Welcome back!
August 11, 2009
Welcome back to a brand new school year! I am excited to be back in the artroom and eager to get started. Be sure to check out our new wikispace at DEMAARTS http://www.demaarts.wikispaces.com there will be new information and pictures for the upcoming school year. See you soon!
Mrs. Martin
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Have a terrific summer!!!
May 18, 2009
I hope everyone has a terrific summer. See you back in August :)
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Inaugural Information
January 18, 2009
On Tuesday we will swear in our 44th President. It is an exciting and historical event. At DEMA we will be watching the tv with excitement as President Barack Obama takes his oath of office. Our Assistant Principal, Tonya Douglass is in D.C. for this momentous event. She has a blog at the Ledger Enquirer website. Check it out. On the front page click on blogs and look for the "educators perspective." We are excited to hear her updates.
A bit of artistic inaugural trivia for you:
2009 Painting: ‘View of the Yosemite Valley’
Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society, Gift of Charles T. Harbeck
The backdrop for the luncheon will be this painting, chosen for occasion, and borrowed from the New York Historical Society. The painting, "View of the Yosemite Valley," by Thomas Hill, reflects the majestic landscape of the American West and the dawn of a new era. The subject of the painting, Yosemite Valley, represents an important but often overlooked event from Lincoln's presidency—his signing of the 1864 Yosemite Grant, which set aside Yosemite Valley and...
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Support Art Education
December 26, 2008
The 22nd annual arts advocacy day
Bringing together a broad cross section of America's cultural and
civic organization and hundreds of grassroots advocates to underscore
the importance of developing strong public policies and appropriating
increased funding for the arts.
* Let your voice be heard when you visit your members of congress
to make the case for the arts and arts education.
* Take advantage of opportunities to network with colleagues from
your state and across the country.
* Increase your knowledge of how to advocate and influence
decision makers.
http://www.artsusa.org/events/2009/aad/default.asp
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Happy Holidays!
December 26, 2008
I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday. We are looking forward to a terrific new year, 2009!
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Hope
December 16, 2008
Congratulations to our student representative, Sydnie Perry, who's artwork of "Hope" helped the Columbus Literacy Alliance raise $2,300 for programs that will go toward increasing community literacy. Among local prominent members of our community who created works of art, also up for auction were canvases from Vanna White, Rachael Ray, members of the Braves, Cottonmouths, and many others. Sydnie was one of 40 student artists chosen to represent the Columbus community. The Favorite Word Gala was held at the Columbus State Corn Center for the Visual Artists. We had a wonderful time and Sydnie's work was purchased by a very lucky buyer! Thanks go out to the Literacy Alliance for allowing us the opportunity to advocate for the arts in schools and many thanks to Sydnie who did a terrific job painting her favorite word.
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Artroom Update
December 4, 2008
We are two weeks from our Winter break and things are busy, busy at DEMA. Kindergarten, First grade and Second grade have all been working on positive and negative shapes. Second grade is now begining a recycled weaving project which is looking really cool. Third grade is finishing up a large painting that involved mixing colors and learning about color families. Fourth graders are currently exploring value. They are mixing values of a chosen color and painting in a design that will eventually fold into a cube. They are finding that many colors can come from just mixing one color plus white or black. Fifth graders are beginning a beading project that we will discuss more about later and a high contrast painting that is focused on color values.
Thanks so much for all of the support during our Square 1 Fundraiser. We made enough money to purchase clay for the art department (which was our goal). We appreciate all that our DEMA family does to support these creative geniuses!
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Square1 is in!
November 9, 2008
Our fundraiser is in! The magnets look great. I will be sending them home on Monday. All orders are due in by November 18th. Check out a sampling of what the products look like in the front foyer of the school.
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The vote is in!
November 6, 2008
Congrats to our president elect, Senator Barach Obama. It was great to see so mutch enthusiasm for this years election, and to see so many people get out there and let their voices be heard.
The votes are in on another election as well. First graders have voted their favorite color. Check out what we did... My Favorite Color Looks Like… November 4th is almost here and it is inspiring First grade. We decided to hold our own election. Since we have been learning about colors and discovering how they work with each other and mix with each other, we thought a color vote would be appropriate. Many of our classroom discussions have led to declarations and descriptions of our most favorite colors. Because we are the art room, we felt that our election poll should be illustrative in manner. Each first grader cast their vote for their favorite color by printing their thumbprint in said hue (which we learned is another name for color) and then we turned our prints into mini characters. It was very interesting to see what colors were the most popular in each class. We graphed individual class results, as well as our...
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Future leaders...GO VOTE!
November 3, 2008
Now, this is what our future is about! Check out this group of talented young people from Atlanta, GA. Remember to go vote tomorrow :)
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
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