual texture, movement, and feelings

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Mona Lisa Made with Dominoes

10/29/2019

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Mona Lisa made from Dominoes in the style of Pointillism

Click to see all the details of this Donor's Choose Project

Mona Lisa made from Dominoes

5th graders had the opportunity to build a mural collaboratively using Dominoes after we received a grant from Donor's Choose.
We used the free plans from Robert Bosch
(download from his website here)
Mr. Bosch is a Mathematical Artist, author, and Professor. Learn more about him here.

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Creating Collaboratively #IAEA19

10/6/2019

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I sat down and reflected on our student collaborations in the art room and pulled 15 ideas together for my upcoming presentation at the Illinois Art Education Association Conference on November 23. Register here. Below are notes and the PDF of my slides.

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Monster Progression Animation

5/22/2019

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Third graders are doing a collaborative creativity challenge to use stop-motion animation to make a monster appear to rise from and sink into the table. This is adapted from the wonderfully creative artist, Andy Martin. We watched his Plasticine Rhythm movie and workshop for ideas.

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UNDO: What if life had an undo button?

1/28/2019

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Poster Image for UNDO Fugleflick

A group of 12 5th grade Fugleflick filmmakers created an original musical video demonstrating how wonderful an undo button would be in real life.
They chose to illustrate in magical ways the benefits of an undo button in art room related situations.

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Creating Value

11/29/2018

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My fifth graders will be learning about creating values (black, white and the grays between) as they collaboratively piece together the portrait of a person who has added value to the world in a significant way.

Mini Canvases will combine to make one portrait as students learn to make values, read coordinates on grid, and learn about the value the subject of the portrait has added to the world.

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Whoville Collaboration Animation

11/24/2018

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"It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before." ~ How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss

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Green Screen Workshop with D15

11/22/2018

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Click to view my Smore flyer with resources for my Green Screen Lessons

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Visual Literacy Creativity Game

9/9/2018

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Visual literacy requires clear communication through images; both creating and interpreting

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About Me

Tricia Fuglestad, NBCT,
is the K-5 art teacher at Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heights, IL. with a masters in K-12 technology integration. Tricia has been recognized for her innovative teaching in 2010 with the PBS Teachers Innovation Award, won Illinois Art Teacher of the Year in 2011, awarded Teacher of Distinction in 2012 by the Golden Apple Foundation, received Western Region Elementary Art Teacher of the Year 2013, selected to become a Jacobs Educator 2014-15, was presented with the NAEA Art Technology Outstanding Community Service Award in 2016, honored with the ISTE Teacher Educator Network Tech in Action award, 2018, and won an Art Education Leadership Award via Artsonia in 2019. Learn more here.