WELCOME DEWEY!

We would like to welcome our newest school to the Art Corps family.  
Dewey Elementary is located in Loma Portal and serves many of San Diego's military families.   Parents Jami Barr and Liza Smith have been working very hard since August to get everything ready.
We are looking forward to a great first year beginning next Tuesday, 9/27 @ 8:45am, when we have our orientation meeting.

ORIENTATION/WORKSHOP SCHEDULES 2011-2012

Orientations are now taking place at our schools and workshops will soon begin!  Another year of creating art with your children!  Hooray!   You can find the date for your school below.

• Chaparral  9/20
• Cloverland  8/31
• Dewey  9/27
• Dingeman  9/21
• Hage  9/28
• Hearst  9/21
• Jerabek  9/13
• Longfellow  9/29
• Miramar Ranch  9/22
• Oak Valley 9/16
• St Columba  9/14
• Stone Ranch  9/12 (new date due to blackout)
• Sunset View  9/20
• Tierrasanta  10/3
• Westwood  9/15

As we set the workshop dates at each school, the schedules will be posted in two places on our website.  You can quickly check the schedule for your school on the Schools page.  Just click on your school's name to see the schedule and workshop leaders' contact info.

OR you can "shop" for an alternate workshop time and location, that may be more convenient for you on our Schedule page.  All our schools are listed alphabetically in a scrollable format.  You can find the school addresses under each school's schedule here, as well as, on the Schools page.  If you do plan to attend a workshop at another school, please contact that workshop leader ahead of time.

Summer Meeting 2011

Our 2011 Summer Brunch will be Friday, August 26 at Kathy Peterson's house.  Invitations have gone out and we are excited to kick off another year of Art Corps.  We will welcome some new faces and reconnect with our wonderful returning coordinators.  After enjoying our traditional brunch fare and introductions all around, we will get down to business.  

In groups we will set the dates for Orientations, Family Art nights, Art Shows and more.  Another special break-out group of our supply coordinators will get the latest information on the art supplies, that our young artists will be getting their hands on soon. 

We are also happy to be previewing the new 2nd Edition of the Fifth Grade Lesson Book.  We have been busy this summer updating it with new print and book suggestions, new and improved warm-up descriptions and new step by step art work to make teaching easier.  Art Corps will be providing these new editions to our schools in time for their first 5th grade workshop.  

It's going to be another great year of Art Corps with all of our wonderful volunteers helping kids get smart with art!

Marilyn 

Oak Valley Art Show

 Oak Valley Middle School's Art Show is this week and we got a preview yesterday of the wonderful work their students have done.  Our new lessons designed to connect to the Social Studies curriculum have been a great success.  Kudos to Anita, Linda and Janice for their invaluable contribution to the creation and implementation of these new lessons and congratulations to all the volunteers who presented these lessons in the classroom.  Here are a few gems.

MATTING WORKSHOPS/ART SHOWS

The Matting workshops have already begun!  Important work will now begin leading to the annual Art Show.  The Art Show celebrates the artist in every child and the students are very proud to show off their piece to friends and family.

At the matting workshop you will receive instructions for choosing, matting, labeling and displaying the students' artwork from your class at the school-wide Art Show.

It is very important that a representative from your class attends.  The materials for labeling and submitting the artwork will also be distributed.  If you have questions, please call your school's Head Coordinator for Art Corps.

ART SHOWS 2011 SCHEDULE

Come see some fabulous art at our schools' Art Shows. The students have created masterpieces that shouldn't be missed! 

• Chaparral 5/12
• Dingeman 5/19
• Hage 5/26
• Hearst 5/25
• Jerabek 6/23
• Longfellow 5/25
• Miramar Ranch 5/26
• Oak Valley 5/25
• St Columba 5/25
• Stone Ranch 5/5
• Sunset View 5/26
• Tierrasanta 6/16
• Westwood 5/12

Thank you to all the volunteers who made it all possible.

ART CORPS at KidsWalk 2011

The ART CORPS activity table this year at KidsWalk in Little Italy was a beehive of artistic expression.  With Kandinsky as our muse, fabulous artwork was created by children of all ages.  Hope you all enjoyed the experience.  A BIG THANKS goes to Linda and Liz for expert planning and preparation, and thanks to Julie, Kathleen, Anita, Paula and Kathy for helping out.