CRES Artists Have Been BUSY!

Kindergarten students make Spiderweb Hats in October.

Kindergarten makes Clay leaf Prints in November.

Third Graders make Clay Pinch Pots in October.

Fourth Graders paint beautiful insects in watercolor.

Fourth Graders learn about mixing different values of gray.

Fourth Graders learned how to shade circles into spheres in an outer space drawing.

Fifth graders drew sea shells from observation then painted with with watercolor.

CRES Invited to Join the Cummer Museum of Art & Garden's Weaver Academy of Art

Cummer Tour Highlights from Terry Woodlief on Vimeo.

All students enrolled at Central Riverside Elementary School are a part of The Weaver Academy of Art Program from The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.  This ongoing outreach program serves over 3,000 children (Pre-Kindergarten through fifth grades) and over 200 teachers in nine inner city schools, of which an average of 90% of the students qualify for free and reduced lunch. This initiative, the largest educational program in the history of The Cummer Museum, provides two Museum Educator classroom visits, two museum tours, teacher trainings, FREE art classes, classroom resources, FREE family passes to the Museum, and a scholarship program for Camp Cummer to recognize outstanding participation. For more information, contact CRES Art Teacher/ Cummer Museum Liaison, Terry Woodlief at woodlieft1@duvalschools.org.

Also, visit http://www.cummer.org to learn more about The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

Sponsors: J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver, Dianne T. and Charles E. Rice Family Foundation, EverBank, Target, Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Inc., and the City of Jacksonville.

Sneak A Peak...

Central Riverside Elementary artists have been busy in art classes this month.  Here are some highlights of beautiful art my students have created in the last few weeks.

Surprise Art Homework

Central Riverside 4th and 5th grade students studied  Op Art then created line designs.  My words as they headed out the door were, "Now, CRES artists, go share your art knowledge and teach someone else what you learned today."  Imagine my surprise when this student returned the next day with this "super-size" line design.  

You are like... a REAL Teacher!

So, as per our standards coach, I use this tool for my art lessons. Yesterday, a fifth grader stated,"Hey, we have that in our classroom, too. You are like a ...real teacher!" Uh, thank-you.

Greetings from Mrs. Woodlief, New Art Teacher @ Central Riverside Elementary School

Greetings from Central Riverside Elementary Art Teacher, Terry Woodlief. I am thrilled to return to CRES once again where I had the pleasure of serving as art teacher 9 years ago.  I have many fun and artful projects planned for CRES students with lessons aligned with Florida Sunshine State Standards for visual arts as well as cross-curricular connections.

I invite you to visit this blog often as I will post the latest happenings in the art room along with lots of images of exciting art making by the students of Central Riverside Elementary School in Duval County, Florida.

My first post includes pictures of the art room where students will create their masterpieces!