An experiment: a tribute to Nick Cave...

that was a long process in which we weren't sure about the product... but, hey, that's what art is all about, right?  Below, an explanation and the process...

A tribute to Nick Cave's architectural Forest

6th grade’s collaborative work.

Students experimented with monoprinting--
creating paper using the gelli plates and acrylic.  They then rolled
the paper into paper beads and put quotes on them based on what
they were studying in their language arts and social studies
curriculum.  They then strung them together and attached them to
dowels, creating a piece that was inspired by Nick Cave, an African
American artist who takes on big themes of belonging and
connection in a brilliant, playful way.

Alpha 6a-- turquoise beads with quotes from artists, poets and
from the cultures/countries they studied

Alpha 6b-- Purple beads with quotes from artists, poets and
writers from the cultures/countries they studied

Winton 6-- Orange beads with quotes about the idea of HOME

Holden 6--White beads with quotes from mythology

Graphing/Art and the Sustainability Goals with Alpha 7

In math class, students chose a Global Sustainability Goal to researach and graph.  And then in art, they took their data and either made a strong infographic or a "fine art" work that incorporates their graph.  Here are a few stellar examples:

Art Windmills on the Town Green

In conjunction with the school wide read of Malala’s Magic Pencil and The boy Who Harnessed The Wind, the art deptmt hatched a plan for a schoolwide art project—spinning bicycle wheels!  We pulled the idea for the Windmills, obviously from the latter book and, seeing as Malala is from Pakistan, we introduced students to the fun and whimsical work of Pakistani truck art—colorful trucks all over Pakistan that their owners paint!  We pulled the idea of making the world a better place one person at a time from Both— art and community makes the world a better place!