ARTWORKS 2011!

Students in grades 4-8 (during the 2011-12 school year) are eligible to register for ARTWORKS beginning April 11th.

ARTWORKS will be held Mon-Thurs, June 13-24 at Sequiota Elementary

The ARTWORKS Program, now in it's 29th year, is a multi-disciplinary approach to the arts. The program allows student to study with professional artists and art teachers in the visual media and performing arts for an intensive 9 days. ARTWORKS has one session with a morning and an afternoon class. Students may attend EITHER the morning OR afternoon sessions.

For more information, visit the SPS website and click on the summer school information link, or contact me for further information & registration form.

Register early before classes fill!! :)

ALL SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION 2011!

It is with great excitement to announce the dates of the all-school art exhibit at the Springfield Art Museum! Many of our talent Jeffries students' artwork will be on display for this highly anticipated event.

The exhibit will be open to the public beginning March 15 through April 17.

Museum hours are:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday- 9:00-5:00
Thursday- 9:00-8:00
Sunday- 1:00-5:00
Closed on Monday

The Springfield Art Museum is located at 1111 E. Brookside, just west of National. Admission is free.

Hope to see you there!!!

JEFFRIES' ART CLUB!!!

Interested 4th & 5th graders were invited to join our first-ever Jeffries Art Club!
The first 12 students that registered are going to be learning how to crochet and/or knit!

Mrs. Olson (formerly Ms. Sees) and I are really excited to begin!


PS> If you were unable to join or missed the deadline, we will most likely begin a new club after spring break. We will keep you posted!

2nd quarter art projects!

Wow...second quarter flew by! We are wild about learning art, and have creative some awesome art projects this quarter. Check out what we learned:

Kindergarten: "Three Little Kittens"/Native American Indian Corn Sculptures/Fingerpaint Turkeys/"Mouse Paint" Paintings/Christmas Tree Sponge Painting & Collage/Snowflake Paintings/Geometric Penguins
1st Grade: Native American Totem Poles & Sandpainting/"Piggy in the Puddle" Sculptures & Diaramas/Gingerbread House Sculptures/"Best Artist in the Ocean" Painting
2nd Grade: Geometric Witches/Cornucopia Weaving/Ceramic Turtle Sculptures/Santa's Closet Collage/Winter Cardinals Painting
3rd Grade: Futuristic Cityscapes/Ceramic Flower Sculptures/Snowglobe Landscapes/3-D Paper Snowflake Sculptures/"American Gothic" Parody
4th Grade: Ceramic Animal Vessels/"Blue Dog" Paintings/Poinsettia Prints/"Blue Dog" Papier Mache
5th Grade: U.S. Capitol Building Silhouettes/Mexican Repousse Reptiles/Oil Pastel Ornament Paintings/Ceramic Castels/Coat of Arms Design

supplies needed!

Happy New Year!
We will be beginning some new & exciting art projects in 2011!
For these projects, we need your help...
If you have any empty water bottles and/or 20 oz soda bottles, we could use them for our projects! Please make sure the bottles are clean and are without the caps or lids.
Also, we are in need of newspapers.
Looking forward to a very creative year! :)