Art club students, Kristine and Byron, won awards for their continuity and creativity in Art Club.
Throughout Spring semester, various students at MS 223 (BX), attended Exploring Art, the art club after school. We were a small enough group each time that the club had an informality that couldn’t be had during the school day.
While a number of students came to club during its course, there were a some students who attended most day and became a core group that propelled the group each time. Kristine, Yamiles, Byron & Joe got to know where everything was kept and helped with the set up. Everyone helped with clean up.
We made all sorts of things. We started with imaginary trees—can you imagine the wildest, most out of this world tree ever?!? Painted in oil pastel and watercolor, the vibrancy of the colors was juicy. We painted in watercolor and tempera, made critter bowls and other sculpture from clay, drew with charcoal, made our own scratchboards, learned how to make pop ups and designed pop up heart cards for Mother’s Day.
The end of after school came too soon; we had so much more to learn and make. We also needed an opportunity to show our work, as the emerging artists we are and to celebrate all that was accomplished. So we had an Art Show, inviting fellow students, teachers, staff and family. Our exhibit looked fantastic! We had a ball!
