ARTroom with a View

6D - Stained glass letter designs

2011-12-20T12:06:00.001+01:00

Grade 1 - Line to Shape to Color

2011-11-30T13:09:00.009+01:00

Grade One is painting. First Graders show what they know about filling the paper with shape and color. Moving from watercolor crayons to hard tempera paints, line becomes shape, shape becomes brushwork, and the results speak for themselves!
Works by Emma C , Sofia C , Valeria S , Gea S - 1S

Highlights from Early Childhood

2011-11-23T12:46:00.015+01:00

In EC Art, Nursery, Kinder and Prep have been exploring “shape”. Here are some highlights from the past two weeks.

Nursery: Nursery began their new unit, Celebrate Good Times, and has been exploring shape through the lens of celebration! First, nursery students investigated and sorted all different kinds of paper and determined which were for parties and which were not. Then, after making a collage with different sorts of paper, nursery used shape stamps to create their own original wrapping paper designs!

Kinder: Kinder began their new unit “Light and Dark”, and has been investigating shape, light and dark. Kinder combined dark, light, and transparent shapes to create original shadow puppets. After being inspired by shadow puppet performances in the Wayang tradition from Indonesia, students brought their puppets to life with musical accompaniment (one student on drums, and one on the xylophone).

Prep: Prep has been thinking about, finding, identifying and creating original organic and geometric shapes. First they created one organic and geometric shape then they cut it out and arranged it on a printing plate. Finally, they students made collagraph prints. The process of printmaking was compared to the “systems” in their unit “Farm to Table”. (Featured artwork by Mbango, Wataru & Naomi).

"Paper Cuts Outs" by Emanuele, Ascanio, Leila K., Edoardo & Leila E. (3B)

2011-11-04T15:00:00.011+01:00

Grade 3 students looked and learned about Henri Matisse. They looked at his gouaches découpés and then they completed their own "Drawings with scissors".

PYP Water for Life - Field Trip Grade 4

2011-10-10T10:28:00.012+02:00

All grade 4 went to Rome's Parco degli Acquedotti with Nancy de Conciliis where she explained the history and building of the Roman waterworks.

After sketching the aqueducts, having lunch and an animated game of Cops & Robbers they went to Piazza Vittorio to see the ruins of the only existing water distribution building and she elaborated on the mechanics of how the Romans brought water into the Imperial city and into individual houses.

iPads in Education - Art

2011-10-09T18:41:00.005+02:00

Faculty Development: On October 29-30th Ms. Susan attended Technology for Excellence 2011, a conference regarded the use of IPads in Education, held at The Cedars School of Excellence in Greenoch, Scotland.

Hands-On Energy - Grade 5

2011-10-09T18:06:00.005+02:00

Work in Process: Students began by discussing how they might show "energy" in a drawing, using the elements of art (line, shape, form, color, value, texture & space). Then they energetically began an oil pastel for their PYP Unit Energy is Everywhere.

Highlights from Early Childhood

2011-10-04T14:28:00.010+02:00

In EC Art, Nursery, Kinder and Prep have been exploring “line”. Here are some highlights from the past two weeks.

Nursery: After exploring string lines, paper lines, and oil pastel lines, Students explored the possibilities of making lines using string dipped in paint. (Featured work: Luca, Allegra, Beatrice, and Cosimo’s string line paintings)

Kinder: Kinder watched videos and talked about how people all over the world use ink to make lines that show people what they are thinking. Then we made black line paintings small and large and discussed what we were thinking about when we made them. (Featured work: Francesca F. and Giovanni’s large scale black line paintings.)

Prep: Prep was given a “Quick Fire Challenge” to expand their versatility with pencil as a tool for drawing. They had four minutes to think of four different ways to make marks with their pencils. Then, they used the techniques that they invented to finish their pencil drawings inspired by a piece of material. (Featured work: Pietro’s Quick Fire Challenge and Shosannah’s pencil drawing).

Listening, Looking & SKETCHING (grade5)

2011-10-04T11:52:00.014+02:00

Mr. Litman, grade 5, organized a Saturday morning field trip with students and their families to the Montemartini Power Plant on Via Ostiense. The visit was related to their PYP Unit: "Energy is Everywhere” and Ms. Susan supervised the sketching.

AMACI CONTEMPORARY DAY VII - October 8, 2011

2011-10-04T11:14:00.007+02:00

‎OCTOBER 8, 2011: VII Annual CONTEMPORARY DAY
The AMACI museums and another 100 contemporary artistic places open their doors FREE for a day to celebrate creativity.
www.amaci.org
8 OTTOBRE 2011: SETTIMA GIORNATA DEL CONTEMPORANEO
I musei AMACI e oltre 1000 luoghi dell’arte contemporanea aprono gratuitamente i loro spazi per una giornata all’insegna della creatività

World Food Day Posters - Rebecca & Tommaso 6D

2011-10-04T10:47:00.001+02:00

World Food Day 2011 Guest Speaker: Jonathan Dumont (Head of Television Communications at United Nations)

2011-10-04T09:30:00.006+02:00

Mr. Jonathan Dumont came to talk to the Middle School on Friday September 23rd. He spoke about his work and showed some of his films. Mr Dumont was invited to speak by the Art Department and he kindly stayed on after the screening to answer questions and explain in more depth the 2011 World Food Day theme: “Food Prices - from Crisis to Stability”. Every year the 6th graders make posters and two posters are chosen to represent Ambrit in The United Nations Women’s Guild (UNWG) of Rome Poster Competition at FAO.

