Ming Dynasty Chinese Vases with Cherry Blossoms

The second graders have been studying China as part of our school-wide "Art Around the World" unit. They are so excited to finally be finished with their beautiful vases to display before the Chinese New Year. They are bringing a much needed sense of spring to our North Oakview hallways!

Art Inspired by ArtPrize 2014 Winner!

“Intersections,” by Anila Quayyum Agha

This post is long overdue but as I sat in my room this morning with the lights dimmed, I couldn't help but admire the students beautiful designs illuminated on the walls. We created these 3-D cube designs after our trip to the Grand Rapids Art Museum to visit ArtPrize. Students viewed “Intersections,” by Anila Quayyum Agha and then created their own inspired Art. A wonderful display on a cold winters day. =)

KDL Plainfield Winter Art Show

North Oakview Art will be featured at the KDL Plainfield library location in the children's area from December 15 through the end of February! Selected artists will be notified that their Art is on display. Everyone is invited to view the artwork and while you're there, you can grab a good book to read during break. 

Nutcracker Unit

North 4th graders are so excited for our Unified Arts field trip to the Grand Rapids Ballet performance of The Nutcracker! Here are just a few of their finished paintings in which we learned about proportions, symmetry, and created themes for our nutcrackers.

Rousseau Rain Forests

The 2nd graders have been studying Henri Rousseau for that last four weeks and yesterday we finally put the finishing touches on our rain forest collages. To help us remember all the things that we needed to include in our jungles, we used the National Gallery of Art's online jungle creation site. I promised the kids that I would link it here so that they could continue creating at home with permission of parents. You can even print out your designs! You can also check out our growing gallery of rain forest collages on Artsonia.

North Oakview is "Oozing with Creativity!"

Poppy-The Flower of Remembrance

1st-4th graders are learning about the flower of remembrance and how the poppy is a symbol for Veteran's Day. North Oakview Elementary will be hosting a Veteran's Day assembly to celebrate and honor our Veterans on November 10. Artists will be giving handmade poppy flower pins to all those in attendance. We will have close to 300 ready to give and already have some beautiful work created!