Randolph Elem. Art For The Tunbridge Fair

2011-09-15T11:53:00.000-07:00

What Should we call our Creative Flood Relief project??

Students brainstormed names

H20 ( Helping Others)

Ripples of Relief

Water For life

Water Warriors

Operation Raindrop

Raindrop Relief

were some of the creative ideas.

We decided on

ARTSTORM

A Flood Of Creativity To Help Our Neighbors

A Flood Of Creativity- Vermont Art Students Help Raise Funds for Flood Relief

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A Flood Of Creativity
Vermont Art Students Raise
Funds for Flood Relief

Randolph Elementary Students will be participating in a statewide project to use art to raise money to help those in our communities who were affected by the Flooding from Hurricane Irene.

We will post information on our project
as it develops on our Blog and have samples
on display at the Tunbridge Fair. Please share
your comments and support.

2010-09-28T05:57:00.000-07:00

Volunteers Make the Tunbridge Fair Happen

These are some of the Faces from the Junior division who check in our student work and set up the displays and award ribbons and watch over each display


   THANK YOU
     See you at Floral Hall next year

Watch for our "baby scarecrow " at the Giant Pumpkin Regatta in Burlington Oct 1-10 2010

2010-09-16T13:04:00.000-07:00

-CeRES is Smiling-

A Wonderful Art Harvest

from Our First Art Project of the Year

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Fair Faces

On Thursday September 16th

Tunbridge Fair

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Enjoying The Fruits Of Their Labors

RES students travel to the Tunbridge Fair to see CeRES on display

The judges liked her too- she won a blue ribbon

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CeRES steps out .....

and poses for a photo opportunity

on her way to the Tunbridge Fair Wednesday afternoon.

Stop by and see her when you visit Floral Hall!

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Tuesday Jobs

We made and paper mached a gold dome as a stand for CeRES. Tomorrow we will cover it with the sunflowers we made last week.

Some of our Vegetables look good enough to eat.... but we don't reccommend a taste test!

Paper, cellulose paste and tin foil are NOT health food

These students are designing where we should place each group of vegetables on the finished sculpture so we can tell the arms from the toga

We also added the finishing touches like stems on the pumpkins so they will have time to dry overnight. Tomorrow Ceres will go to the Fair!

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CeRES made her first trip outside the art room to

the Welcoming Assembly

Mrs.Stewart welcomed our new students and this years Farm Friends to our school community

These are some of our local Farm Friends who will partner with classes and allow students to experience life on a working farm and learn how our food is produced.
Abby is our Local Farm to School coordinator and has made our connections with Farmers easier. Thanks Abby !

Behind Abby you can see our Famous Farmers - a recreation of Grant Wood's American Gothic painting . We made it out of seeds for Tunbridge Fair last year.

2010-09-13T12:35:00.000-07:00

Monday

We made Apples Tomatoes, Rasberries

Red Cabbage Cherries, Grapes and Celery.

Then we gave CERES a face out of a

Chili Pepper for a mouth

Eggplant for a nose

Spinach for ears ( with Cherry earrings)

Indian Corn for a crown

and

Cherries and Blueberries for eyes

That is just a beginning

but

She is ready to be introduced at our welcoming assembly tomorrow.

Notice we have a new way of spelling CeRES

to highlight our school initials that are part of her name.

2010-09-10T12:09:00.000-07:00

Friday Fun

We continued to make paper mache vegetables like corn

and eggplants

and pumpkins.

One of the students suggested today that Ceres carry a cornucopia and we started it before the end of the day.... our project is a work in progress and open to ideas and suggestions from all of our students

Even late on a Friday afternoon these second graders concentrated and worked cooperatively!

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STEP THREE

Cooperate with others. This group of 3/4 Graders worked together and helped one another when they made their sunflowers. The sunflowers may cover the dome that the statue of CERES stands on but we will see how things develop and if a better idea is suggested!

A detail of a finished Sunflower

Today ....We also made Pears, Potatoes and Summer Squash.

2010-09-08T13:22:00.000-07:00

DAY TWO

We painted the blue board cut out of Ceres -GREEN-

It is the Green Mountain State after all!!

We created paper-mache fruits and vegetables

using an armature of tinfoil

and coating it with colored

construction paper.

We made Onions -Apples- Hot Chili Peppers and Carrots today

in gradesK -6.

Some people love the feel of paper-mache paste

and some " not so much"

but every student tried their best.

At the end of the day we were proud

of the sculptures we made

and could see the beginning

of our Tunbridge Fair project for 2010.

Our "Ceres " was inspired by the artist

Arcimboldo who painted portraits that

were really collections of fruits and vegetables.

2010-09-08T13:14:00.000-07:00

We researched information about the Vermont Statehouse

This is what we found

THE VERMONT STATE HOUSE and the Ceres Sculpture

The current structure was designed by architect Thomas Silloway and opened in 1859. The design was similar to the second structure designed by Ammi B. Young who later designed buildings in Washington DC. The first state house Building was made in 1808

At first the dome was painted a dark terracotta red. Gold leaf was added in 1907. Ceres, the statue on top of the structure, was the roman goddess of agriculture. The original statue was carved by Vermont artist Larkin Mead in a realistic style. Then it was re-done in 1938 by Dwight Dwinell who was 87 years old and a sergeant at arms but carved in a folk art style. When they went to restore the Ceres sculpture they found she had a time capsule in her head.

