Info on Art Show

Hello Art Parents!

I hope you have enjoyed art in your classes this year. The art displayed in the halls has been so impressive!

This is a call to arms! Our 2nd Annual Spring Art Show will be held on Friday, April 18, 2014, from 6-8 PM. Like last year, we would like to have every student exhibit at least one piece of art. There are several ways we can accomplish this:

1. Each student selects his/her favorite project from the year to display.
2. You, as the art parent, conduct a class-wide project specifically for the art show.
3. You, as the art parent, dig through the art from the year, pick one piece for each student to display.

Please mount each piece of art on a piece of construction paper that complements the artwork (many of you are already doing this...can use Elmer's glue or spray mount or Yes! paste or rubber cement), then label the artwork with each student’s name and grade. You could also add the type of project (i.e., line drawing with pastels, etc.). You could print a label on the computer and have students fill in the information. In order to speed things up and avoid the insanity of having to staple 600 pieces of art to the walls, we are asking art parents to please long arm staple your class’ art (and attach the labels) to long (6-8 feet) pieces of butcher paper (your choice of color). You can arrange the art vertically or horizontally on the butcher paper. Then we’ll just have to staple the large butcher paper to walls. The idea is that all the school hallways and the gym will be gallery space where parents and students can tour. I’m thinking we will just temporarily staple the butcher paper over bulletin boards in the hallways, so don’t worry about taking artwork down outside classrooms.

See here, here, and here (on Pinterest here, here, and here) for some examples of what we're going for.

We will also be having several special exhibits with which we need your help. These special exhibits can be your class participation, or in addition to a class exhibit.

1. Faces of Andrus Artists Exhibit: If your class has done a self-portrait, we’d like to display them all together on one wall. Staple them to long sheets of black paper like normal and we will put them all together.
2. Wall of the Masters: If your class has done a project patterned after a famous artist, (van Gogh, Picasso, Modigliani, etc.) we’d love to display it in our Masters Exhibit. Staple them to long sheets of black paper like normal and we will put them all together.
3. Sculpture Gallery: If your class has done a sculpture of any type, we’d love to display them together. We will have some tables to display the sculpture, or you can create your own display space.

Feel free to type up any signage to explain your project. We would like this to be a professional-looking celebration of art at Andrus, highlighting all the hard work you and your students have done throughout the year! We know how hard you’ve all worked!

We are also hoping to do a donation jar to restock art supplies and will have cookies and punch to make the evening feel special.

On Thursday, April 17th, at 4 PM, we will have a Pizza Put-Up Party, where we hang art and eat pizza for sustenance. We would love as many hands as possible prepping for the art show.

On Friday, April 18th, from 6-8 PM, you won’t want to miss the art event of the year! The kids are going to be so excited! If you are interested in helping with a parent/child mural activity (crayon patrol for people coloring) or famous artist photobooth (stick your face through a hole on a Warhol/Kahlo/Van Gogh body, etc.), please let me know. The photobooth is an idea I have but would need some manpower to make happen.

Until then, start pulling that art, mount it on construction paper, attach it to butcher paper with labels, and get ready to PARTAY!!!!! If you are willing to help coordinate the art display of a class that does not have an art parent, please let me know. We would LOVE the help!

Thanks so much for all you do! You are an amazing group of volunteers!