2nd Annual Middle School Art Show!!!!!

Come one, come all, come see our magnificent art! We are so excited to announce our 2nd annual Middle School Art Show at artspace gallery! 

Please join us in celebrating our awesome art student's work so far this year. They have worked so hard and it has paid off. SJMS will have 150 pieces of art on display!

We are very excited about having the opportunity to exhibit in a professional art gallery. Artspace gallery is located in the Manchester Arts District in the Plant Zero Arts Building.

If you are planning on attending the event, make a family date night and enjoy dinner at one of the many restaurants nearby. (My fave is Bottoms Ups Pizza...mmmm....)

The reception will be held Friday night, but the work will remain on display throughout the following weekend and is open to the public. 

Have a great Winter Break! We'll see you at the show!

Mrs. Melanie Kluender :)

Kluender: Art 8 Reduction Prints

Best part of my day....clearing off the drying rack! SO PROUD of these students!!!!!

Bradley: Exp 6, African Paper Beads

Kluender: Art 8 Reduction Prints

More images from our printing extravaganza...

Kluender: Art 78 Painting

A2, Art 78 block is working on painting their celebrity portraits.

We'll add patterns later.

Kluender Art 78 Ceramic Selfies

Here are some examples of the finished product! 

Awesome job, guys!

Kluyender: Art 8 Prints

Some of our wonderful Art 8 prints will be showcasing their work at the Middle School Show at artspace gallery.

Kluender Art 8

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SJMS Art @Martins Cafe'

Bradley: Art 6, Yarn Painting

Bradley: Art 6, Yarn Painting

Kluender

Matting and labeling work for Martins cafe' here is Mechanicsville! Keep an eye out for our talented students work throughout the community!

Kluender Art 78 Ceramics

Kluender: Art 8 Reduction Prints

Do you recognize these fabulous Art students? Their prints are looking great!

Kluender Art 8

Mrs. Kluender's Art 8 classes are in the process of creating linoleum block prints using a reduction carving process. They began by sending me a selfie!  We used Adobe Photoshop to separate the photo into black, grey and white areas. Students have been working hard to carve out all of the white areas from their linoleum. 

Today was our first block printing day after carving...and I almost squealed with delight when I cleared these gems off of the drying rack! We still have a ways to go, but these prints are going to be AMAZING!!!!!!! I cant wait to share the final product! Stay tuned....

Kluender A4 Art 78 A4 block

 

Mrs. Kluender's A4 block has been working hard on creating some interesting portraits! We broke the image down using contour lines, added color with liquid watercolors and are adding bold unique patterns using prismacolors! 

Bradley: Exp. 6, Weaving

Bradley

Bradley: Art 6, Metallic Masks

Bradley

Bradley

Kluender: Dia De Los Muertos!

Happy Dia De Los Muertos!!!! Check out our display of our colorful sugar skulls! Our Art students loved this brief introduction to printing! Art 8 will begin a reduction linoleum block printing lesson next!