The Doric portico, the main ceremonial entrance with the columns, has a granite statue of Ethan Allen that was also made by Larkin Mead who made the first Ceres Sculpture.

By Daniel, Cody and Tyler

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All of the art students at Randolph Elementary will contribute to the creation of CERES

How do we do this in a week ? Follow our blog and see our progress.

Step One

Start with Blue-board and enthusiastic fifth and sixth graders

Use an overhead projector to project the image of Ceres from the Statehouse sculpture onto the surface

Trace around the contours of the projected sculpture so we have guidelines for cutting out her shape.

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Randolph Elementary's

TUNBRIDGE FAIR 2010

Project

Ceres

The Goddess of Agriculture

from the top of the Vermont State House

2009-09-20T17:59:00.000-07:00

We almost forgot to mention we are bringing home a big shinny green ribbon for Best of Show!!!
Tunbridge Fair is over for another year and our Famous Farmers made their way slowly to the bridge.... stopping along the way for photo ops!!! The people in Floral Hall said they counted 47 people taking photos of this display in an hour on Saturday.... so they really are Randolph Elementary's Famous Farmers!!!

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If you miss our Famous Farmers at the Tunbridge Fair

You can see them on display at School

And at our Fall Art Exhibit at Chandler Gallery

October 24 - November 14

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Our Crop Art Version of Grant Woods Painting American Gothic was a great success with The Artists who made it!!

It is fun to be creative Fair participants...... and nice to be recognized with a blue ribbon

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RANDOLPH

Elementary

Visits

the Tunbridge Fair

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Seed Faces

...........we used wheats and ryes and lentils to create different skin tones.......painting with seeds!!!!

Tunnbridge Fair Drop Off is tomorrow and We are close to being done!!!

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Sunflower Seeds and

Coffee Beans

Fashion Seeds!!!

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Many Hands Make the Job Fast and Fun

Working together to build seed patterns for the woman's dress

The Farmers Pitchfork was the most important detail
Seeds need to be glued on One by One

That takes concentration and cooperation

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We started the process with a sheet of Luan

that would not warp under the weight

of the seeds

Students traced the outline of the American Gothic Figures onto the

wood using an overhead projector

Students create a large line drawing of the Famous Farmers and others paint the outlined figures black. The Figures are cut out overnight and we are ready to start gluing seeds.

Famous Farmers 2009

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Famous Farmers.....

A Crop Art Creation will be the

2009 Randolph Elementary School's

submission for the

Tunbridge Fair

Randolph Elementary Art Students are creating a project inspired by America’s most famous farmers for The 2009 Tunbridge fair. All of the classes will be working together gluing seeds on a large scale replica of Grant Wood’s painting American Gothic. It is the portrait of the farmer with a pitchfork and his wife. This type of art creation is called crop art and fits in with our school wide theme of connecting farms and community.

Thursday- We Visit The Tunbridge Fair

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Thursday was the perfect fair day.... a bit cool with blue skies..... and The Tunbridge Fair was ready to welcome waves of excited students and chaperones.

And at 9 am our waterfall was ready to have the water turned on.....it was magical to see the pools of water collect in the rocks and the droplets sparkle on the grass... Enthusiastic students from Randolph and other schools seemed amazed that we had made it all from recycled water bottles!!!

I spent the whole day at the fair and got a chance to see some of the behind the scenes at Floral Hall. There is an amazing team of dedicated people that carefully consider each and every project done by young person..... and they award ribbons to encourage and honor the creative spirit in each one. We should be very grateful for the time and effort they put into this Fall tradition....

Maybe next year the fair should honor the judges!!!!

If you miss the Fountain at the Fair look for it at school next week and during our Wonderful Water week with Marjory Ryerson In October

Wednesday - Details and Deadlines

2008-09-11T17:52:00.000-07:00

We started the day on Wednesday with the satisfying and fun job of adding the color that would make our plants and animals come alive..... but also knowing that we had to have our project delivered to the Tunbridge Fair at the end of the day..

As usual students rose to the challenge and did whatever small or large task that was required....

Create the shell pattern for the turtle.... sure!!!!

Paint a texture on the frog.... sure!!!

Draw eyes on the salamander.... sure!!!!

Add glitter to the spider web.....sure !!!!!

Detail by detail students created a marvelous woodland water fall inhabited by creatively imagined and skillfully created plants animals and insects.

Each students contribution built on the ideas and work of others creating another memorable Tunbridge Fair created by all the students at Randolph Elementary School

When I got to the fair with our entry

I was proud to wait in a very long line with such an amazing project

and say all of my students worked on this!!!!

The Pieces Are Falling In Place

2008-09-11T17:31:00.000-07:00

Tuesday was the day that all the pieces started falling in place. Layers of priming and then textured spray paints made the mushed water bottles really start to look like rocks

Green priming spray paint made the bottom of a gallon water bottle look convincingly like a turtle

Inventive students kept on collaborating on the persistent frog leg problem and came up with a solution..... using the hard plastic handle section of a gallon water jug. ... it looked great.

