Art On Centre

 Choice Art Week and Special Projects Update New Chalkboard Tables The art room tables were converted from old yucky tables to new chalkboard painted fresh and like new! Amazing castle and dragons

Graphic Design Class Welcomes Guest Artist David Hamilton  Graphic Designer November 6, 2015 On Friday, the sixth grade Graphic Design Class hosted visiting artist David Hamilton David is also the father to one of our Curley second grader in Ms. Ciardi's classroom! David is one of our many talented parents, bringing his skills and expertise to the Curley in many ways.  David is also the designer of our fabulous Curley Cares School Tee Shirt's and posters.    The students in Graphic design were excited to have David, a professional Graphic Designer present a  lesson in  Designing Typography using Positive and Negative Space to create a class alphabet.  You can see the alphabet next to him on the right. The students were amazed to see how many ways they could draw, identify and design just one letter.  Each student was given a letter and he told them to come up with designs 10 different ways...

Resources For  Parents and Students It was wonderful to meet so many new parents and see some familiar faces at our annual Back To School Night. For parents who are interested in learning about our updated Visual Arts curriculum and assessment models please contact me for a detailed description of the visual arts curriculum including the citywide standards and common core connections.  I will also include detailed grade level assessment models and grade level specific lessons.  Please email me for more information or questions at my school email address:  cwall@bostonpublicschools.org Please include your name and your child's name, their grade level and teacher in the body of the email.  I will return your request within 48 hours.   For parents who are interested in volunteering for school events in the arts, classroom ...

Inspiration For a new and Exciting School Year The Curley K-8 School Click the link  below   for Back to school TED TALKS for teachers and students! Back to school in 7 TED Talks See You Tuesday.....

WELCOME TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR

Looking - Learning - Teaching    Inspiration and Technology in The Art Room  So  here we are, the beginning of another school year in the art room, my 22nd to be exact, it's really been that long.  When I began teaching in the mid-90 there was no Internet in the schools, you be lucky to have dial up at home. I like the old techniques and the new, I can't imagine not taking my students to the MFA at least once and I can't imagine not using the technology we have as a teaching tool, a window to another place, that they may not be able to see in their lifetime. We looked at art the "old school" way, there was the field trip which consisted of getting on public transportation, the ( T ) as we call it her in Boston. It was me and one lucky student teacher or parent volunteer and 25-30 kids riding the train to the MFA, The Gardner Museum, Mass College of Art or the ICA.  If we were in the classroom the resources available to us were on film, in books, o...

BPS BUDGET REMIX VIDEO - Presented by The Curley K-8 School Parents  DO you know we have have some of the most dedicated,  passionate and talented parents that work behind-the-scenes fighting not just for their children's education but for  public education.  Heshan Berents-Weeramuni is one of those parents. He's not paid to advocate for the public schools nor are the many, many other parents that worked tirelessly in support of public education. The following article from Boston Globe includes a link to a video made by our extraordinarily talented and dedicated parents explaining how the budget process works. I would like to especially thank Heshan Berents-Weeramuni a parent, who works quietly behind the scenes fighting for public education. He alongside all our parents that tirelessly asking in return- Proper Funding . The Boston school system made a significant change in hiring last school year, giving principals the authority to select outside candidate...