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Recent ActivityInstructor: Mrs. Mimm
Welcome to the Art program at Lake Ridge Elementary School. My name is Mrs. Mimm. I have been teaching art for twenty nine years. The last eight years have been at Lake Ridge Elementary and I've enjoyed every year.
The art room is a very busy place with many art activities. Stop by and see all the beautiful artwork displayed in the hallways throughout the school. I love to work with the children and see their creative minds grow. Mark your calendars for school activities and county art events that will be happening in 2010.
The art room is a very busy place with many art activities. Stop by and see all the beautiful artwork displayed in the hallways throughout the school. I love to work with the children and see their creative minds grow. Mark your calendars for school activities and county art events that will be happening in 2010.
Art Room Happenings Cinco de Mayo Fiesta BannerI would like to thank all the parents, grandparents, children and staff who came to the All County Arts
Festival on Saturday, April 24, at Battlefield High School. Your support for the school and the art program
is greatly appreciated. The children are so proud of their art work and they have done such a beautiful job!
Cinco de Mayo
Fiesta Banner
No fiesta is complete without music, dancing, flowers, and colorful decorations. Colorful paper banners are
popular fiesta decorations. Cut from different colors of tissue paper and strung on string, banners hang
throughout the streets of small towns and flutter above banquet tables and restaurant patios. They are
also placed on tables and on family homes. Created by skilled artists who stack many layers of paper and
use sharp instruments to punch out the designs, each banner is unique. Many symbols that are commonly
used are images from nature, such as birds, animals, flowers, and butterflies.
Try making your own banners for the fiesta.
Materials: Assorted colors of tissue paper, 18" x 24", Scissors, Tape, and String.
Procedure:
1. Fold the tissue paper in half at least five times.
2. Make small cutouts all the way around the folded rectangle.(Make small cuts because the cutouts will
be much larger when the paper is unfolded)
3. Fold the tissue paper in half(lengthwise or widthwise) one more time, and cut a design on the fold in
the middle.
4. Carefully unfold the paper. Hang a string and carefully hang the banner over the string or tape it to the
string.
Enjoy your beautifully designed fiesta banner! "I paint what I see." Youth Art Month"I paint what I see."
"I paint what I think."
"I paint what I paint." By: E.B White
Celebrate!! March is Youth Art Month
The arts enhance basic literacy skills including cultural literacy and non-verbal action. "I paint What I See " is
a ballad. Folk ballads are among the oldest forms of poetry. Long ago they were shared verbally. Today,
ballads are often written in several stanzas which are made up of four lines each. Begin writing your own
ballad by writing a story and using illustrations to visually paint your tale with words and pictures. Be sure
to include action and suspense. Have fun with your visual story!
In recognition of Youth Art month in our schools, I would like to thank all the students and their parents for
your support in recognizing the importance of the visual arts at LRES and in our lives. Class Files |
