Making Buttons

One of the first projects this year was creating pin-on buttons.  Students drew whatever they were personally interested in using pencils and colored pencils.  They then used their drawings and a heavy, metal button maker to press their buttons together to make wearable art!

Designing the Art Club Bulletin Board

To start the year off, new art club members designed the art club bulletin board that gets updated throughout the year with their work.  With an eye towards the fall foliage and encouraging more new members, they put up a tree with a leaves they created. 

I'm so excited you're here!!!

Welcome to my very first posting on my very first blog!  My motivation for putting this blog out there into the wide, wide world o' web is to first, learn how to do it, and second, to share all of the ups and downs and cool projects of my high school art club.  So fans of art, listen up!

I work at a high school in Maine, where I am an educational technician by day and an art club advisor by night (or, really, late afternoon.)  I am, in actuality, a K-12 certified art teacher and the subject of this blog, my art club, is a lifeline to my true passion: teaching students and making art.

In the not too distant future, look for posts on the adventures we have in art club, pictures of my students' work, and even how-to tutorials and lesson plans for our projects.  

May you have a colorful day!!!
-Mrs. C