Illustrating "Jack and the Beanstalk"

Kindergarten painted after hearing the classic fairytale read aloud.

This Year's Chinese Warriors

This project is a perennial favorite for our 3rd graders. This year we had a crop of warriors that would make an emperor proud. Thank you to Retrofret Vintage Guitars for generously supporting the project this year.

Kachina!

I just love the bent knees of this Kachina in progress! Thank you to the Fogel family for generously supporting this project.

4th grade Hopi Kachinas

We painted and sculpted our own kachina figures based on Hopi dolls. Ogres and benevolent power figures appeared in the art room. We used everything...papier mache, model magic, cardboard, feathers, bendaroos and more. Students had to figure out which materials would work best for their individual designs. When the designing and building was finished, 4th graders wrote imaginative profiles of the characters they created.
Now, I really want to visit Arizona in search of Hopi culture! Thank you, 4th graders...