Club de Arte con Elissa

Clase de español

2009-03-01T16:54:00.000-08:00

Future Spanish-speakers doing their thing!

Poetry Slam

Poetry Slam

Cooking quesadillas (las más ricas)

Teaching kindergarteners how to add and subtract in Spanish.

Art + Math Integration

2009-03-01T16:01:00.001-08:00

Artists are teaming up with mathematicians to make learning even more fun. Here are some of the art lessons we are doing to learn math and get our hands dirty.

Leonardo learns circumference by making a coil pot.

Visual proof that the human face is not symmetrical. Yikes!

Micaela and Gerardo's portraits.

Learning fractions through tiles grids.

Ski Team Expansion

2009-03-01T15:54:00.001-08:00

Thanks to the Minnesota Youth Ski League, Achieve Minneapolis and Elm Creek Park Reserve, 45 kids got to try cross country skiing for the first time!

Costume-Making

2009-03-01T14:36:00.000-08:00

Oct. 31st and no costume? We made disfraces from scratch and had a photo shoot. Thanks, Kathryn!

La Política y Nuestras Voces

2008-08-28T09:23:00.001-07:00

Club de Arte got together over the summer and talked politics. We visited the state capitol, had a mock debate, designed political posters and wrote essays around our hopes and dreams. With the 2008 Presidential Election and the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, we decided to participate in the political process by making a mural for MCAD's "Position, Imposition" show. The members of the Club de Arte wanted to share their opinions about current policy with people who could vote. The show opens Sept. 5th, 2008 from 6-8pm and closes on Sept. 24th. Come and hear what we have to say!

2008-2009 Club de Arte!

2008-03-10T17:05:00.000-07:00

Meet the members of the 2008-2009 Club de Arte!
Brenda, Shannon, Leah, Kari, Sharon, Yovanni, Josephine, Fabian, Deisy, Allan, Laura y Miguel.

Dedicamos el mural

2008-02-10T17:48:00.000-08:00

Last week, the Center for Neurobehavioral Development at the University of Minnesota had a party to dedicate the mural that Club de Arte painted there. We signed the wall, saw some of the experiments and equipment they use and ate a pizza dinner complete with Dance Dance Revolution entertainment.

The CNBD will give Club de Arte $1,400 for our work which we will use for a field trip this spring. Hawaii, anyone?

Vimos el arte de Frida Kahlo

2007-11-08T20:22:00.000-08:00

Club de Arte went to see the amazing paintings of Frida Kahlo at the Walker Art Museum.

U of M Mural para Ninos

2007-11-04T15:22:00.000-08:00

Club de Arte and other Jefferson students are painting a mural at the Center for NeuroBehavioral Development at the University of Minnesota. The theme of the mural is "Childhood Ideas and Discoveries".

Vistas de los Pajaros

2007-07-17T14:30:00.000-07:00

The Playground Mural is complete thanks to hundreds of talented painters and some great end-of-the-school-year weather. If you know some of the power players at Jefferson, stop by and ask for a roof-top view.

Project: PLAYGROUND MURAL PAINTING!!

2007-06-05T19:32:00.000-07:00

We are celebrating the last two weeks of school with our barefeet covered in blue paint. The sun is shining bright on our playground mural! Come and see it!

Project: MCAD INSTALLATION

2007-04-28T20:09:00.000-07:00

Club de Arte spent the afternoon at MCAD installing a mural that describes the playground mural project. With help from savvy computer designer Christina Miller, we turned our portraits into life-size cartoons. The installation was featured at Ms. Elissa's MFA thesis show from April 7-21st. We ate a lunch of pizza and pop in the esteemed "Emeritus Room".

Break Time

2007-03-07T20:08:00.000-08:00

Minneapolis finally got some snow! Club de Arte took advantage of a warm, white day and learned the art of sledding at Kenwood Park. It was a first for many and apart from a bloody nose, one lost earring and many bruised behinds, we had great fun.

Project: Playground Mural is a GO!

2007-03-01T19:51:00.000-08:00

This week, MPS Facilities came and removed the wood chips in the jungle gym area and replaced them with rubber chunks. They swept the blacktop and next weekend, they will come and resurface the blacktop. That means, we should start painting on May 7th!
Diamond Vogel has generously donated 50 gallons of paint and Valspar came through with another 40 gallons. Any extra supplies that we need will be taken care of by the MPS paint dept. The kids are very excited as am I!
Here is the final design:

Project: PLAYGROUND MURAL DESIGNING

2007-02-14T19:41:00.000-08:00

Hundreds of Jefferson students submitted designs for our playground mural. Club de Arte looked through them all and found common themes. We picked our favorite colors and brainstormed what kinds of games could be played on top of the playground mural. These pictures also show Ms. Mahony's kindergarteners working hard and getting creative. Mr. Carlson's Advanced Math class helped us measure the playground using 3-4-5 triangles.

