SFSD Arts Impact

Team building at The RowHouse! Capital Harmony 2022!

Help us decide the winner for the 2021 Paint the Plow contest by picking your favorite in the link below
https://siouxfalls.org/ptp

Hawthorne 5th graders have art on display in collaboration with one of our downtown businesses in our art we share our school ideals of the Circle of Courage and the philosophy of Ubuntu-meaning “I am because you are”. Our art shows the Oceti Ŝakowiŋ symbol of the star quilt! Come check out the art and support a local business!

Maggie Moeller, art teacher at JFK and Horace Mann Elementary, received a Public School Proud Grant for “Art in the Specialized Classroom.” She will use $1,017.51 to purchase textured rubber plates and brushes, design rollers, and mold and play sensory sand kits. When working with students with special needs, it is crucial to have an assortment of materials to use that keep them engaged and strengthen fine motor skills. Research has shown that students with significant disabilities learn best through a multisensory approach, and these materials will ensure their success in the art room. Thank you, Anthony Pizer - Thrivent Financial, for investing in this grant program for teachers!

Our art community lost an important person this week! Sherri Sherard of Edison Middle School passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. Her creative spirit, wit and smile will be deeply missed by her Edison community as well as fellow teachers in the district.

RHS Spring Chorus Concert! https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR3ApZiUnFY2cpWdPDQOC3u69KpxTC-PpTT3JISgUGdbmujOOW6bX7Mn1Y4&v=44-YAb0avro&feature=youtu.be

Congratulations to our Lincoln High School winter guard! The first winter guard in the history of Lincoln, the first guard in Sioux Falls and the state to make WGI world semi-finals and now WORLD finals in their class!

This year's All State Art exhibit has phenomenal artwork from high school students across the state. The gallery is open Friday 5-9pm and Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm at the Convention Center in Sioux Falls. The gallery is free to visit!

Update: Zoe from Jane Addams Elementary School has been selected as Artsonia's 4th-6th "ARTIST OF THE WEEK" for February 14 - February 20. During the contest, Zoe received 950 votes from website visitors! Be sure to check the Artsonia homepage at www.artsonia.com where you will see Zoe’s artwork featured for the next few days.

Thank you to everyone who voted!

One of our very own students, Zoe in 5th grade, is a finalist to be Artsonia's artist of the week!
Her artwork is from our Figure Drawing lesson, where students chose a black and white photo of a person, and recreated it using ovals to get the basic proportions, then added details like hair and clothes, and finally skin tone and color. We talked about value and shading and creating skin tones that weren't flat "peach" or "brown" but instead were mixed using a variety of colors.
We were a o impressed with how well fourth and fifth graders did on this assignment! They chose from people like Lebron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Anna Pavlova.

So here's where you come in... Go to this link and vote for Zoe's art before Saturday the 13th. Voting is limited to one vote per day per computer.
Congrats on this recognition Zoe!

http://www.artsonia.com/aotw/vote/teacher/90338829

Congratulations to the cast and crew of She Kills Monsters. Superior acting awards for Elsa Friesen, Isaac Smith, Catherine Paul, and Molly Baumeister, Superior Ensemble for the monsters and puppeteers, and Superior Play for the combined talents of this entire group of young artists!