And the “Art Star”

of the Month is... I’m happy to announce that the “Art Star”

award for February goes to A’Vohn H. (Rm.

312). Please assist me in congratulating A’’Vohn

for all the hard work, creativity, and independ-

ence that he has shown over the past month.

Great Job!!

A’Von’s “Pinecone” painting can be seen at

right.

Additional “Pinecone” paintings can be seen in

last month’s edition of The Andersonian ~ Art

News.

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C E N T E R F O R

A U T I S M

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The Andersonian

Art News from Around the School and

Around the World…

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V O L U M E 6 ~ I S S U E 5 5

I wanted to send a “Thank You” to all of those who helped

the Art Program over the past month with supplies and assis-

tance, including Kathleen M. (Dir. Of Program Services), Julie

W. (Teacher-Rm.120), Suzanne B. (Transition Coordina-

tor), Gidget K. (Speech) and Kendal W. (Teaching Asst. -

Rm. 119).

This is a little late, but thank you to everyone for the holiday

cards and gifts. They were very much appreciated,

To all of you (and those of you that I may have missed) I say,

“Thank You!!”

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H A V E I N F O

T O S H A R E ?

I F Y O U H A V E A N Y A R T

N E W S T H A T Y O U W A N T

T O A D D T O N E X T

M O N T H ’ S A N D E R S O N I -

A N P L E A S E L E T M E

K N O W ( X 1 5 6 9 ) . ~

N A T H A N ( R M . 4 1 6 ) .

Guided Drawing

and Painting Classrooms 306, 310 and 311 recently completed

the winter themed guided drawings/paintings

seen at right and below.

The students were verbally and visually guided

through the drawing/painting process, touching upon

a few of the elements of art, including shape

(geometric shapes—triangles, squares, and rectan-

gles) and line.

Landscape Assemblages Although the snow is still falling and temper-

atures still dip down to the single digits, stu-

dents have started to look to sunny skies and

green grass. They have been creating as-

semblages that depict a spring landscape.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary gives

the definition of assemblage as:

“an artistic composition made from scraps,

junk, and odds and ends (as of paper, cloth,

wood, stone, or metal).”

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

dictionary/assemblage

Definition

1. Brian C.

(Rm. 311). 2.

John R. (Rm.

306). 3. John-

ny R. (Rm.

306).4. Peter

L. (Rm. 311).

1

3

2

4

Landscape Assemblage

by Frank A. (Rm. 120).

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H A V E I N F O

T O S H A R E ?

I F Y O U H A V E A N Y A R T

N E W S T H A T Y O U W A N T

T O A D D T O N E X T

M O N T H ’ S A N D E R S O N I -

A N P L E A S E L E T M E

K N O W ( X 1 5 6 9 ) . ~

N A T H A N ( R M . 4 1 6 ) .

Winter Bulletin Boards

Artist Birthdays for February February 3 — Norman Rockwell (1894)

February 13 — Grant Wood (1891)

February 16 — Adolph Ziegler (1892)

February 24 — Winslow Homer (1836)

February 25 — Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841)

Hot Cocoa and Cookies Over the last few weeks, students have been

creating a series of projects to be used as pos-

sible future Noteworthy Card designs.

The most recent, Hot Cocoa and Cookies,

was created to reinforce past learning by al-

lowing students to practice techniques/

concepts and materials introduced in earlier

projects.

Techniques/Concepts: Rubbings, Masking,

Collage, Layering of Color/Materials, Painting.

Materials: Crayon, Drawing Paper, Tempera,

Paint, White Glue, Foam “Peanuts”, Construc-

tion Paper.

1. Karl K.

(Rm. 306), 2.

David P.

(Rm. 309), 3.

Brandon M.

(Rm. ???).

1 2

3

Pinecones and Cocoa Board

(South Wing Hall)

Snowflake Borders were created by

Rooms 310,311, 308,115, and 306.

Guided Drawing Board (In Art Room 416)

Background—Free Paint/Color using Cool Colors cre-

ated by Rooms 316 and113 and Guided Drawings/

Paintings were created by Rooms 311 and 306.