Welcome to The Dusty Art Room! I teach 6th - 8th grade art and I believe in running an art room that students aren't afraid to get messy in! On most days you will find a trail of clay, plaster or chalk dust coming from my classroom.
Winter Artapalooza Work
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Our Winter Artapalooza Session was a success, and we have lots of work to show off! Here's a small sampling... Check out the rest of the work at the Artapalooza Website.
The last day before break, Hester students get the opportunity to sign up for special activities hosted by their teachers for the last two hours of the day. The day was filled with cookie baking, movie watching, card making, guacamole, basketball, handball, board games, sugar scrub making, spa room, computer games, gaming truck, needle felting and a whole lot more! Special thanks to Mrs. Sanchez and Mrs. Ignacio for organizing the day! Here's the rest of the pictures captured by the amazing duo, Mrs. Patti Ortiz and Ms. Carmen Romero - thanks!
The 2016 Dinner Dance was a wonderful celebration for our soon-to-be-graduated 8th grade students! All the students enjoyed the dinner and the dancing commemorating their last few weeks at Hester. We will miss our 8th graders when they are gone, but we can send them off happily knowing that great things await them in their future.
One of my favorite times of year is the annual Illinois Art Education Association fall conference because I get to teach and learn with hundreds of art teachers from around the state. This year I presented two workshops: Recyclables to Magnificent Papier Mache Sculptures and Involving Students in the Assessment Process. Both sessions went great and had a positive response from the participants. In the papier mache workshop I explained to teachers how I approach teaching papier mache at Hester and then let teachers dive right in to create their own sculptures. Here are a few photos from that session: After lunch I attended a session from an amazing teacher, Michelle Lynn from Downers Grove South High School (who is one of the teachers I student taught with) on using blogs and tumblr to share, critique and assess student artwork. Then I presented a session on involving students in the assessment process. This session was a packed
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