Chalk Art on pavement ~ happy 4th of July!

Thank you Redwood City Parks & Arts Foundation 

https://www.rwcpaf.org/chalk-full-of-fun

My family and I enjoyed Chalk Full of Fun this 4th of July weekend, 2021.

"Happy 4th" by Stephanie

"The Summer of Ice Cream" by Eliana & Claudia

 

Rainbow Pencil Posts (with stencils)

 

Announcing (June 2019)...new pencil posts with stencils

Thank you to Mr. Ruth & Ms. Lopez's students and paras and Brownie Troop 62689

Happy Art Teacher - Butterfly Installation

What makes an art teacher happy? A new and successful art installation- in honor of Cultural Arts Day 2016~ Brazil! Hundreds of butterflies that can withstand the weather (on Tyvek with permanent marker, sewn to a fishing net). Thank you to the amazing volunteers and talented K-5 artists!

Chuck Close-inspired Abe Painting

Chuck Close-inspired Abe Painting (photograph by Laura Hamilton)

Spring of 2015: 90+ 3rd graders and Ms. Noon studied American artist Chuck Close. Each student was assigned at least 2 paintings (6"x12") and had to recreate the image using only concentric shapes and the correct color palette and values. Chuck Close is an inspiring artist who has overcome a lot throughout his life. We viewed this short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxR3ELuZjLw    and looked at his book Chuck Close, Up Close.

Some key points from his life: Close has learning disabilities (dyslexia and face blindness). Because of his face blindness (he can't remember people's faces), he began painting huge portraits of people in such an accurate way they look like photographs ("photorealism"). Close's father died when he was 11 years old. In 1988, totally out of the blue, he suffered a rare spinal artery collapse. This injury is usually the result of a severe accident although he was not involved in any accident. Today he is paralyzed (quadriplegic). In the video you will see how me manages to paint on such a large scale still. Before the "event", he was starting to move towards a looser style. After it, he moved even more to an almost mosaic-style of concentric shapes that look abstract up close but as you step away shape the faces of many of his friends.

This 7' x 8' painting was a hit at the spring Fine Arts Festival. An Encinal family offered to give Abe a proper home and donated a generous amount to the Encinal PTO. Laura Hamilton photographed the piece along with the children so we can all enjoy "Abe" for years to come. Thank you Laura! www.lulujanephotography.com

Painted Pencil Posts

Sunaina (Encinal student), summer 2014

We love our pencil posts that Ms. Noon and volunteers painted the summer of 2014. This hallway is a lot more cheerful and shows our love of writing and art. Our inspiration:  http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2012/06/hallway-pencil-poles.html

Ohlone Basket Weaving

                                                                                                      

K-5 artists are studying Ohlone basket weaving. The Ohlones are master basket weavers and Encinal students are learning more about the People, plant biology & native plants, and basket weaving using natural (willow shoots, sedge & bracken fern roots) and synthetic materials. Ask your student what a spoke is, how the Ohlone cooked in wooden baskets and if their baskets really could hold water. Mrs. Noon hopes to pass on the Ohlone’s respect for nature and native plants, beauty in form and function, attention to detail and resourcefulness through this unit. Find out more about California basket making here: California Parks- information on Indian Basketry. Did you know a traditional Ohlone basket takes almost 3,000 hours to weave and could use 20,000 stitches? Our baskets are taking 2-4 art classes. We couldn’t think of a better activity to do while we wait for the willow to grow! Students have really enjoyed learning about this art form, reading selections from The Ohlone Way by Malcom Margolin (young adult/high school age appropriate book in it's entirety) and learning about local artist...

...Linda Yamane, Ohlone basket weaver.
Ms. Yamane, a Rumsien Ohlone from the Monterey Bay area, is almost single-handedly preserving traditional Ohlone basket making. She also is working hard to preserve the language of her people. To learn more about Ms. Yamane and California basket weaving, click on the links below.  

Basketmaking links:

Students- visit the Oakland Museum to see Linda Yamane's traditionally woven basket!  

Fascinating article on how Linda Yamane is keeping Ohlone basketmaking alive 

***Spark! video on Julia Parker's basket weaving & Pomo legacy*** (a great video) 

California Indian Baskets - State Park website  

Video - Life in the Arts, Linda Yamane  

First few chapters of Margolin's 'The Ohlone Way' 

Andrew's basket, 4th grade                                                                                                                  Helena's basket, 3rd