7th & 8th grade Shadow Play

Valentines for Veterans

 

 

 

Reaching out to some of our most valued  community members, 5th grade and middle school students put their heads, hands and literally hearts together to send to the Veteran's Administration. One friend of our school reported that the display was beautiful. We think our students are beautiful for they way they wanted to honor our vets. 

Eric Carle Collage

  

 

 

 

Wow--what an amazing project for second grade! So many steps, planning and making in this art project. We learned about and copies Eric Carle's process and you can see how beautiful the outcome is. 

Interior Worlds

 

 

 

 Our mixed 7th and 8th grade students are truly advanced in skill and imagination. They imagined a world they could keep in a jar and painstakingly drew these surrealistic scenes. 

Leaf Fall

 

 

  

Ms. Shannon's first grade class drew leaves collected by Mrs Paradis, and set them in a blue background. White oil pastel resist created a feeling of movement,

2015 Pima County Fair

Art Fair

It’s time again for the Art Show at the Pima County Fair! Student artists from schools all over the county show their artworks to the entire regional community. We participate every year with hundreds of entries from Kinder to 8^th Grade, and every student wins a ribbon!

All Kinder and 1^st grade students will have art entered in the Fair, but we become more selective beginning in 2^nd grade when students enter the art room.

Every year we explain how we choose the Art to the students from 2^nd grade up. We don’t focus on talent; rather we emphasize following the guidelines of each project and making a great effort. For example, a very talented student may waste time socializing and hand in a late project. That artwork would not qualify. Also, only finished and clean artworks are chosen. Finally, students must label their art with their name and age.

This year the fair opens April 16^th and closes April 26^th. Many, many thanks to the students, teachers and parents who help Mrs. Paradis and Mrs. Phelps make our Pima County Fair Art Show so spectacular! Don’t forget to visit our blog to see latest projects http://tcdsartdepartment.blogspot.com and please like our Facebook page: Tucson Country Day School Art Department.

We look forward to seeing you at the fair!

Mrs. Kala Phelps and Mrs. Jean Paradis