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KACHINA DOLLS

FOURTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

MONDRIAN FISH

THIRD GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2,  AND 9.4

TOTEM POLES

THIRD GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2,  AND 9.4

 

 

RAINBOW FISH

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1,9.2,AND 9.4

 

 

 HUNGRY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1,9.2,AND 9.4

DUBUFFET DRAWING

FOURTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2,  AND 9.4

 

STENCIL FLOWERS

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1

 
TESSELLATIONS

FOURTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

PITTSBURGH LOGOS

FIFTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1

 

GECKOS

THIRD GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1

 

POINTILLIST BUTTERFLIES

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 

INDIAN LINE DESIGNS

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

MONET WATERLILIES

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 

OP ART

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 
COLLAGE HIPPIES

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 
 

BLUEBIRDS OF HAPPINESS

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1

 
STUFFED ANIMALS

FIFTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1

 

 
CHIA PET HEADS

FOURTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1

 
SCULPEY GECKOS

FOURTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1
CERAMIC BUSTS

THIRD GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1

 
CERAMIC HEARTS

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1
     
THIS BEAUTIFUL FELTED SAMPLER (AND INSERT, RIGHT) WAS MADE BY OUR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS WITH OUR VISITING ARTIST JULIE STUNDEN.
     
SNOW SCENES

SECOND GRADE

PA. STANDARD: 9.1
CAROUSEL ANIMALS

THIRD GRADE

PA STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
GLITTER TREES

FIRST GRADE

PA STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
BIRD PUPPETS

SECOND GRADE

PA. STANDARD: 9.1

 
BACKPACKS

FOURTH GRADE

PA. STANDARD: 9.1
     
UNDERWATER FOIL CREATURES

FIRST GRADE

PA STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 
AUDOBON BIRDS

THIRD GRADE

PA STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 
ALL STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL MADE A SEGMENT FOR OUR SENSATIONAL SNAKE!
CERAMIC PIZZA

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
     
CHIHULY VESSELS

FOURTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
FALL TREES

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1
HARING DRAWINGS

THIRD GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
LEAF PRINTS

FOURTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1
CEZANNE LANDSCAPES

THIRD GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
     
TEACUPS

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
TOOTHPICK SKELETONS

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1
     
VAN GOGH STILL LIVES

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
 
YES, THERE IS LIFE AFTER THE ART SHOW. THESE PROJECTS  PROVE IT...
PATTERN BIRDS

FIRST GRADE 

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1
     
INDIAN SHIELDS

FOURTH GRADE

THESE INTRICATE PAINTINGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS

THIRD GRADE

THESE TEXTURAL PIECES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT IMPRESSIONISM.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
 
THE FOLLOWING PIECES WERE DONE IN PREPARATION FOR THE ART SHOW. THE THEME THIS YEAR IS ART AND CRAFTS FROM SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES.
DIOS DE LOS MUERTOS SKULLS

"DAYS OF THE DEAD"

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 

 

 
     
PAPER PICADOS

"CUT-UP PAPER"

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 

 
     
TAROT CARDS

THIRD GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 

 

ANIMAL CARNIVALE MASKS

FOURTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
HUICHOL INDIAN YARN BOWLS

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2,AND 9.4
 

GUATEMALAN WORRY DOLLS

FIFTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2,AND 9.4

 

 
   
COSTA RICAN RAIN FOREST

FIFTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 
   
ANIMALITOS

"LITTLE ANIMALS"

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
MEXICAN SUNS

THIRD GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 
CERAMIC TILE POTS

FIFTH GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
   
CERAMIC ANIMALS

FIRST GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 
   
SCULPEY SKULLS

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 
SKELETON INSECTS

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 
 

 

PICASSO PORTRAITS

SECOND GRADE

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 

 

 
 

 
DIOS DE LOS MUERTOS BOXES

FOURTH GRAFE

THESE COOL BOXES ARE DONE IN CELEBRATION OF THE MEXICAN HOLIDAY

 DAYS OF THE DEAD.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
     
OAXACAN ANIMALS

THIRD GRADE

THESE COLORFUL ANIMALS LOOK LIKE THEY CAME RIGHT FROM OAXACA MEXICO.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 
DANCING CALACCAS

THIRD GRADE THESE SKELETONS WERE ALSO DONE IN CELEBRATION OF

DIOS DE LOS MUERTOS.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 
HUICHOL MASKS

FIFTH GRADE

THESE COLORFUL MASKS WERE DONE IN THE STYLE OF THE HUICHOL INDIANS.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 
     
MEXICAN TIN ART

FIRST GRADE

THESE BEAUTIFUL PIECES LOOK LIKE THEY CAME STRAIGHT FROM MEXICO.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
 
 

 
   
RAINFOREST CREATURES

FIRST GRADE

THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES WERE MADE WHILE STUDYING THE ANIMALS OF THE RAIN FOREST.