Highlights from Early Childhood

2011-09-22T20:28:00.010+02:00

In EC Art, Nursery, Kinder and Prep have been exploring “line”. Here are some highlights from the past two weeks.

Nursery: We talked about line, saw a line slide show, and sang a line song. Then we used yarn to show our different ideas of how to make lines.

Kinder: We watched a recording of a Tony Orrico performance (See Sidebar), and talked about how he combined dancing and moving with making unique lines. Then we tried it too.

Prep: Prep made collaborative oil pastel drawings in response to the question, “How many different kinds of lines might we be able to make with oil pastels?”

Mateo 1P - Lines & Shapes

2011-09-12T12:52:00.002+02:00

WELCOME BACK ART STUDENTS!!!

2011-09-02T07:56:00.000+02:00

The Academic Year 2011-2012 Begins!

2011-08-26T17:39:00.001+02:00

Happy Summer from the A R T room!

2011-06-23T09:52:00.002+02:00

"Gosh, the 7th graders are getting WIRED!" - sculptures by Aurora & Talita 7F

2011-06-22T22:05:00.008+02:00

The First Grade Art Diploma Ceremony

2011-06-16T14:19:00.001+02:00

Cubist Self-portraits by Grade 8

2011-06-16T14:15:00.003+02:00

2M Portraits - PYP "Belli Arti"

2011-06-15T11:10:00.002+02:00

Dina 6D - Grafitti Design (watercolor)

2011-06-11T08:39:00.000+02:00

Grade 7 Art Field Trip to NIKI de SAINT PHALLE's Tarot Garden in Capalbio

2011-05-20T11:40:00.008+02:00

Influenced by Gaudí´s "Parc Güell" in Barcelona and the "Bomarzo" garden near Viterbo, NIKI de SAINT PHALLE decided she wanted to make something similar. In 1979, she acquired some land in Tuscany, about 100 km north-west of Rome along the coast. The sculpture garden "Giardino dei Tarocchi" contains sculptures of the symbols found on the antique Tarot cards. The garden took many years and a considerable sum of money to complete. It opened in 1998 after more than 20 years of work.

Lema 3V - Figure Sculpture

2011-05-06T12:09:00.001+02:00

Painting with 6D

2011-04-28T14:40:00.001+02:00

HAPPY EASTER from the ART ROOM - Emanuele 2C

2011-04-15T13:35:00.001+02:00

VENICE 2011 - A student-led Art History trip

2011-03-26T18:32:00.003+01:00

Isabella T. 2010 - CD cover design

2011-02-16T14:36:00.000+01:00

"It's All in the MInd" 5th grade PYP Unit - Illustration of the Left & Right side of the brain

2011-02-11T16:04:00.002+01:00

Ju Na 2C - "A Man on a Mountain Top" - Clay Sculpture

2011-01-20T13:06:00.002+01:00

ARTY HOLIDAYS & HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL !

2010-12-17T13:22:00.006+01:00

1P created holiday cards for friends or family

Anton 5W - Pastel Drawing 'Energy is Everywhere' PYP Unit

2010-10-26T13:40:00.003+02:00

Olivia 6C & Emma 6S - Posters Choosen to Represent Ambrit in the UN World Food Day Poster Competition

2010-10-02T13:46:00.002+02:00

Gaia 2M - the artroom now

2010-09-23T10:07:00.002+02:00

Matteo 8G - Design

2010-09-20T15:11:00.000+02:00

Hand raising in 1P

2010-09-08T14:07:00.001+02:00

See you all September 1st, 2010 - Welcome Back!

2010-08-22T21:20:00.001+02:00

It is the end of a colorful year in the artroom... Happy Summer to all our young ARTISTS!

2010-06-23T11:54:00.004+02:00

Arpit 7DT - "Hip Hop" Wire Sculpture

2010-06-17T22:44:00.002+02:00

Poster Collages - Edda & Maia 5L

2010-06-16T13:36:00.005+02:00

PYP Unit Posters

Grade 6 - Graffiti designs

2010-06-08T09:49:00.002+02:00

History of ART - A Summary

2010-06-04T10:30:00.002+02:00

Venetian Masks by Eleonora, Rosa & Carolina - 8C

2010-05-22T16:35:00.001+02:00

New York artist CHRISTOPHER PELLEY comes into the 7th grade art classes

2010-05-04T14:54:00.009+02:00

Monday and Tuesday the New York artist CHRISTOPHER PELLEY came into Ms Susan’s 7th grade art classes to talk with the students about drawing transparent forms. It was a great experience for all!!!

