Community Magnet School
Los Angeles, California
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
May 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
Students created a multistep self portrait. First, they mapped out their features by studying facial proportions. Next, ...
   
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May 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students observed Henri Matisse's Lady with A Purple Robe painting. We discussed the composition and patterns in t ...
   
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Mother Earth (43 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students were asked to use only blue, white and a little green to create a painting of their favorite aspects of the ...
   
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Insects (18 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students created an image of an insect for the inspirational art object at the silent auction.
   
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Kandinsky Circles (21 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
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Apr 2013, taught by Sherry Burch
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Apr 2013, taught by Sherry Burch
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Apr 2013, taught by Sherry Burch
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Apr 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students inscribed an image on foam which they used to create prints. Here is an image of both the print and the or ...
   
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Active Self Portrait (23 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Florita Hayes-Parish
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Van Gogh inspired Irises (41 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students viewed Van Gogh's Irises. They discussed his method of using thick paint (impasto) and outlining in black ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
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Mar 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students divided up their papers into a grid and filled in the squares with letters. They spelled out their names a ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Sherry Burch
Students looked closely at plastic flowers and then drew with a black oil crayon. They colored with soft pastels.
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Sherry Burch
Students looked closely at plastic flowers, then drew with an oil pastel and colored with soft pastels.
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Sherry Burch
Looking closely at plastic flowers, students drew with a black oil crayon and then colored with soft pastels.
   
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Heart Collage (24 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
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Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students read "There's a Wocket in My Pocket" by Dr. Seuss. They used techniques or drawing choices that have been ...
   
 
Spheres (20 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students mixed paints to create beautiful colors and textures. Afterwards, they used this painted paper to create s ...
   
 
3-D Collage (106 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
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Mandalas (29 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students created designs using radial symmetry in a mandala. The subject matter was their choice but had to be mean ...
   
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Tea in Pots and Cups (31 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students created a mosaic of pattern using scrapbook paper to create a teacup or teapot.
   
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Los Angeles Hot Spots (30 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students created a painting or two of well known L.A. hotspots on the back of a chair. It is my hope to use these t ...
   
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Exploration - Batik (20 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students created an image of exploration on muslin fabric with white glue. They painted the image and washed out th ...
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students created two images of hearts, one of warm colors and one of cool. They then cut apart their drawings and w ...
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students used a masking technique to create an abstract heart painting.
   
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Abstract Hearts (22 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students experimented with a masking technique in order to create a multi-layered abstract painting.
   
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Whales (22 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
The students were gearing up for their whale watching trip so we drew the outline of a whale and used that for their lin ...
   
 
Single Point Perspective (22 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Emily Stuver
Students tried their hand at creating single point perspective drawings. Everything in their drawing is supposed to lea ...
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Sherry Burch
Students listened to several books about the life and work of Rene Magritte. This is the final work of art created in t ...
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Sherry Burch
Students listened to several books about the life and work of Rene Magritte. This is the final work of art created in t ...
   
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Feb 2013, taught by Sherry Burch
Students listened to several books about the life and work of Rene Magritte. This is the final work of art created in t ...
   
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Dec 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students sculpted self portraits using clay and then painted them.
   
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Warm and Cool Names (44 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students composed a piece of art with images of their interests and passions. They superimposed their names across ...
   
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Pinch Pots (23 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students were learning about people of long ago. We talked about clay and how it is from the earth and people have ...
   
 
Dec 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students viewed artworks by Vincent Van Gogh. They identified the different kinds of stippling marks he used. We di ...
   
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Independent Artwork (25 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
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Nov 2012, taught by Sherry Burch
Students studied illuminated manuscripts and read the book, Margueritte Makes a Book. The letters were created with wax ...
   
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Nov 2012, taught by Sherry Burch
Students studied illuminated manuscripts and read the book, Margueritte Makes a Book. The letters were created with wax ...
   
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Nov 2012, taught by Sherry Burch
Students studied illuminated manuscripts and we read the book, Margueritte Makes A Book. They created the letters using ...
   
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Jack-o-Lanterns (20 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students observed a pumpkin, then drew it. They mix paint colors to get the color they wished for their pumpkins. ...
   
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Bugs Eye View (23 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students were asked to look very closely at many types of insects. They drew scientific illustrations of the insects. T ...
   
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Room 23 Sugar Skulls (22 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Sherry Burch
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Room 21 Sugar Skulls (19 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Sherry Burch
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Room 22 Sugar Skulls (20 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Sherry Burch
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Cool Colored Landscapes (23 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students listened to and observed "The Paper Boy" by Dav Pilkey. They discussed the types of colors used in the book: C ...
   
