St. Joseph Catholic School
Stuart, Florida
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Thanks so much to everyone who participated in our Snap Art fundraiser! I purchased an Apple TV, a wireless printer, and many many art supplies including the masonite boards that inspired creativity with authenticity during our "Highwaymen" unit.
FYI: We are doing Pop Art with Warhol in April and Frank Lloyd Wright in May. Mrs. Susan Saloom Art PK-8
  
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
Pop Art - Contemporary (71 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students were asked to use an image that they felt was everyday and contemporary in the culture of 2013 and make art out ...
   
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Picasso Blues (5 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students were given the option to do collages based on Blue paper and neutral accents.
   
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Apr 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Pop Art: The students learned about Andy Warhol, Pop Art, and the origins of the Mona Lisa in one unit. They took a fa ...
   
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Highwaymen watercolor (42 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
A watercolor painting in the style of the Highwaymen of Ft. Pierce, a local group of African-American artists who have b ...
   
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Apr 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Grades 2-5 painted local Florida landscapes in the style of the Highwaymen of Ft. Pierce, a group of African-American ar ...
   
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New Life Chicks (22 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
An Easter collage - the chick and the egg - New Life!
   
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Alleluia! (11 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students painted around taped crosses then pulled off the tape to reveal a pure white cross for Easter!
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
After doing a preliminary drawing, students worked with markers to recreate a Highwaymen-like Florida sunset. the Highw ...
   
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Picasso Peace Dove (14 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Using a drawing of a Picasso dove and pastel rainbows, we made a peace project just like Picasso.
   
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Picasso Portrait (18 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
After studying cubism and looking at the portraits of Picasso, students used shapes to make random facial features on a ...
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
After a short introduction to our local artists The Highwaymen of Ft. Pierce, students created sunsets and Florida lands ...
   
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Picasso two-face (141 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students composed faces with two POVs, frontal and profile after looking at examples of Picasso's portraits of Dora Maar ...
   
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Mass posters (1 artwork)
Dec 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
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Dec 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Before Christmas Break we tried a little optional crayon resist that turned into amazing snowy artwork from Florida kids ...
   
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Christmas Tree collages (205 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students took the combined written gospel of Luke 2:1-20 (the birth of Jesus) and the carol 'O Christmas Tree and made o ...
   
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Goldfish/Matisse collage (19 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
We looked at the painting "Goldfish" by Matisse and created a collage with a goldfish bowl on a table with flowers.
   
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Nov 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
In the late days of his life, unable to stand at the easel and paint for extended periods of time, Matisse discovered co ...
   
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Fall Pumpkins (13 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Stusdents watercolored pumpkins and backgrounds and we put them together in a collage with some fall leaves, all hand cu ...
   
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Halloween Crayon resist (22 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students drew a Halloween scene in crayons, heavily drawing on white paper with even white crayons! They painted over t ...
   
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B&W With A Pop (16 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students were asked to draw their choice of subjects in charcoal with shading and one *POP* of color.
   
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Nov 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
We do all kinds of projects from Plaster of Paris masks to Splatter Paint to charcoal drawings!
   
 
Lumen Christi Art 2012 (13 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students in the Liturgical Art eleective classes submitted their designs for the annual Lumen Christi Gala benefit for C ...
   
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extra-extra! (27 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
All kinds of extra art work submitted by students.
   
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Fall Trees (49 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Fall trees from a South Floridian child's point of view. The students learned the beginnings of composition and color, ...
   
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Mondrian abstract I (115 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students created the primary color-blocking abstract designs of Piet Mondrian with markers.
   
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Mondrian trees (15 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students painted a watercolor tree after the style of Mondrian's "Red Tree" and "Grey Tree".
   
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Mondrian abstract II (39 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students painted the primary color-blocking abstract designs of Piet Mondrian in acrylics.
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
After we studied Hokusai, the students learned a few Japanese characters representing a person, tree, forest, river, and ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
These designs were done by students in grades K-8 using the principles of circular designs and graphic art.
   
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Sep 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students in Middle School studied the self portraits of Van Gogh and did Their self portraits digitally by combining App ...
   
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Self Portraits (50 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
After we studied all the self-portraits of Van Gogh, we drew ourselves, looking into a mirror, and paid close attention ...
   
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Starry Night study (21 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
We studied the famous painting "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh and created our own version with directional lines to ...
   
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Simply Abstract (23 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
A little paint, some siver tape, and imagination makes for some intersting and colorful compositions!
   
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Sep 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
We studied the 36 views of Mt. Fuji and created our own drawings of the famous print and painted them in watercolors.
   
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Portrait Masks (93 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students in grades 6-8 created 3D portrait masks using facial masks and plaster of paris strips. One week they made the ...
   
 
Sunflowers like Van Gogh (115 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Students created their own unique version of Van Gogh's sunflower paintings by using their own colors and style.
   
 
Hot Hands (141 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Susan M. Saloom
Basic color theory - hot and cool colors. Students traced their hands over a pattern, or in a pattern of cool colors an ...
   
Artwork Exhibits - last school year (July 2011 - June 2012)
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for this school year ... state nation
3098 artworks #14 #346
373 fanclub members #27 #693
91 comments #27 #814
15 artist statements #45 #1188
  overall rank #18 #428
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School Awards & Honors
  2010-2011 Fan Clubs Award
Ranked #7 in Florida (#114 in the nation) for fan club signups among middle schools
  2009-2010 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #7 in Florida (#192 in the nation) for art published among middle schools
  2009-2010 Fan Clubs Award
Ranked #6 in Florida (#133 in the nation) for fan club signups among middle schools
  2008-2009 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #10 in Florida (#217 in the nation) for art published among all schools
  2008-2009 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #7 in Florida (#94 in the nation) for art published among middle schools
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Student Hall of Fame
Shown are five randomly-selected students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
 Luciano78
awarded on 10/16/2012
 Abel216
awarded on 10/18/2012
 Jack3505
awarded on 10/20/2012
 Chase657
awarded on 12/22/2012
 Erika306
awarded on 11/12/2012
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Recent visitor comments ...
riley this picture is great you are getting better and better i have to show you my drawings now that you are older hope to see you saturday love big grandma -- antoinette
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Riley This is big grandma riley when you come to grandma eve I never showed you my drawings because you were very little when I see you this sat. I will show you them . Love Blg grandma -- antoinette
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Jack you amaze me!!! Beautiful art work!!! Everything you do you do well Honey!!!! Love you Lots gramma -- Ginger
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Recent artist statements ...
My mask is red, white, and blue with feather accents!
written by Caelyn13
My mask is inspired by the Broadway production of "The Phantom of the Opera". I used copper and white, outlinig it with black and accenting the lips in red. There are blue sparkles in the eyes.
written by Savannah714
My mask is like a painting by Mondrian. It has squares of primary and gold.
written by Alexa1828
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