I attended an art teacher online conference today; it was full of great information relevant for today's art teachers! Over 600 people from all over the world took this 1st ever AOE art conference online. I am so glad I set aside time today for continuing to learn more about my profession. I am already thinking of how I can implement some things into my school year!
I hope you are all enjoying your summer break. I am using mine for a time of reflection, prayer, bunches of family time, putting on an 2 productive summer art camps in my studio late July and a camping trip! How about you? What are you doing this summer?
Mrs. Calvert
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Summer fun!
Summer
Fun! Art with B. Calvert
Although the age 5-9 summer camps are
full, Ages 10-17 still have
time to sign up for Summer camp.
There are 3 more spots in the 1st
week and 2 more spots in the 2nd week.
a)July 22-25
9:30am-12:30pm ($96) 3 more spots
open.
We will be
working on drawing, painting and a variety of other projects.
Be prepared
to come away with a better sense of drawing knowledge and
color
savvy. You will be pleased with your
work!
Register by
mailing this form to:
----------------------------Registration
Form (please mail with deposit) -----------------
Artist Name__________________________
Age_______ Parent_____________________
Phone__________________
cell phone_________________ Email_________________
Workshops requested: A)
____Age 10-18(1st week) B) _Full age 5-10(1st week)
C)
______age 10-18(2nd week) D)Full_age
5-10 (2nd week)
$20 deposit PER
artist due with registration. Balance to
be paid on the FIRST DAY of workshop.
Mail to:
Art with B. Calvert—1803 Kok Rd. – Lynden, WA – 98264
You will be notified
only if your requested workshop is full.
Discount: Bring a friend or
sibling and they get
$10 off and you get $5 off!
Sunday, June 2, 2013
I should stick to my day job.
My handy man husband and I are painting the deck, railings this weekend. I love to paint, so I started right on it doing well around the top deck railings. But, once I started working on the stairs, I was too into my work and didn't realize I had tipped the tub over while I was reaching over to paint the other side of the railing. Whoops! Can you see the paint splatter on the concrete? I should keep my day job. Yes, painting on canvas sounds much better. I am too much of a free spirit, messy!
Oh well!
Have a wonderful sunny day everyone! Tell someone today if they "mess up"
it can always be fixed and cleaned up. =)
God can take a mess (like ME!) and make something
beautiful out of the project.(life.)
The Art School year is officially done.
We had the art show and so I am calling the art school year officially done! That is the grand finale or as my friend Melinda calls it, my season finale! Ha, ha! This was our 3rd annual art show at the Lynden Library. We always have a great crowd of around 300 people. Our students have a lot of supportive families and friends!
A huge thank you to the Library for being a community minded place. I appreciate them so much and welcoming us with open arms. They are happy to accommodate us. I think we are doing them a favor too by adding wonderful, colorful art to their walls!
Here are a few pictures of the show.
The Mona Lisa Cut out idea is credit to Pinterest. The actual execution of the project is credit to my hubby's woodworking skills! He created the wood stand for it to go on. It was a hit! What a great addition to the art show this year. I wish I had a better picture of it from farther away.
Me and one of my amazing art students. I loved seeing everyone and their families. What a celebration!
It stayed up all week!
What a great variety of artwork.
They were varying ages from 5-16yrs. Although I took up to 18yrs this year, my oldest was 16yrs.
On top of the magazine stand.
Watercolor/pencil and pastel was displayed on the wall.
The artwork got great exposure to the public and great comments were said all week long. Great job to all my wonderful students. I will miss you bunches this summer and look forward to the fall. Although I do see some of you signed up for Summer Art Camp in July! whooo hoo!
A huge thank you to the Library for being a community minded place. I appreciate them so much and welcoming us with open arms. They are happy to accommodate us. I think we are doing them a favor too by adding wonderful, colorful art to their walls!
Here are a few pictures of the show.
The art was displayed on top of the bookshelves in the kids section.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
You are invited!
You are cordially invited to our 3rd annual art show!
Where: Lynden Library
When: Tue night, 6:30pm-8pm, 21st of May
Artists ages 5-16 will bring their artwork and have it on display at the library all week May 20-25. Tuesday night is the artist reception where we serve refreshments, give out certificates to the artists and this year we are going to add public voting. Everyone is encouraged to come vote for your favorite artwork all Monday-Friday One vote per person please. Ribbons will be placed on Saturday morning the 25th and that is also the day that artist come to pick up their artwork.
I pray this new voting does not discourage anyone, but encourage each and every one to keep going on their artistic journey.
Jen Karah
I like to say a big thank you! to Jenna Matthews and Karah Clover for being my wonderful art assistants this year! They have each helped me with different younger classes this year and then took the older class themselves. They have pretty much been an intern, learned a lot about art, working and serving these kids. They both have amazing, caring hearts, they love the Lord and are fun to be around! I am so grateful for them both.
Where: Lynden Library
When: Tue night, 6:30pm-8pm, 21st of May
Artists ages 5-16 will bring their artwork and have it on display at the library all week May 20-25. Tuesday night is the artist reception where we serve refreshments, give out certificates to the artists and this year we are going to add public voting. Everyone is encouraged to come vote for your favorite artwork all Monday-Friday One vote per person please. Ribbons will be placed on Saturday morning the 25th and that is also the day that artist come to pick up their artwork.
I pray this new voting does not discourage anyone, but encourage each and every one to keep going on their artistic journey.
Lynden Library
Jen Karah
My lovely receptionists will be there behind the desk to hand out certificates, give artists name tags, monitor the sign up sheet for next school year class list, handle the (10-18yr)summer camp giveaway and hand out voting sheets.
Mrs. Calvert
I will be there of course! I want to meet all the families and talk to each and every one of the artists.
I like to say a big thank you! to Jenna Matthews and Karah Clover for being my wonderful art assistants this year! They have each helped me with different younger classes this year and then took the older class themselves. They have pretty much been an intern, learned a lot about art, working and serving these kids. They both have amazing, caring hearts, they love the Lord and are fun to be around! I am so grateful for them both.
A HUGE thank you goes out to every family that sent their child here this year to Art with B. Calvert. You make my dream job a reality and I love you for that.
See you Tuesday night!
Mrs. Calvert
Sunday, April 28, 2013
April Paintings
Well, we painted on Canvas this month! It always proves to have great results. I am happy with the results. You will notice that I led in the paintings of the cows and Mt. Shuksan for the younger classes and the older kids 10-18yrs had a choice of what they wanted to paint. It led to some great stuff!
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