Gallatin County Elementary School
Warsaw, Kentucky
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
Mrs. Jones animals (3 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
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Functional vessel (17 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
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Mrs. Hartke's Pet Shop (8 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students looked at Alexander Calder's circus and created their own sculptures.
   
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1st grade sculptures (39 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
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Mrs. Gullion's Circus (25 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students looked at the circus created and performed by Alexander Calder. The were inspired to create and perform their ...
   
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Mrs. O'Connor's zoo (21 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students looked at Alexander Calder's circus and were inspired to make their own sculptures. Mrs. Gullion's students ch ...
   
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Connecting with Clay (57 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students worked with slip and score to connect clay pieces to pinch pots.
   
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3rd grade pinch pots (98 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Create a pot or cup using the pinch and pull method. Students were encouraged to change the shape and add designs.
   
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Pinch pots (272 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students learn to work the clay by pinching, pulling and squishing the clay in to shape. These are the first keepers.
   
 
Whoo Can Make Patterns? (66 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
These cute owls are all about making patterns, mixing colors and good quality painting. Leave a message on these, they ...
   
 
Like Alexander Calder (108 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students looked at the paintings of Alexander Calder. Drawing only with black crayon they created their own black line ...
   
 
Woven People (88 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Oh this is the greatest project. Students learned about pattern and weaving. They worked very hard for several classes ...
   
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Jan 2013, taught by Kathleen Karshner
This are the entries into the McConnell Connecting with Characters Art Contest.
   
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Kindergarten Christmas (27 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
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Kindergarten Snowmen (82 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
This is kindergarten's first draw along. What an excellent job!
   
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Reindeer (105 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students learned about perspective, creating space to move inside their picture. Look for something close, something in ...
   
 
Happy Snowmen (67 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
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Conservation Posters (267 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
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Fall Trees (71 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students looked at trees and practiced gluing with bottles and fine motor skills to make the leaves.
   
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Jack-o-lanterns (42 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students painted pumpkins, cut them out and added vines, arms, legs and other cool stuff!
   
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Pumpkin Stilllife (92 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students drew real pumpkins set up in the art room. They looked for where the light and darks were and tried to create ...
   
 
Dr. Pompo's Nose (32 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students read the book Mr. Pompo's Nose and created their own pumpkins. So cute!
   
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Drawing Cartoons (94 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students looked for lines and shapes and explored various drawing techniques to recreate their favorite cartoon characte ...
   
 
Just Like Mondrian (106 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students looked at the artwork of Piet Mondrian to find lines, shapes and colors. They created their own in his style.
   
 
Organic Collages (96 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students learned about organic and geometric shapes in art and looked at the collages of Matisse and author/illustrator ...
   
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My Art Portrait (112 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
The first art project is always drawing a picture of yourself. I like to see what the kids do without any help. What a ...
   
 
Curved vs. Zigzag (32 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students learned how lines in art are the same as line strokes for writing. They learned how to make zigzag lines and c ...
   
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2nd Grade Line Review (65 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students reviewed line names and created abstract paintings.
   
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Concentric Circles (93 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students looked at the art of Kandinsky and talked about how artists use shapes in artwork.
   
 
First Grade Shapes (21 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
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Kindergarten Shape Farm (35 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Kindergarteners read the book Shape Farm by Lois Ehlert and then created their own animals! They are smARTies!!
   
 
Independent ARTwork (1 artwork)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
The great stuff we do on our own time because we love to create!
   
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Traveling in space (117 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
These are the drawings of the students of Gallatin County. There mission was to boldly go where they had never gone be ...
   
 
Color Review (89 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Kathleen Karshner
Students reviewed warm and cool colors.
   
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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
2487 artworks #14 #528
279 fanclub members #19 #1025
56 comments #20 #1185
729 artist statements #2 #57
  overall rank #13 #787
counts updated daily, last updated May 23 at 3:05 am
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Announcements
2012-2013 Artsonia Fundraiser!
Help raise funds for the school arts program! Artsonia will donate 20% of every purchase of art keepsakes to the school arts program.   
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School Awards & Honors
  2011-2012 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #6 in Kentucky (#262 in the nation) for art published among all schools
  2011-2012 Statements Award
Ranked #2 in Kentucky (#34 in the nation) for artist statements collected among all schools
  2011-2012 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #6 in Kentucky (#229 in the nation) for art published among elementary schools
  2011-2012 Statements Award
Ranked #2 in Kentucky (#25 in the nation) for artist statements collected among elementary schools
  2010-2011 Leadership Award
Ranked #8 in Kentucky (#530 in the nation) for overall participation among all schools
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Student Hall of Fame
Shown are the students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
 Jonah594
awarded on 1/18/2013
 Kyndal63
awarded on 4/15/2013
view all awards (275 students in all)
 
Recent visitor comments ...
I love Gary form Spongebob...heheee! -- Mom
left for Carly1652
Love it, no matter how scary! -- Mom
left for Jada1512
Way to go Kyndal!! You're doing an awesome job!! -- Carolyn
left for Kyndal63
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Recent artist statements ...
I made a statue of a dinosaur. I like the polka dots.
written by Rylann3
I made a penguin. I like that it looks real.
written by Dustin2283
I made a monkey, I like that he's different colors.
written by Aubrey798
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