Project: PLAYGROUND MURAL INTRO

2007-01-15T21:01:00.000-08:00

Here we go!
Club de Arte begins designing and promoting our 21,000 square foot aerial mural to be painted on the playground this spring. Here is our Interactive Informational Video!

and some promotional posters:

Project: MAPA PARA GALERIA

2006-11-08T18:21:00.000-08:00

Art Club is showing a collaborative project at the Katherine Nash University of Minnesota gallery from Nov. 11-Nov. 21st. We are creating maps of Minneapolis and our places of origin. For more information, go to the Katherine Nash gallery website under the Practice/Praxis show.

Project: NUESTRA ESCENA

2006-11-01T18:35:00.000-08:00

Top by Ana Lopez, Bottom by Leonardo Mendoza

We decided to work on our drawing skills and created a still life with objects from our lockers, backpacks or pockets. Each Art Club member brought one item for the still life.

Project: PHOTOSHOP PORTRAITS

2006-10-21T15:47:00.000-07:00

Irma Hernandez Hernandez
and Patricia Garcia Garcia

Miletzi

Juan

Yovani Garcia Garcia

Leonardo Mendoza

Jorge Olalde

Daniel Urzua

Deisy Garcia

Antonio Avelar Hernandez

Patricia and Irma again

Antonio Avelar Hernandez

Osiris Alexis Contreras Hernandez

Ms. Elissa

Many Club de Arte participators are computer novices. For this project we took self-portrait photos with a camera and uploaded them into Photoshop. Club de Arte kids then recreated their self-portrait with the aid of technology.

Meet Club de Arte 2006-2007

2006-10-09T20:13:00.000-07:00

Club de Arte starts another year! Meet the Crew.
Izquierda a derecha, front to back: Larry, Leonardo, Antonio, Deisy, Laura, Yovani, Jorge, Osiris, Erick, Juan, Ana, Miletzi, Erica, Elissa, Salvador, Irma, Patricia, Daniel.

Project: GRAFFITI WALL

2006-10-09T17:23:00.000-07:00

Club de Arte starts the 2006-2006 school year with a Freedom of Expression project. We made this Graffiti Wall out of a 10 foot piece of linoleum. We could write, spray or paint whatever we wanted, whatever was on our minds. It is going to hang in the hallway to be a place where people can express themselves.

Hanging Out

2006-09-02T19:44:00.000-07:00

Art Club checks some of Minneapolis' best. May Day Parade, Midtown Global Market.

Project: COMIC RELIEF

2006-06-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

Talented Comic Artist Ursula Husted teaches Art Club how to caricatur-ize our favorite stories. This is still a work in progress. Above are some of Cristina's comics.

Meet Tania

2006-04-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

Mi nombre completo es: Tania Guadalupe Castro Hernandez

Soy de: Mexico, Puebla

Proyecto favorito de arte que he hecho (descripción): El dibujo de las rosas.

Parte favorita de vivir en Minneapolis: No sé.

Lo que extraño más mi país de origen es: Las fiestas y las máquinas de juegos.

Si yo pudiera hacer cualquier proyecto de arte (de cualquier tamaño) seria: Uno grande para que tome más tiempo.

Una diferenciaque veo entre la vida aquí en E.E.U.U. y mi país de origen es: Que se usa mucho el inglés y en mexico no.

Si yo pudiera e enseñarle a Maestra Elissa algo sobre mi vida antes de venirme a E.E.U.U. seria: Cómo son las clases en mexico or las escuela.

Inbetween Projects: BREAK TIME

2006-04-25T20:01:00.000-07:00

Pictionary, Foosball or the mini-video on Elissa's camera. Creativity shows itself in many ways.
See our favorite tricks:

Meet Grecia

2006-04-25T14:25:00.000-07:00

Hola! Mi nombre es grecia arriaga.Yo soy de Mexico,Cancun,Quintanaroo.mis proyectos favoritos que he hecho son todos.
Lo que mas me gusta de minneapolis es que hay muchos mexicanos.Lo que me hecha mas de mi pais de origen es para tener
una carrera mejor.si yo pudiera hacer cualquier proyecto de arte seria cool porque de grande pudiera ser una artista.Una diferencia que veo entre la vida aqui en E.E.U.U.y mi pais de origen es que aqui no podemos salir solos y en Mexico si,Alla
podemos ir a donde sea.Cuando estaba en Mexico yo casi no podia dibujar pero llege aqui y fui a classes de arte y alli fue
donde aprendi.

Meet Erick

2006-04-25T14:14:00.001-07:00

Mi nombre completo es: Erick Alexander Domingo

Soy de: Rethaluleu,Guatemala

Proyecto favorito de arte que he hecho: El Mosaico porque es muy divertido.

Parte favorita de vivir en Minneapolis: La gente hispana

Lo que extraño más mi país de origen es: La comida Como el pepian

Si yo pudiera hacer cualquier proyecto de arte (de cualquier tamaño) seria: Caricatura de mi cara

Una diferenciaque veo entre la vida aquí en E.E.U.U. y mi país de origen es: los costumbres y el clima

Si yo pudiera e enseñarle a Maestra Elissa algo sobre mi vida antes de
venirmea E.E.U.U. seria: como viva en Guatemala y como jugaba con mi hermano y mis amigos.

