Zilker Elementary Art Class

Jasper Johns " Numbers in Color", 1958-1959 Jasper Johns "Colored Alphabet" 1959 Kinder students have been studying A...

Here are students drawing details into the surface of their clay dolls. Next week we will be adding the African colors with glaze.

Fifth Graders are working hard on their Mexican Bark Paintings. Each student had to choose either a real or an imaginary animal, then draw t...

Need some color? Check out third grade's crazy faces. We looked at Andy Warhol's print "Picasso Double Face" for inspirati...

Second Graders are continuing their study of African art through creating their own clay Akan Akuaba Dolls. The Akan tribe is from the cou...

Here are photos from the 2008 Austin First Night Parade. Check out Zilker's Picasso Cart making its way down Congress Avenue! Many tha...

Here's what the Fifth Graders' finished milagros look like! After bisque-firing the clay, fifth graders painted the milagros blac...

Zilker Second and Third Graders created this Picasso-inspired float for Austin's Third Annual First Night celebration on December 31st....

T hird graders are working on their oil pastel cat drawings, inspired by artist Laurel Burch. The bright colors really contrast with the bl...

Milagros are small, metal pendants that represent a wish, prayer, or request. Milagros are found all over the world, but here in Texas most...