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I Can Do That! Spring 2007

Spring 2007 - This Spring 1,700 I Can Do That! students worked with professional artists to create artworks and performances such as oil pastel drawings of jungle scenes, theatre arts productions, life-sized superhero portraits, large-scale collaborative watercolor pieces, Hip Hop dances, and still life paintings in watercolor and dyed all-purpose glue. Student Art exhibits and performances took place at the 21st annual Very Special Arts Festival at Coloma Community Center as well as other venues and events, such as Kids Day at the Capitol, Sierra Health Foundation, Belle Cooledge Library, and the annual CSUS Lenaea Festival.

Highlights from I Can Do That! Spring 2007:

Hubert Bancroft Elementary School

Professional artist Dixie Laws taught Hubert Bancroft Elementary School students the art of drawing and painting this spring. Students worked with watercolor, construction paper, crayons, and other materials to create both abstract artworks and pieces that represent scenes from real life. The artworks were shown at Raley's Cafe in June 2007 and the 21st annual Spring Very Special Arts Festival at Coloma Community Center, May 18, 2007.

photo of two students working with construction paper to create pictures photo of two students creating art at their desks photo of student drawing on construction paper photo of student watching another student cut a design out of construction paper

photo of child posing with her watercolor painting of a rainbow photo of child posing with his watercolor painting with two figures in a landscape photo of a child posing with his abstract acrylic painting photo of child posing with her abstract picture made from construction paper photo of child posing with his watercolor landscape photo of child posing with her picture made from construction paper which depicts a girl on a swing hanging from a tree

Alice Birney Elementary School & Collis P. Huntington Elementary School

This spring students from both Alice Birney and C.P. Huntington Elementary School worked with professional artist Joshua Collver to create collaborative works of art in watercolor and pen and ink. The students were taken through a step-by-step process through which they learned to draw and then paint natural objects (i.e. birds, bugs, flowers, leaves, etc.) in great detail. Their creations were combined on large pieces of high quality watercolor paper to depict somewhat fantastical scenes from nature. The large pieces were shown at Sierra Health Foundation October 2007 through January 2008 and the 21st annual Spring Very Special Arts Festival at Coloma Community Center, May 18, 2007.

photo of class from Alice Birney posing together with their teachers photo of class from Alice Birney posing together photo of large class from C.P. Huntington posing together with their tacher in front of a brick wall photo of class from C.P. Huntington posing with teacher in front of gold curtain

photo of a student holding up a small watercolor painting of flowers and grass against a blue sky photo of students holding a small picture he created depicting grass and leaves photo from overhead of girl painting small leaves with watercolor photo of girl painting from a watercolor tray

photo of girl painting with watercolors photo of two students posing with their paintings of leaves photo of girl using watercolor tray and painting photo of student posing with two of his watercolor practive sheets

 

 

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