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Dryden's Art Gallery is #1

9/18/2013

DRYDEN RANKED #1 IN ILLINOIS AND #8 IN THE USA

Before we get too focused on the future of this school year, we should take a second to reflect on the last one. Because of Dryden's amazing participation in our online digital art gallery, we have won another award! I posted this certificate (above) outside the art room for us all to celebrate. Thank you for writing and checking comments, joining and recruiting fan club members, and all the things you do to encourage your child's artistic spirit. It's working!

Our Online Art Gallery from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Now looking forward...
Artsonia has improved their site to include a student mode.
This means that I will be able to teach students to photograph their own art and upload it directly to their gallery on Artsonia. This works best on iPads since they are both cameras and computers. PLEASE consider helping us in our campaign to raise the money for enough iPads to complete our class set. We won two contests last year and put the winnings toward iPads. We also fundraised a few more so we currently have 12 iPads. We're HALF way there already! Go to Edbacker to give. Every little bit gets us closer to the goal of giving students 1:1 access to iPads in the art room. Every Dryden Student will thank you!

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We Don't Want to Wait to Create!

9/5/2013

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I can't wait to Help

Don't Wait-Donate

Edbacker is a crowdfunding website that gives teachers an avenue for sharing their innovative ideas for their classroom to an audience of education supporters like you! Please consider donating to help fund our iPad project. Our students can't wait to create!
Learn more here: https://edbacker.com/c/create and watch our video below.

Donor's Choose is also a crowdfunding website for smaller projects. If you rather donate to help us get iPads through Donor's Choose, please explore this link. Use the code "INSPIRE" to double your impact at check out with a matching grant.

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The Art is Walking Around

5/21/2013

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Matt wears his creature on the chair.

I love when the art we make in class ends up walking around the building! Part of what makes having our online digital art gallery on Artsonia so fun is the gift shop where you can purchase customized items that feature your favorite artists' work. Artsonia donates 20% back to the art program for every purchase made.

--> Take a look our ARTSONIA gallery <--

I love to photograph students wearing their art. Sometimes I put the photos in the display case at the end of the school year. Please stop in the art room if you happen to be walking around wearing your art!

Alec wears his Wild Thing

Owen wears his Wild Thing

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New Reason to Celebrate,We're Finalists

2/27/2013

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We just learned that our Heart House Art Service Project video was chosen as a finalist in the NEXT VISTA.org Service via Video Student Contest.
View all three finalists here.
View our video Below.

Buy a T-shirt with your child's heart house to help celebrate and raise money for the two iPads the art room still needs.

Our 1st graders, brownies, girl scouts and 5th graders with the help of parent volunteers made heart houses to raise over $1275 to help St. Rose High School in Belmar, New Jersey after their school's art program, located in their basement, was devastated by Super Storm Sandy.

See pictures and more here.

Heart Houses from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

The three videos chosen as finalists will be watched by judges from around the world in April, and the winner will be announced at the Next Vista Awards Night on April 26th. Each finalist will receive a certificate, as well as a $100 donation to the cause identified when the video was submitted.

Yeah! This will make our fundraising total= $1375

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Art Tech Drive

2/26/2013

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Dryden is currently having an Art Tech Drive. Artsonia will donate 20% from each of your purchases through our online digital art gallery to help raise the funds to buy the art room an iPad. We are working towards our goal of having 2 students to very 1 ipad in the art room. We are only two iPads away of this goal thanks to your support during our McGraw-Hill STEMie Award contest which is bringing $5000 dollars worth of iPads to our Art Room!
Here is the link to our gallery.
Find your child's artwork and browse the gift shop

Celebrate your child's artistic accomplishments!

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Make our Dreams Come True

12/9/2012

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Just as the video above explained, you can help make Dryden Artists' wishes come true through our on-going fundraiser through Artsonia. They donate 20% of every purchase of customized items featuring your favorite artists' work back to Dryden's Art Program. Every child benefits and you will love their products! If you order before December 15th your item will arrive in time for the giving season. You can take advantage of their sale prizes and their promotional gift code for a bonus magnet with a purchase of $25 or more. Use the code: HOLIDAYFUNDS12.

Wouldn't these images look awesome on the Artsonia Snappables in the giftshop?
Students had the option of using my custom photo booth effect at the end of art classes to Santa-fy themselves for fun. Learn how I make custom FXs in this post.
Explore the Artsonia Giftshop here.
Find your child's artwork and view all our student work here.

Thank you for supporting our art program!

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Artsonia Just Keeps Getting Better!

11/16/2012

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Not only is Artsonia our online digital art gallery, it is also a place where you can put your child's art on tons of wonderful products. Many Dryden parents have bought items from the gift shop featuring their favorite young artist's pieces. Artsonia has raised the percentage that they donate back to our art program for each purchase from 15% to 20%. Thank you Artsonia. This will make a HUGE difference. Dryden's art program could really use another dedicated iPad for student use in the art room. So this will help us raise the funds we need to purchase this! Here are some ideas for how I would like to use it on a daily basis in the art room.

I LOVE making art and putting it on Artsonia products for gifts. We use Artsonia for smocks, LMC mouse pads, T-Shirt awards for the Hall of Fame, tiles for our Art History Wall and so much more. But as I said in the title of this post, Artsonia keeps getting better. They just started allowing users to upload PHOTOS in the gift shop (see example below). This means you can buy items with your favorite snapshot on it and donate 20% of this purchase to Dryden!

We have a large and growing collection of mugs in our home right now full of student and personal art from over the years.

Now that Artsonia has added Art Snappables to their collection I wear my art on my necklace. I switch out the images to match my mood or clothing. Our students love it.
Browse the products with this link.

snappables from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

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ART Snappables from Artsonia

6/27/2012

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snappables from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Artsonia is now offering a full line of Art Snappables in their gift store! This is a wonderful way to celebrate your child's art while accessorizing any outfit. I love my snappable necklace. I can choose a different piece of art for every day.

Learn more about snappables

Start Shopping for one

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