| A.E.S. Art Classes |
Welcome to ART! Students in first and second grade have art bi-weekly for a 50 minute class period. Lessons prepared are based on the National and State Visual Arts Standards. The curriculum is based on the Elements and Principals of design. Students learn how to see and talk about art and are exposed to a variety of tools, techniques, and media for producing artwork. Creativity is encouraged! Discipline-Based Art Education is central in the development of art lessons. These components are Art History, Aesthetics, Art Criticism, and Art Production. Be sure to check out the Louvre to see some exciting art!
Check out our art podcasts and art photostories below.
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| Art Classes
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| First and second grade art classes. |
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| The African Project! (5.79 MB)
Students, faculty, and parents, learn about Africa. Everyone joins together to help create a fun and fabulous study of African art, life, and culture. |
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| African Safari at A.E.S. (4.06 MB)
Visitors to the A.E.S. Media Center become tourists as guides take them on an African Safari! |
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| A.E.S. Celebrates AFRICA! (10.32 MB)
Students study the art and culture of Africa and conclude the unit with an African Arts Festival! |
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| African Art Displays (7.3 MB)
See artwork created by students of Albertville Elementary during their study of Africa. |
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| African Festival Parade (2.59 MB)
Students and faculty participate in an African Festival Parade as part of the culminating events celebrating their study of AFRICA! |
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| A.E.S. Celebrates Japan! (8.95 MB)
Albertville Elementary School faculty and students celebrate their study of the art and culture of Japan during a 2003 school arts performance. Among the special guests is Alabama's First Lady-Mrs. Patsy Riley. |
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| A.E.S. Japanese Parade (4.78 MB)
Students and teachers participate in a parade during the 2003 celebration of the art and culture of Japan. |
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| POP ART (1.09 MB)
Students in several second grade art classes learned about the "Pop" artist Andy Warhol. |
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| Art 07-08 (8.71 MB)
Click on the link to see some examples of first and second grade artwork. |
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| Artists at Work (8.88 MB)
First and second grade art students are shown working on various projects during the 2007-2008 school year. |
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| Chinese New Year 2008 (9.59 MB)
Students enjoy creating and participating in art projects related to our study of Chinese art and culture. |
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| 2001 W.E. Chinese New Year Parade (3.44 MB)
Students and teachers celebrate their study of China with a fun day of dressing-up, performing, eating chinese food, and parading inside the school. |
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| Expressions (8.49 MB)
The digital camera becomes a creative tool for capturing expressive faces. First grade students study portraits/self-portraits and learn about the famous French artist-Henri Matisse as part of this unit. During the lesson, students discover that they can use their eyes, eyebrows, lips, nose, and hands to create some wonderful "looks!" |
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| Middle Ages Study (7.44 MB)
Albertville Elementary students, teachers, staff, and parents learn about the Middle Ages and participate in transforming the school into a Medieval Masterpiece! |
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| A.E.S Celebrates The Middle Ages! (6.02 MB)
Students learn about the art, life, and times of the Middle Ages. A Medieval Arts Festival is held as the culminating event!
U.S. Congressman Aderholt and his family, Rep. McDaniel, and other special guests join in the celebration. |
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| Middle Ages Parade! (7.08 MB)
Students and faculty celebrate their study of the Middle Ages with a parade! |
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| MVAC Student Art Exhibit (10.36 MB)
The Mountain Valley Arts Council held a reception for 46 first and second grade Albertville Elementary School students on April 3. These students had their artwork on display for several weeks with the reception concluding the event. Many students, parents, family, and friends attended. |
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| Tunnel Visions--Under Construction (8.01 MB)
Family, parents, faculty, and staff work to build Tunnel Visions. The structure is 74 ft. long, 6 ft. wide, and 7 ft. tall. The construction project takes over three weeks to complete. |
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| Tunnel Visions--Opening Week! (2.55 MB)
Students, teachers, staff, parents, and visitors from the community and other areas of the state tour Tunnel Visions. Over 2,300 guests toured the 10 week exhibit to see artwork created by students which reflected their study of Art through the Ages. Parent tour guides led visitors through the Prehistoric Period, Ancient Egyptian Period, Byzantine Period, Medieval Period, Renaissance Period, Early American Period, and Modern Art Period. Outside the tunnel, students enjoyed using chalk to draw on the "Create Your Own Art" wall. Over 500 hours given by volunteers, our students, faculty, community support,and the Fine Arts Grant Award from the National Education Association helped to make this dream a reality! |
| Van Gogh Podcast (1.68 MB)
Listen as these second grade art students tell about Vincent Van Gogh. |
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| Wild Things Fine Arts Event (2.59 MB)
First grade students create "wild thing" masks in art class after listening to a story by Maurice Sendak called, "Where The Wild Things Are." A play about the story is performed by Mrs. Wright's first grade class for the student body. All first grade students in the audience wore their decorative masks and interacted with the stage performers as the story was read. |
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| Matisse Celebration (1.41 MB)
Students learn about the artist Henri Matisse and as a culminating activity are entertained with a "Matisse Program" featuring a story about Matisse, student artists' painting in the style of Matisse, and teachers acting out one of Matisse's works of art. |
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| Stone Age Art Opening! (4.28 MB)
Students, teachers, staff, and parents enjoy touring a "hand-made cave" to see student painted animal art resembling paintings discovered on cave walls from the Stone Age. |
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Albertville Elementary
Ramona Hall
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