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Mrs. Bamsey's Art Room
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HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS---SVDP HAS BEEN INVITED TO DECORATE A TREE AGAIN AT THE DAVIES SF SYMPHONY HALL. THE STUDENTS HAVE CREATED EMBOSSED METAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC NOTES TO COMMEMORATE THE 100TH YEAR CELEBRATION OF THE SYMPHONY. WE SELECTED THAT AS OUR THEME THIS YEAR AND I THINK THE TREE WILL LOOK FABULOUS AS USUAL. MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN MY CO-WORKER IN THIS ENDEAVOR SINCE I HAVE HAD KNEE SURGERY. HE LITERALLY CUT ALL OF THE 200+ METAL PIECES THAT WERE NEEDED FOR THE STUDENTS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE DECORATIONS AT HOME DURING MY RECOVERY. MARK WILL ALSO BE DECORATING THE TREE ON TUES.11/29, CLIMBING THAT 16FT. LADDER, SO I AM SO THANKFUL THAT HE HAS SUPPORTED ME SO MUCH IN THIS PROJECT. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO LOOK AT THE TREE OVER CHRISTMAS VACATION. THEY HAVE FREE TOUR HOURS EVEN IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND A PERFORMANCE AND THE TREES ARE JUST LOVELY. IT'S SO FUN FOR THEM TO SEE THEIR WORK HANGING ON THE HUGE TREE AND ALL LIT UP.
---MY BLOG SKILLS ARE REALLY BEHIND ON THE ART ROOM NEWS. THE SEMESTER STARTED OUT WITH LEARNING AND PRACTICING DRAWING SKILLS USING ANIMALS, BIRDS, ETC. AS SUBJECTS. THE OVERALL THEME FOR THE SEMESTER CENTERS AROUND TOTEMS; THEIR HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE IN ALL CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE MANY NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS TRIBES THAT POPULATED CALIFORNIA. WE DISCUSSED THE CHINESE NEW YEAR CALENDAR, AS WELL, AND DETERMINED WHAT ANIMAL/ETC. THEY WERE BORN UNDER. WE DISCUSSED HOW THEY SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHICH CREATURE FIT THEIR PERSONALITY AND WAS MORE CLOSELY LIKE THEY FELT THEY WERE NOW. THEN THEY RESEARCHED PHOTOS OR USED MY VAST LIBRARY OF IMAGES AND DREW A REALISTIC DRAWING OF THEIR FAVORITE TOTEM AND WROTE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THEY CHOSE IT AND HOW IT RELATED TO THEM. THEY DID A FABULOUS JOB!!! I AM JUST AMAZED AT HOW WONDERFUL THE DRAWINGS CAME OUT AND THE EXPLANATIONS WERE SO VARIED AND SO INSIGHTFUL IN SOME CASES. THEY WERE GIVEN FREE CHOICE ON WHAT MEDIA THEY CHOSE TO USE--JUST PENCILS WITH SHADING, COLORED PENCILS, WATERCOLOR, ETC. THE WORKS DECORATE THE CAFETERIA AND THE STAIRWAYS, AS WELL AS THE WALL OF FAME NEAR THE OFFICE. COME AND CHECK THEM OUT.
Mrs. Bamsey's Art Room
St. Vincent de Paul School
2350 Green Street
S.F. CA. 94123
415/ 346-5505/etx.30
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