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Mirror Image (46 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students observed their reflections and drew their faces right on top of the mirror.
   
 
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students created seasonal images on acetate so that our California sun would catch their colors and shine through.
   
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Diorama (1 artwork)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
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Pumpkin Patterns (36 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students were asked to create different sized pumpkins on a horizon line. They created patterns of pumpkin sizes ac ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students tried their hand at upside down drawing. They looked at images of California wildlife upside down and prac ...
   
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Nighttime Cityscapes (45 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students were asked to create a "black magic" surface on which to etch a nighttime cityscape. They created images o ...
   
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Mission Drawings (54 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students studied images of the California missions. They took their favorite features of the architecture and drew ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students were asked to paint an image depicting themselves in their favorite outside place.
   
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Friendship Painting (26 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students were asked to paint an image depicting themselves playing with a friend.
   
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A Time I Felt Special (22 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students were asked to paint an image depicting a time when they felt very special.
   
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Say Something (26 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students used etchings to show an issue they felt passionate about. They depicted imagery they felt they could use to e ...
   
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Fall Leaves (65 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students discussed leaf shapes. Then using both the cut out and the negative image left over, they rub dry pastels ...
   
 
Rock Pictures (50 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students are studying rocks in science so it seemed a perfect time to create artwork using them.
   
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Games: Let's Learn (34 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students were asked to create a game that they could use to teach someone else a skill.
   
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Family Hearts (65 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students painted a heart shaped piece of paper. They drew members of their family. They cut out and glued their family ...
   
 
Torn Paper Landscapes (98 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students painted individual parts of a landscapes separately then used those paintings to create one image. They tore ea ...
   
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Line Pattern Paintings (25 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
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Space spheres (95 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students were shown how to make spheres appear more three dimensional using shading. We also talked about foreground, ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
The students are learning about the confluence between native Californians and the Spanish cultures. During the mission ...
   
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Sep 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
We read "I Like Me" and then created our self-portraits inside a heart. Then we painted over the drawing to create a wa ...
   
 
Take A Stand - Batik (27 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students were asked to illustrate an issue for which they would be willing to take a stand. They drew their pictures in ...
   
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Smudgy Landscapes (21 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students created horizon lines, foreground, middle ground and background from stencils. They blended each using dry pas ...
   
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Goal Self Portraits (23 artworks)
Aug 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students were asked to create a portrait of themselves holding up a sheet of notebook paper listing goals for their thir ...
   
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Aug 2012, taught by Emily Stuver
Students create visual stories using Chumash Indian pictographs.
   
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Non-Exhibit Artwork (1 artwork)
Sep 2012
   
Artwork Exhibits - last school year (July 2011 - June 2012)
Artwork Exhibits - 2 years ago (July 2010 - June 2011)
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Ranking grades: 
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for this school year ... state nation
2429 artworks #9 #550
603 fanclub members #2 #265
93 comments #13 #805
30 artist statements #18 #832
  overall rank #5 #374
counts updated daily, last updated today at 3:05 am
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School Awards & Honors
  2011-2012 Leadership Award
Ranked #4 in California (#403 in the nation) for overall participation among all schools
  2011-2012 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #8 in California (#453 in the nation) for art published among all schools
  2011-2012 Fan Clubs Award
Ranked #2 in California (#344 in the nation) for fan club signups among all schools
  2011-2012 Leadership Award
Ranked #3 in California (#361 in the nation) for overall participation among elementary schools
  2011-2012 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #4 in California (#393 in the nation) for art published among elementary schools
view all awards (15 awards in all)
 
Student Hall of Fame
Shown are the students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
 Isabella5869
awarded on 3/5/2013
 Audrey1670
awarded on 3/13/2013
 Gavilan1
awarded on 1/9/2013
view all awards (256 students in all)
 
Recent visitor comments ...
Great work Audrey! I love the different shapes, sizes and colors you chose, well done. love, gramma susan -- susan
left for Audrey1670
Audrey, You are SO creative! I've never seen a 3-D Collage like this. -- Nana
left for Audrey1670
Ever since moving to Oregon, I love dragonfly's. There are so many here in all sorts of colors. I lovee that yours is blue and red and looks like it's hovering over a pond of water. -- Aunt Shannon
left for Gavilan1
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Recent artist statements ...
zark and park in rhyme word
written by Jun45
many colors of whale.
written by Jun45
Zark in the park.
written by Jun45
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