Mrs Reid s first graders learned how to fringe their water bottles ...... I added a bit of green spray paint and tufts of grass appeared.

For the most part all of our structures were done and now all we needed was color.

Making and Mushing Monday

2008-09-11T16:15:00.000-07:00

Monday classes took the ideas and techniques that had been explored last week and started creating the creatures that would surround our gentle woodland waterfall. Ms. Kawecki s class began to create- Fish- Mushrooms- Turtles- Frogs- Jack In the Pulpits- Cat Tails and other assorted plants and animals

by mushing, cutting,scoring, taping and gluing

the recycled water bottles.

Ms Davis s class continued working on the creatures modifying parts and adding details. Frog rear legs turned out to be one of the most difficult construction challenges and several groups redesigned the birds nest so it would be the right scale for the bird we were constructing. The first graders in Ms. Goodrich s class learned how to use their scissors to cut the smaller water bottles by using the greater pressure on the inside of the blades rather than the tips...... but the fun part was mushing the resulting sections to look like rocks.

By days end we had lots of plastic scraps and creative ideas but just a few scupltures in progress.

WATERFALL

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On Friday we tallied the votes and decided we would create a small life size waterfall.

We imagined that it would look like a waterfall on a small stream we might find on a walk in the Vermont woods..... we started figuring out how we might make life sized cattails, jack in the pulpits, turtles ,dragonflies and frogs out of recycled water bottles.

Now the hands on work of assembling the parts begins....there will be a lot more tangible results to look at next week but remember that ideas are an essential and vital part of the creative process. Taking the time to gather and listen to a wide variety of thoughts makes this a collaborative process and project.

We welcome any comments, support and encouragement you may have time to make on our site and project.

We still need recycled water bottles in all sizes for our project. We can especially use the large gallon size that milk or water comes in because we will be using them for another project for our Wonderful Water Week in October.

Narrowing the choices

2008-09-07T17:25:00.000-07:00

After we freely brainstormed ideas and considered all possibilities for our fountain through our drawings it was time to narrow our focus. Classes on Thursday discussed what would work to make a successful project and voted for their favorite five ideas.

The top five that would all make fabulous projects were

Coral Reef

Waterfall

Water Park

Lake Champlain Monster

Rainforest

Too bad we can't make five fountains!!!

Visualizing the Fountain- Step Two

2008-09-03T11:52:00.000-07:00

After we brainstormed ideas for the fountain students interpreted the ideas into drawings to visually communicate their concepts. These are some of the 3-6th grade drawings of how students visualize the final project. From these rough sketches we will select our final idea and start problem solving how we will construct the project. We will be exploring how to use the materials of recycled water bottles in creative ways .

We still need more Water Bottles for this part of the project..... bring any donations you have to the Art Room.

Kindergarten Students Do Their Part

2008-09-03T09:33:00.000-07:00

Kindergarten students in Ms Hutchinson's class learned the magic of mixing one color with black and white to create an ocean of color. Their wave paintings will be part of the signs and the base for our fountain at the fair.

Brainstorming Ideas- Step One

2008-09-03T06:28:00.000-07:00

The 5th and 6th graders in Ms.Hinman's class have come up with a list of ideas for the Tunbridge Fair fountain. One of these fabulous ideas will be included in the fountain which will be displayed in the Floral Hall. Here are some ideas we brainstormed for the fountain. Then we sketched how these ideas might look and how we might use recycled water bottles as materials.

Stop Water Pollution- Wave- Ocean- River- Lake- Fish- Ripples- Coral Reef- Rainforest- Hurricane Gustav- Geyser- Pond- Water Bottle Factory- Lily Pads- Seaweed- Boats- Moats-

Turtles- Sharks- Scuba Divers- Clean Water- Drinking Water- Water to Grow Gardens-

Third and fourth Graders in Ms Moore's class added these brainstormed ideas-

Submarines- Earth- Squirt Gun- Water Park- Pool- Leaking pipes- Rain- Shower- Waterfalls-

Sink- Clouds- Surfing- Puddle-

What does it take to create a memorable Fair project

2008-09-02T11:41:00.000-07:00

The secret of our success in past years has been collaboration.... lots of ideas and participation from all of our students have created interesting and imaginative projects. Every day we will post an update of the steps we take in creating our fountain.

Help us by donating recycled water bottles and bringing them to the art room.

Randolph Elementary Prepares for the 2008 Tunbridge Fair

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For decades students at Randolph Elementary School have been creating art projects to display at the Tunbridge Worlds Fair. This traditional beginning of the year project gives students a meaningful way to participate in an important part of their rural Vermont heritage and allows thousands of people to see their art work.We have evolved into doing a collaborative group project that involves all of the students in the school to create a feeling of community and allow us to work on a larger scale.

This year we will be creating a fountain to coordinate with our school wide theme of water. Check back and watch our progress as we all work on this project and hopefully view the finished fountain at the Tunbridge Fair.