Christopher Pelley was born in Pittsburgh. He attended Syracuse University and received his BFA summa cum laude from Arizona State University. In January he traveled to Rome to teach Drawing at the Pratt Institute and University of Arizona university programs.

“I am a visual artist in the traditional sense. I work primarily with oil on canvas, combining imagery taken from the antique and imagery painted from direct observation with passages of lush abstract paint which defines the ground. I use these post-modernist conceits, visual metaphors and enigmatic narratives to explore my inner psyche - that space between myth and memory, between the heroic and the quotidian. I try to cloak my persona and my personal epiphanies with the vocabulary of western art history.”

Christopher Pelley's Website

Pencil drawings by: Clara 7F, MariaJulia 7F & Arpit 7DT

Antonio 8T - "Impressions of Venice" Collage

2010-05-01T18:04:00.000+02:00

Giovanni 2S - Painting (Extreme Weather)

2010-04-23T11:39:00.001+02:00

Setting up the display of the observational drawings by 3V - "Artroom Objects"

2010-04-16T13:07:00.004+02:00

HAPPY EASTER from the artroom - Music video by Andrea Dorfman for Tanya Davis' song "ART"

2010-04-02T22:47:00.000+02:00

Santiago Kinder Blue - Tempera painting

2010-04-01T14:16:00.001+02:00

8th grade student delivering an oral report on Titian's "Assumption of the Virgin" in St. Maria Glorioso dei Frari - Venice

2010-03-27T10:24:00.006+01:00

Matisse Murals by 5W, 5G & 5L

2010-03-26T11:40:00.003+01:00

Illustrations of the Left and Right Brain by Danilo & Allegra 5L (February 2010)

2010-03-26T11:30:00.005+01:00

Mimi 4H - Heart for Valentine's Day

2010-02-17T10:51:00.002+01:00

Happy New Year - 2010

2009-12-31T19:42:00.002+01:00

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." Pablo Picasso

José S. 8T - watercolor

2009-12-15T11:00:00.003+01:00

8th graders working on b/w watercolors

2009-11-23T12:03:00.003+01:00

Celina 8T - work in progress

2009-11-23T12:02:00.000+01:00

7DT on a log - observation drawing

2009-11-17T10:37:00.001+01:00

Jade & Lena MS (June 2009) - Paper Figures

2009-11-17T10:33:00.001+01:00

Grade 4 students sketch the Acqua Paola Fountain

2009-10-24T13:34:00.002+02:00

This fountain commemorates the reopening in 1612 of an acqueduct built originally by the Emperor Trajan in AD109.

Grade 4 Field Trip - The Aqueduct Park

2009-10-23T20:55:00.006+02:00

Our guide, Nancy de Conciliis, talks about how water was found, how aqueducts were built and how the water got to Rome.

Falco K. - Tempera Painting Prep M

2009-10-16T11:04:00.003+02:00

Loet V. - Tone Collage Grade 2S

2009-10-14T15:06:00.003+02:00

Ms. Nina's Collage Factory

2009-10-14T12:57:00.001+02:00

World Food Day Poster Competition Winners!!

2009-10-13T15:19:00.004+02:00

On October 8, the United Nations Women's Guild (UNWG) convened the panel of judges to select the winners of this year's UNWG World Food Day Poster Competition on the theme "Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis."

The UNWG is pleased to communicate to you that the following students won prizes in the UNWG Poster Competition:
Andrew Coleman - First Place, Category 1A (Mr. Vigneault)

Olivia Martha - Second Place, Category 2 - Middle School - (Ms. Susan)

Nursery Discovering Clay - 9/10/2009

2009-10-10T09:37:00.003+02:00

Figure Drawing 7F - 6 /10/2009

2009-10-06T13:51:00.002+02:00

Our Art Vocabulary - 7DT 7/9/2009

2009-09-29T10:54:00.003+02:00

Lara H.- Colored Pencil Drawing Grade 3V

2009-09-23T14:41:00.014+02:00

Crazy Hair Day - self portraits - Grade 5L

2009-09-23T13:24:00.005+02:00

Collage - Francesca L - Art Awardee - June 2009

2009-09-22T10:23:00.011+02:00

2009-09-22T10:07:00.001+02:00

ART education serves to bring out the creative, expressive and aesthetic potential of each child, and to promote the attitudes, thinking and discipline necessary for all types of learning.

ART education serves as a catalyst for a lifetime of meaningful, fulfilling and creative experiences, and enhance the very quality of life; enabling children to continue being lifetime learners.

ART education encourages responsiveness to new ideas and respect for individual differences by fostering: respect for oneself and one's own work (self-esteem, and a striving for excellence), respect for others and their work, and respect for other cultures and their art.

"What We Already Know"- ART Terminology Poster Project Grade 8

2009-09-18T11:14:00.007+02:00

The Artroom at Ambrit: READY for Students 2-9-2009

2009-09-17T20:59:00.002+02:00