Blanchard Elementary School
Cape Giardeau, Missouri
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School Gallery
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
K Self Portrait Series (25 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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4th Grade Still Life (37 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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Apr 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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2nd Grade Clay Bells (46 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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3rd Grade Clay Rattles (48 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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Apr 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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Apr 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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Mar 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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Mar 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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Mar 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
As Kindergarten artists, one of our jobs is to create artwork about the outdoors. We designed a hilly landscape with a b ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
We explored the abstract world of Keith Haring. His bold, simplified, and colorful people inspired us to create people i ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
Through the process of relief sculpture (flat sculptures with objects and texture sticking off the surface) we created a ...
   
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K Glazed Pinch Pots (45 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
What a rich experience we have had in clay! To make a pinch pot, we rolled a block of clay into a ball. Then we made a d ...
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
We explored some of the traditions of the Chinese New Year. We discussed similarities and differences in our American Ne ...
   
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Kindergarten Hearts (41 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
We explored the many "works of heart", painted by the artist Jim Dine. We created our own hearts, filling them in with m ...
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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Jan 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
We were yet again inspired by the abstract artist, Paul Klee. This time, we looked at his portrait of a person, Head of ...
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
In this project, we focused on two ideas for our paintings. First, we discussed how a piece of art can be truly abstract ...
   
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1st Grade Clay Turtles (37 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
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Jan 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
This time, we explored a little bit of math in art! It was so much fun. We discussed Salvador Dali and his dreamy melted ...
   
 
Jan 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
Students discussed things found in a large city. We first created a sky with a sunset look and then created the building ...
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Holly Cochrane
After looking at an artist's sketch from the view of a desert, we created our own desert landscapes with a sketched look ...
   
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3rd grade Winter Trees (53 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Students explored the process of using a watercolor wash and discussed the effect of the watercolor wash with classmates ...
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
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K Pop Art (39 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
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2nd Grade Moccasins (47 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
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Nov 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
We are working on our first clay project, a turtle. More photos will follow. Please leave a compliment for your Blanchar ...
   
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3rd Grade Landscapes (57 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
We looked at artwork by the folk artist, Grandma Moses this time. Grandma Moses is famous for painting rural (farm) land ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Our goal for this project was to make a still life with one object. A still life is an object (or objects) arranged on a ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Grover read us "The Monster at the End of This Book". It is a silly book in which Grover is frightened by the idea of a ...
   
 
Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
We worked collaboratively, practicing looking first at a still life (objects arranged by an artist on a tabletop) and th ...
   
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K Silly Scarecrows (46 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Students used watercolor crayons to create a scarecrow with an expression (feeling). Students could make their scarecrow ...
   
 
Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
We discussed in depth Surrealism, where normal things have been oddly changed. Surrealist artists base their work on dre ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
We looked at Squares with Concentric Circles, painted by Wassily Kandinsky. Folding our paper into 6 equal parts was qui ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Inpired yet again, but this time by the artist Mondrian! We practiced gluing with just a dot to create interesting line ...
   
 
Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Inspired by our friends at Franklin Elementary, we explored warm and cool colors in a special way. Students chose either ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
We were inspired by Paul Klee's The Castle and the Sun. We practiced dividing paper into equal parts and used geometric ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
We created our first watercolor painting of the year! We looked at artwork by the artist, Kandinsky. We drew with crayon ...
   
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Free Draw Artwork (2 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
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K First Self Portraits (38 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
In our first artwork as Kindergartners, we drew ourselves! Leave a compliment for your Blanchard artist!
   
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Sep 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Students explored art created by Hundertwasser. We studied the prinicpal of symmetry to make our abstracted faces. Leave ...
   
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Sep 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Students discussed the proportions of the face and drew themselves, while looking in the mirror. Leave a compliment for ...
   
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2nd Grade Portraits (43 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Second graders drew themselves in a unique view! Leave a compliment for your Blanchard artist!
   
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1st Grade Self Portraits (30 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Holly Cochrane
Students began the school year communicating ideas about themselves. Leave a compliment for your Blanchard artist!
   
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Non-Exhibit Artwork (1 artwork)
Feb 2013
   
Artwork Exhibits - 2 years ago (July 2010 - June 2011)
Artwork Exhibits - 3 years ago (July 2009 - June 2010)
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Ranking grades: 
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for this school year ... state nation
1781 artworks #60 #876
328 fanclub members #58 #837
168 comments #32 #443
8 artist statements #88 #1568
  overall rank #49 #790
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Announcements
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School Awards & Honors
  2009-2010 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #10 in Missouri (#102 in the nation) for art published among elementary schools
  2008-2009 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #96 in the nation for art published among elementary schools
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Student Hall of Fame
Shown are five randomly-selected students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
 Jayzon2
awarded on 3/8/2013
 Devin2698
awarded on 4/7/2013
 Brandon6497
awarded on 1/5/2013
 Isabella5899
awarded on 10/25/2012
 Elizabeth9797
awarded on 10/25/2012
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Recent visitor comments ...
Love your self portrait Bella. You did awesome. Love you, papac -- Charlie
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HI, DEVIN JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I THINK YOUR SCULPTER IS WONDERFUL GREAT COLORS AND A UNIQUE FORM KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.LOVE YOU GRANDMA. -- FANNIE
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HI,DEVIN JUST WANTED TO LET YOY KNOW THAT I THINK YOUR CLAY BELL IS VERY GOOD YOU ARE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.LOVE YOU GRANDMA. -- FANNIE
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Recent artist statements ...
WOW, THIS IS VERY CREATIVE!!!
written by Allison1689
I loved painting it and I loved doing everything.
written by Elizabeth9797
I liked when I was painting it.
written by Elizabeth9797
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Nearby participating schools ...
Alma Schrader School (Cape Giardeau)
Cape Christian School (Cape Girardeau)
Clippard Elementary School (Cape Giardeau)
Franklin Elementary School (Cape Giardeau)
Gordonville School (Cape Giardeau)
Saint Vincent De Paul (Cape Giardeau)
SE University (Cape Giardeau)
Trinity Lutheran School (Cape Giardeau)
Kids Korner (Cape Girardeau)