Berg Middle School 7th/8th Grade Art

For students who have art in the Des Moines Art Festival this weekend:

Families and Teachers:
Yesterday, the Des Moines Arts Festival site experienced dangerous thunderstorms with heavy rain and extremely high winds. During the storm, several tents, including those for the Student Art Exhibition, were damaged. Despite being walled and secured, the high winds and rain caused a lot of damage. All of the students’ artwork got wet. Some a little, some a lot. A small amount was damaged.

Our volunteers secured an indoor location to dry the artwork overnight. We are doing our best to clean up what we can, and we will rehang it today. When you join us this weekend, you may see water damage on the artwork. We are heartbroken that some of the work was damaged. Please be assured that we are doing our best to repair the damage, rehang the artwork, and open on time for today’s kick-off.

We are very proud of your students’ artwork, and we know you are too. We look forward to celebrating the student’s impressive accomplishments this weekend at the Student Art Exhibition.

❤️ 🎨

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Newton students selected for artwork displays Support emerging artists as they receive recognition by showcasing their talents during two major events in celebration of Youth Art Month 2025.

I am SO proud to announce that one of our incredible students has been selected for the Governor’s Art Show for Youth Art Month 2025! 🏛️ His artwork will be displayed in the Iowa Capitol Building throughout March, alongside pieces from talented students across the state. The Governor’s office will host a Capitol Tour and Awards Ceremony to celebrate these amazing achievements! 🎉

Additionally, five of our talented students have also been chosen for the 2025 Youth Art Month Show! 🌟 Their artwork will be displayed at the Jordan Creek Mall in West Des Moines for the month of March. The Reception & Ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 29–come celebrate and support these young artists as they receive their well-deserved recognition! 🖼️🎉

👏 Let’s give a huge round of applause to:

Henry Flaherty (7th) – Governor’s Art Show
Jasmine Anderson (8th)– Youth Art Month Show
AK (7th)– Youth Art Month Show
Emily Webster (7th) – Youth Art Month Show
Skyler Savage (7th) – Youth Art Month Show
Nora Wickman (8th) – Youth Art Month Show

This is a huge accomplishment, and we couldn’t be prouder of these creative, dedicated artists! 🏆

7th and 8th graders are busy creating a mural comprised of five large canvases (thanks to the NCEF grant we received) that will go in the lunch room! 5th-8th graders will all make a canvas. 🥰 stay tuned!

7th graders finished up their clay paint palettes! 🎨 we are using them to paint today 🥰

Extended core students, 7th grade WIN, and 8th grade WIN have had so much fun throwing on the potter’s wheel this week! So thankful for the NCEF grant we got last year that allows middle school students to have this fun opportunity 🥰 we will throw again next week as well!

Extended core is working on some leaf ornaments out of Clay today! 

Extended core and WIN classes are dabbling in the art of Japanese Gyotaku printmaking 🐠 🐟

🌊 exciting news! Our 8th graders are diving into the art of relief printmaking, all thanks to the generous grant from Jasper County Arts Connection! 🎨 it’s amazing to see their creativity flourish as they explore this new art form (it’s also one of my favorites!) stay tuned for updates on how these turn out!

8th graders are finishing up painting their bobble heads, and 7th graders are practicing making their clay paint palettes! 🎨

In honor of our masked readers for our One Book One Berg, our adaptive class made masks! Today we had a Fun Friday to wear our masks and color coloring pages of the characters we chose! They turned out so nice!