Project: MOSAIC MADNESS

2006-03-20T19:57:00.000-08:00

The mosaic is done and hanging at Jefferson!

Breaking plates? Throwing mugs? We began our mosaic with some smashing excitement. Erik and Tania directed this project and have decided our mosaic should eventually hang at Jefferson school.
To see a video of the action, watch:
Once we began to glue, silliness was contagious, see:

Art Club Brain Flow

2006-03-14T20:44:00.000-08:00

Five us sit together on the stage of an empty auditorium. Miriam, Erick, Antonio, Juan and myself. Our game has few rules: Go around the circle and say the first word that comes to mind after hearing the word said by the person next to you. There are no right answers. There are many surprises.

ART CLUB BRAIN FLOW

Participants: Elissa, Erick, Miriam, Antonio Cuate, Juan Lopez

Camera ……carro ……perro ……no se ……anillo ……dedo…… perro…… manzana ……Antonio ……calzones ……comida ……cielo ……zapatos ……agua…… calzoncillos ……understand ……school ……gue……shoes ……zapatos ……shoelaces…… pies…… mano ……head…… nina…… fingernail ……calzceta ……cabeza…… computer…… gum ……chicle ……pelo…… norwega…… peluca…… castana…… Tania…… ninos ……silla ……ninas ……cabeza…… mente ……maestro ……ojos ……meta ……matematicas ……mr. carlson ……Elissa…… science…… Ms Coppicus ……armadillo ……armadillo ……armadillo……perro ……piso…… helado…… vainilla ……volante…… oscuro……office ……yerba…… casa…… parque ……persona ……jugaron…… bruja ……Halloween…… new year…candies…… dulces ……Candies, …… fat ……skinny…… money ……dinero ……engrabadora…… tape ……study…… little…… big…… olmedas? …… Nada ……carro ……ni don…… oro ……mama ……papa…… robar…… nada ……tienes ……objectivo ……calculo…… science ……puerta ……que ……humanidades…… miller ……ms miller ……luces ……seat ……ser ……homework…… night…… peepee…… lapiz…… romaldo ……lapicero ……paper…… eraser…… pluma…… HW……biblioligrafo ……locker…… folder…… polllo……Starbase……band-aid……I dunno…… confused…… pescado…… ms elissa…… vaca ……toro…… camaron……estadio…… guero…… zapatos…… nada…… camaron…… pescado…… comida…… tenemos…… luz…… perros…… bella…… cielo…… juego…… piso…… aire…… respirar…… jerry…… mama…… its not my boyfriend its my cat…… mama…… aceite…… papa…… tio…… abuela…… aunt…… abuelo…… abuelita…… nieto…… butt…… grandfather…… hijo……I dunno…… family…… father…… pencil…… tiburon…… pencil…… hair…… blond…… arbol…… tree ……negro ……blue…… orange…… no se ……pantalon ……gris…… chamarra…… abrigarse…… no se…… silla ……frio…… playera ……snow ……outside…… bateria…… juego…… hielo…… carro…… automovil ……no se…… bibicleta ……cold…… pie ……zapatos ……patines…… patinedas……nada ……calcetas ……feet ……dientes…… calcetines ……silla ……ojos…… azules…… palma ……tienes…… llanta ……aviento…… tienda…… curita ……ah…… carro ……manejo…… calle ……cantar…… musica…… avion…… vuelo ……tierras…… famoso…… trompeta…… tren ……Viejo…… anciano ……fama ……famoso…… barco ……nado…… traje de bano…… no se ……titanic……nada…… sports…… softball ……chichiculate ……soccer…… football……swing ……play ……drums…… guitarra ……city ……minneapolis ……camisa…… downtown…… st cloud ……country ……pais ……pallazos ……pallacitos ……state ……city…… south ……pueblo…… rio…… river…… fishing…… northern pike ……highschool…… maestra…… nina ……estudiante ……middle grades…… miedo…… miedoso ……

Project: MAKING OUR WEB PAGE

2006-03-14T20:36:00.000-08:00

Here we are exploring different Art websites and adding comments to each other's work. We made a list of our favorite websites and decided how our website should look.

Project: BANDERAS COMBINADAS

2006-03-07T16:11:00.000-08:00

For this project, we made reinvented flags to better represent ourselves. We designed them first and then printed them onto iron-on transfers to attach to T-shirts.

Project: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

2006-02-22T11:07:00.000-08:00

For this project, we made a list of the foods we eat. Then we photographed ourselves and projected the photos onto large life-size paper. We filled in our bodies with the foods we eat and then hung all of the bodies in the school cafeteria.

CLUB DE ARTE

2006-01-09T17:36:00.000-08:00

Welcome to our web page for creative collaboration! Somos un grupo de estudiantes de Jefferson Community School explorando nuestras ideas e identidades atraves del arte. Check out our projects and our ideas!
Visit our videos:
and:

Project: PHOTO COLLABORATION

2005-11-11T13:54:00.000-08:00

Ms. Elissa had photos of a carnaval from Tule, Mexico. Art Club cut her pictures up and created new collages, our own versions of the carnaval. Our collaborative work was hung at Offbeat Gallery in Minneapolis.