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1
GUATAMALEN TOAD BANKS

SECOND GRADE

THESE COLORFUL PAPER MACHE BANKS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING THE ART OF PAPER MACHE.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1 AND 9.2
OTHER GREAT PROJECTS DONE THIS YEAR
HEART PAINTINGS

THIRD GRADE

THESE COLORFUL PAINTINGS WERE DONE WHILE STUDYING THE POP ARTIST JIM DINE.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
     
     
GINGERBREAD PEOPLE

FIRST GRADE

THESE ADORABLE CERAMIC PIECES WERE MADE AFTER READING THE STORY, "THE GINGERBREAD BOY".

THE STUDENTS LEARNED LOTS OF NEW CERAMIC TECHNIQUES.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 
   
UNDERWATER COLLAGES

FIFTH GRADE

THESE INTRICATE PIECES WERE DONE AS PART OF THE FIFTH GRADE ASSESSMENT. THEY ALSO LEARNED ABOUT WYLAND, BARBARA WALLACE AND DONNA SHAFFER.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
SAM'S SANDWICH

THIRD GRADE

THESE TEXTURAL PIECES WERE DONE AFTER READING THE STORY 

"SAM'S SANDWICH". THE STUDENTS LEARNED MANY NEW PAPER TECHNIQUES.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
WEAVING

FOURTH GRADE

THESE COLORFUL WEAVINGS ARE DONE ON HAND-MADE CERAMIC LOOMS.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 
   
     
     
ERIC CARLE STORIES

FIRST GRADE

THESE ADORABLE STORIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT ERIC CARLE AND ALSO LEARNING LOTS OF NEW PAINTING TECHNIQUES.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4
     
HIPPIES

SECOND GRADE

THESE GROOVY PORTRAITS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING COLOR BLENDING AND ALL ABOUT THE SIXTIES.

PA. STATE STANDARDS:

9.1, 9.2, AND 9.4

 
   
 
FOIL CLOWNS

THIRD GRADE

THESE COLORFUL CLOWNS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT FOIL REPOUSSE AND THE ART OF CHUCK OBERSTEIN.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 
   
PET HEADS

THIRD GRADE

THESE ADORABLE SCULPTURES WERE MADE WHILE LEARNING VARIOUS SCULPTURE TECHNIQUES.

PA. STATE STANDARD: 9.1 

 
     
CERAMIC HOUSES

SECOND GRADE

THESE COOL HOUSES WERE MADE WHILE STUDYING ARCHITECTURE IN MT. LEBANON IN SOCIAL STUDIES. THEY ALSO LEARNED SEVERAL NEW CERAMIC TECHNIQUES.

 

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1 AND 9.2

 
   
     
QUILLED BOXES

FOURTH GRADE

THESE UNIQUE BOXES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING THE HISTORY AND PROCESS OF QUILLING.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4

 
   
DRAGON PAINTINGS

FIFTH GRADE

THESE DETAILED PAINTINGS WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING CHINESE CULTURE AND HOW TO MATT A PAINTING.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
   
 
KANDINSKY COLLAGES

THIRD GRADE

THESE COLORFUL COLLAGES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT WASSILY KANDINSKY.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
   

 

SCRATCHBOARD PICTURE FRAMES

THESE HILARIOUS PIECES WERE DONE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT THE ABSTRACT WORK OF 

SONIA DELAUNAY AND THE POP ART OF

 ROY LICHTENSTEIN.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
SPATTER PAINTED CHAIRS

FIFTH GRADE

THESE AWESOME CHAIRS WERE SANDED, PAINTED, AND SPATTERED WHILE LEARNING ABOUT JACKSON POLLOCK'S ACTION PAINTING.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
PICASSO PORTRAITS

THIRD GRADE

THESE INTERESTING DRAWINGS WERE DONE WHILE STUDYING PICASSO'S CUBIST PORTRAITS.

PA. STATE STANDARDS: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, AND 9.4
PINWHEELS

THESE BEAUTIFUL PINWHEELS WERE MADE BY STUDENTS IN GRADES K-5 IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY. THEY WERE PROUDLY DISPLAYED OUTSIDE FOSTER SCHOOL.

MANY THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED WITH THIS PROJECT!!!

 
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PENNSYLVANIA STANDARDS FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES  

 

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