Ray Elementary
Chicago, Illinois
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
Celebration Cakes (25 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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African inspired masks (9 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Dinosaurs (71 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Bearden inspired collage (23 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Circle birds (23 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
We read the book If I Built a House and then became architects, designing our own dream homes. Students needed to make ...
   
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Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
Students drew their self portrait thinking about proportion (where they eyes, ears, and nose are and size). They then s ...
   
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Fable Illustrations (19 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
In collaboration with the work being done in Ms. Jack's class, students had written a fable about trickery and then chos ...
   
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Earth Day Super Heroes (33 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
Students created Super Heros based on things that we can do for Earth Day such as planting trees, using less power, or r ...
   
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Newspaper Cats (11 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
We read the book, The Cat that Barked and then created a cat using recycled materials. Students collaged their basic sh ...
   
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Knee High Man (17 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jane Averill
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Three Bears (15 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jane Averill
Using plasticine and the inspiration from many Three Bears stories, the children made small sculptures of small, mefium ...
   
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Color mixing (20 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Jane Averill
The children drew black line drawings with oil pastels or pen and then used qtips to paint primary color watercolor over ...
   
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Snow Scenes (2 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Jane Averill
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Circles (1 artwork)
Mar 2013, taught by Jane Averill
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Marble Paintings (15 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Jane Averill
The children used marbles to spread the paint instead of brushes. This is part of our study of how things move.
   
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One fish, two fish... (82 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Kindergarten penguins (36 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Pattern Block Designs (11 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Jane Averill
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Feb 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Hot Chocolate (24 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Henri Rousseau Jungles (27 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Scratch boards (49 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Penguins (45 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Dragons (57 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Snowmen (4 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Dec 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
Students were inspired by many different artists and styles such as Matisse's Fauvist (or wild beast) style, Matisse and ...
   
 
Elmer the Elephant (20 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
Students were inspired by the book Elmer by David Mckee to create colorful elephants. In the book, Elmer stands out bec ...
   
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Inca Inspired Masks (25 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Will Walter
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Nov 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Mittens (38 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Nov 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Robots! (24 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Peruvian Nazca Lines (45 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Will Walter
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Shoes (81 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
We read Shoe-la-la by Karen Beaumont and discussed what shoes are for (Protection, warmth, sports, etc). We also discus ...
   
 
Circles (4 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Jane Averill
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Nov 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
Students viewed many works of art by Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo. They then created collage self portraits inspired by h ...
   
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Perfect Square Collages (24 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
As a class, we read the book "Perfect Square" by Michael Hall and looked at how a square could be changed into all types ...
   
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Miro Inspired Paintings (26 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Will Walter
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Paper Sculpture (20 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Watercolors (39 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Jane Averill
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Easel Paintings (39 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Jane Averill
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Shape monsters (16 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Age Collage (15 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Jane Averill
Combining math with art, children used collage to explore another meaning for that all important age number.
   
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I drew a monster! (63 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander/Willie Walter
Students made masks for their Reader's Theatre that they are doing with Senor Walter for Spanish. Students will be acti ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
Students created symmetrical skulls, a tradition of the Spanish Holiday, the Day of the Dead. Students then created Pap ...
   
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Sign Language Posters (39 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
Students are using sign language in the hallway and these posters will be proudly displayed to remind students, teachers ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
Students drew a portrait of themselves head to toe and then created a background either showing them inside or outside.
   
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Self Portraits (24 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
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Fall Pumpkins (48 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Jennifer Melander
We read the book "The Ugly Pumpkin" and then created our own pumpkin patch by cutting out circles and making them into p ...
   
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Non-Exhibit Artwork (4 artworks)
Oct 2012
   
Artwork Exhibits - last school year (July 2011 - June 2012)
Artwork Exhibits - 2 years ago (July 2010 - June 2011)
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for this school year ... state nation
1946 artworks #49 #746
266 fanclub members #80 #1069
70 comments #61 #1003
11 artist statements #83 #1354
  overall rank #62 #853
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School Awards & Honors
  2001-2002 Fan Clubs Award
Ranked #1 in Illinois (#1 in the nation) for fan club signups among all schools
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Student Hall of Fame
Shown are the students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
 Justin12598
awarded on 12/18/2012
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Recent visitor comments ...
I like your Matisse-inspired self-portrait, Gael!! Very nice indeed :) -- Heidi
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I like this very much! It's creative and appealing! -- Dad
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Great job! -- Mom
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Recent artist statements ...
I drew designs on my original drawing
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The inspiration was looking at myself in the mirror
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I had to color over my original picture with a white piece of paper
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