ESPrit de Corps

My Mandala
Rush Gallery with 371k
Educators: Ms. Barghouti with Ms. Lugo and Ms. Salas (paraprofessionals)
Teaching Artist: David Camacho
Grade 8, Special Needs
2009
My Mandala (a group of 8 small oval paintings)
Student Artists: Jason Ceres, Anthony Estrada, Alma Henry, Jason Adolpus, Anonymous, Bryan Ackwood, Damik Suber, Monae Levy
Oval canvas, sharpie pens, shape stencils, watercolor pencils, water filled brushes
Mandalas are […]

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Memoirs Poetry Pop-Up Books
Young Audiences of Western New York (YAWNY) with Holley Elementary School
Educators: Janelle Baker; Brenda Schurr; Anne Smith; Sue Thorton; Sheri Viscardi
Teaching Artist: Sherry Robbins (Poet/writer) and Kyoko Roszmann (Visual Artist)
Grade 5
March–June 2009
Memoirs Poetry Pop-Up Books
Student Artists: Xander Apicella, Julie Cuccaro, Gillian Gallets, Santino Morales, Mikala Smith
Bound written works and mixed media three […]

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A Meeting of Art and Music
Arts in Education of Western NY with Pinehurst Elementary
Art Teacher: Laura Glista
Grade 4
3 sessions
A Meeting of Art and Music
Cut paper
Student Artists (top to bottom, left to right):
Trevor Fadale, Juliarose Austin, Melissa Hopkins
Alex Miller, Shelby Burgess, Carter Bates
Joe Krasinski, Justin D’Andrea, John Stahura
Julianna Pellicano, William Balisteri, Devin Shomper, Angela Sarro
Jacob Watkins, […]

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Drawing Connections
Flushing Council on Arts and Culture with JHS 189Q
Educators: Helen Robinson
Teaching Artist: Karen Fitzgerald
Student Artists: Elizabeth S. (top) & Kevin (bottom)
Grade 6
June 2009
This unit engaged students in two distinct drawing techniques as a means of making new connections to language.  They learned contour drawing and carefully observed some of their everyday objects such as […]

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Bookmaking and Non-Fiction Narrative
Flushing Council on Arts and Culture with JHS 189Q
Educators: Helen Robinson
Teaching Artist: Karen Fitzgerald
Grade 6
December 2008
Fire, Kate Kim
An origami Book consisting of 3 pages, illustrated and with text.  What to do if there is a fire!
More Recess Please, Kenny Zhou
An origami Book consisting of 3 pages, illustrated and with text.  Persuasive text […]

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Yearlong Multi-disciplinary Collaborative Arts Residency
Community~Word Project with PS 132M
Educators: Ms. Garcia, Ms Vasquez (classroom teachers) and Mr. Nahabedian (art specialist)
Teaching Artist: Ellen Hagan and Leticia Perelstein
Grade 2
October 2008 – June 2009
Collaboratve Mural: En El Otoño
Student Artists: Ms. Garcia and Ms. Vasquez’s Classes
Acrylic on canvas
A collaborative mural created by students and their families to illustrate an […]

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Radial Symmetry
Studio in a School with 213Q
Kindergarten
Teaching Artist: Mary Elmer-Dewitt
Student Artists: Daria Podosenina, Heewon Yang, Logan Grodsky
Tempura paint, oil pastel, paper
Kindergarten students at PS 213Q used ordinary objects and tempera paint to make stamped designs, adding color with Craypas if they chose to (9×9 pieces). Students then took two days to complete a larger, painted […]

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Alphabet Book
Studio in a School with 309K & 213Q
Educator: Ms. Renee Wiley
Teaching Artist: Ascha Drake
Student Artists: Ms. Wiley’s Grade 1 class
Collaged pages from book.
Students researched 4-legged animals. Each student created a collage animal. Individual students’ collages were then turned into an animal ABC book. The book was reprinted using tinyprints.com and exchanged with Grade 1 […]

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Picturing Poetry: Respect
CEPA Gallery and Highgate Heights, BPS #80
2008–2009
Teaching Artist: Amy Luraschi and Karen L. Lewis
Classroom Teachers: Ms. Fulcher, Ms. Berry, Ms. Berg, Mr. Herring, Ms. Coover-Reid, Ms. Daley, Mr. Grannell
Student Artists (left to right, top to bottom):
Respect is a Wheel of Joy, Jamie King (Grade 5)
Untitled, Morerees Montgomery (Grade 5)
Love is Respectful, Deja’h Tompkins […]

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Expressive Hands
Dreamyard and PS/MS 95
Educator: Ms. Malandrino
Teaching Artist: Yvonne Lamar-Rogers
Grade 8
January 2009
“Who Am I?”
Student Artists (from top to bottom, left to right):
Unknown, Jorge Camilo, Mike Galvez, Argenis Lavigat, Daniel Cintron, Alex Variashkin
Paper, metallic pencils, gold pen, and found text.
Through a series of drawings, sculptures and collaging self portraits, students explored who they were and what […]

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