Big Grey Columns - 5th Grade

A few years ago, I decided to spice up some of the bland, gray columns in the art room hallway. Together with 5th graders, I began a collaborative project in which we selected to replicate famous artworks on the columns. We used the grid method so each student could contribute to the painting. After the students participated, I swept in and "doctored up" the paintings at the end. The result was a hall full of columns with art to look at, remember, discuss, and enjoy!

Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can

Matisse's Red Fish

Picasso's Three Musicians

Munch's The Scream

Van Gogh's Sunflowers

Van Gogh's Starry Night (left side)

Van Gogh's Starry Night (right side)

Which artists or artworks inspire you?

Wimberley Butterfly Festival - 1st, 3rd, 5th Grades

Each year, first, third, and fifth grades create an entry for the annual Wimberley Butterfly Festival as their first big project of the school year. Each entry is hand-drawn (no templates) on paper and colored by an individual student.

Student entry 2009

Teacher entry 2007

Frisco and Wimberley, Texas (located in the Hill Country, near San Marcos) are known as "sister cities" and have collaborated on this project for many years under the direction of Ann Rolling, founder of the Emily Ann Theater. In April, a small group of Frisco art teachers act as ambassadors and travel to Wimberley during the weekend of the festival. There they can enjoy learning about local artists, partake in Hill Country eating and shopping, mingle with locals, and mostly importantly, attend the festival.

A small portion of the butterfly fence

A street in the heart of Wimberley

Sparks butterflies in the festival

Wimberley artist Bob Gottschall with his work

Open Your Eyes

Mr. Gottschall's studio

Mr. Gottschall with Frisco ISD art teachers

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