Zilker School-wide Student Art Show

Ms. Vogt's Art Classes at Zilker

Ms. Vogt teaches Mr. Reyes' class and Ms. Cretin's class here at Zilker. She is an amazing art teacher and her students love her. Please stop by to see her students' artworks - they are amazing!

Zilker School-wide Student Art Show

Ms. Jepson's Art Classes at Zilker

Ms. Jepson teaches Ms. Montanez's 3rd grade class, Ms. Hardwick's 4th grade class, and Mr. Chambers' 6th grade class. We are fortunate to have her here at Zilker! Ms. Jepson also teaches at Joslin Elementary. Check out what her classes have up for the Zilker School-wide Art Show!

Ms. Montanez's 3rd grade Class Masks

Mr. Chambers' 6th Grade Class Expressionist Self-Portraits

Ms. Hardwick's 4th Grade Class Mosaics

2nd Grade Akuaba Dolls: Glazing

Second Graders carefully add glaze to their Akuaba Dolls. We had to paint three layers of each color, waiting for each layer to dry before adding the next. Now the dolls can be loaded into the kiln, and fired to about 1900 degrees Fahrenheit. At that high temperature, the clay will undergo a chemical change, becoming ceramic.

4th Grade Aboriginal Dot Paintings

Fourth Graders are working on their Dot Paintings. We first learned about Australian Aboriginal artists, looking at prints of their artworks and watching a video about both their ancient and contemporary art. We talked about how the Aboriginal artists used native Australian animals in their artworks. We connected with the fourth grade Social Studies and Science TEKS and focused on native Texan animals. Each student chose a Texas animal, and we learned how to draw a recognizable silhouette of that animal. Then students carefully cut out the silhouette and glued it to brown paper. Students added one or two X-ray drawings on their animals, showing either bones or interior organs. The fun part began when students painted dots with sticks, much like the Aboriginal artists did and currently do. We discussed their use of concentric circle designs in their dot paintings, then added a few into our own. The results are stunning!

Kinder Jasper Johns Number and Alphabet Paintings

Jasper Johns " Numbers in Color", 1958-1959

Jasper Johns "Colored Alphabet" 1959

Kinder students have been studying American artist Jasper Johns. Johns uses common objects as subjects for his paintings, including maps, flags, numbers, and letters. Students drew either numbers or letter with oil pastels, then painted around them with different colors. Look for these finished paintings at Zilker's School-wide Student Art Show in April!

2nd Grade Clay Akuaba Dolls

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' Mexican Bark Paintings

Fifth Graders are working hard on their Mexican Bark Paintings. Each student had to choose either a real or an imaginary animal, then draw the animal showing movement. Here are students adding bright colors with tempera paint.

Third Grade Picasso Double Faces

Need some color? Check out third grade's crazy faces. We looked at Andy Warhol's print "Picasso Double Face" for inspiration, then looked at several of Pablo Picasso's cubist faces where he combined two faces as one or added multiple views to a single face. We then drew our own cubist face,and are now adding color with paint. Be on the lookout for these paintings during the school-wide art show in April.

2nd Grade Akan Akuaba Dolls

Second Graders are continuing their study of African art through creating their own clay Akan Akuaba Dolls. The Akan tribe is from the country of Ghana, and artisans make these dolls as a symbol for a husband and wife's wish for a baby. The dolls are in the shape of the ankh, an ancient Egyptian symbol which means life. Students are about to start sculpting their dolls out of clay, and then will add color with glaze. Here are students with their finished drawings, ready to start clay next week.

Austin's First Night Parade

Here are photos from the 2008 Austin First Night Parade. Check out Zilker's Picasso Cart making its way down Congress Avenue! Many thanks to the Zilker students and parents who pushed the cart in the parade!