The art room at Whitefield Elementary School is buzzing with creativity. Children are bright eyed with enthusiasm as they work on their masterpieces. Whether it be drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, collage, fiber arts or ceramics all students are invested in their own form of personal expression. Students in Kindergarten through sixth grade are guided through discipline based art lessons that are carefully crafted in order to give students all the skills and knowledge required by the Maine Learning Results in the content of Art. Students in seventh and eighth grade are given the freedom to use their foundation in the arts to choose their art activities when they come to class. These classes are based on the Teaching for Artistic Behavior approach for learning. Please see the link provided on the class pages.

Fifth Grade:
Theme(s): Principles of Art and Design/Maine Artists

1. Radial Insects
2. When the Giant Came to Town -
N.C Wyeth
3. Retablo Self-Portraits
4. Dynamic Figures – Edward Degas
5. Shoes/Shoes/Shoes
6. Accordion Books/Stamping
7. Mexican Clay Suns
8. Landmark Artwork Reproductions
9. Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World/
What Happens Next? Field Trip to Farnsworth Museum.

Fourth Grade:
Theme(s): Principles of Art and Design

1. Pointillism
2. Architectural Prints
3. Autumn Landscape
4. Textured Relief Skeleton
5. Positive/Negative Space
6. Celadon Vase
7. Chinese Lanterns
8. Balanced Collage
9. Self-Portrait in the Mirror or Futuristic Self-Portrait
10. Basketry

Third Grade:
Theme(s): Animals in Art

1. Textured Critters
2. Kuna Molas
3. Dreamy Pastels
4. Collograph Prints
5. Thai Masks
6. Graphic Lettering: Your Name in Thai
7. Futuristic Portraits
8. Dahlov Ipcar's Safari
9. Stained Glass Collage
10. Animal Habitat Sculpture
11. Chinese Banners
12. Native American Weaving

Second Grade:
Theme(s): Communication Through Art.

1. Van Gogh's Sunflowers
2. VanGogh's Starry Night
3. Cartooning: Action Verbs
4. Circus Art
5. Cool/Warm Collage
6. Chinese Dragons
7. Gustav Klimt's Baby
8. Storyteller Self-Portraits
9. Spring Weather Prints/Stenciling
10. Monet's Water Lilies
11. Zulu Animal Print Shield

Students in seventh grade have a choice of art activities in the classroom. At least five art centers are open at a time within the art room such as Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Collage and Sculpture. Satellite centers appear throughout the school year such as plaster sculpture, masks, graphic design, weaving, carving, etc...

Theme(s): Famous Artists/Art Careers
Art Menu:
1. Drawing the Figure
2. Kandinsky and Color
3. Warm/Cool Watercolor Leaves
4. M.C. Escher Tessellations
5. 3-D Shape Drawings for Math
6. One Point Perspective Drawings
7. Mug Contest!
8. Independent study in Ceramics
9. Personal Narrative Book: Integrated with Language Arts
10. Famous Artist Research Presentations

Students in Honors Art have a choice of art activities in the classroom as they do in their regular art class. At least five art centers are open at a time within the art room such as Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Collage and Sculpture. Satellite centers appear throughout the school year such as plaster sculpture, masks, graphic design, weaving, carving, etc... New centers will open more quickly for these students because they have demonstrated the maturity to handle a variety of materials.

Students in eighth grade have a choice of art activities in the classroom. At least five art centers are open at a time within the art room such as Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Collage and Sculpture. Satellite centers appear throughout the school year such as plaster sculpture, masks, graphic design, weaving, carving, etc...

Eighth Grade:
Contemporary Art and Art Careers
Art Menu:
1. Who I Am: Personal Mandala
2. Photography (Homework)
3. Hand and Ribbon Drawing
4. Yearbook Cover Design – Contest
5. Surrealist Hand Sculpture
6. Lino Cut Logos – T-Shirt Design
7. Futuristic Vehicle Design
8. Art Career Research Project
9. Athletes in Art
10. Personal and Cultural Heritage Place Setting

Sixth Grade:
Theme(s): Ancient Art

1. Egyptian Art – Profiles
2. Lion's Club Peace Poster (Homework)
3. Medieval Beasties
4. Native American Totem Poles
5. Thai Shadow Puppets
6. Greek Narrative Drawing
7. Personal Symbol Clay Boxes
8. Mug Sale (Outside of Class)
9. Asian Kimono

First Grade:
Theme(s):Elements of Art. Functions of Art.

1. Wild Things
2. Tree Prints
3. Aboriginal Dot Painting
4. Native American Kachina Doll
5. Polar Animal Collage
6. Slab Built Wall Pockets
7. Picasso's Self-Portraits
8. Batiked Flowers
9. Class Calder Mobile
10. Woven Baskets

Kindergarten:
Theme(s): What is Art? Elements of Art.

1. Shapes Are All Around Us
2. Torn Paper Portraits
3. My Many Colored Days: Bookmaking
4. Native American Jewelry
5. Textured Pinch Pots
6. Line, Shape, and Pattern Vase Collage
7. Winder Wonderland Landscape
8. Faith Ringgold Memory Quilts
9. Texture Spies
10. Feathersaur
11. Drawing from Memory and Observation
12. Hungry Hungry Caterpillars/Eric Carl
13. Finger Puppets
14. Sea Turtle Oil Pastel Drawing

Whitefield Elementary School
Rachel Hamlin