What have we been up too...

Below are some photos of what the kiddos at cane ridge elementary have been creating in their art rooms!

Keeping Nashville Beautiful!

And the finalists are.... Brianna Doss and Andrea Florence! Here we are with the Mayor of Nashville, Karl Dean!

WE LOVE WEAVING

Our third grade classes are now half way through their individual circle weaving project. Our classes learned how to properly set up a the loom using a paper plate and colorful yarn. A pattern of pulling the yarn under, over, under, over creates the beautiful radial weaving that is both beautiful to look at and fun to do!

Here is a photo of our friends in Mrs. Jensen's class working on their awesome weavings. 

 

KEEP NASHVILLE BEAUTIFUL RECYLCING ART CONTEST

 

I am so proud and pleased to announce that Cane Ridge Elementary School has two out of the 70 total chosen finalists for this Metro Nashville Public Schools art contest. Breanna Doss in Mrs. Norton's 3rd grade and Andrea Florence in Mrs. Jones's 4th grade class. These ladies will have their art work on the side of a Red River Recycling truck for the next 6 months and will be recognized by Mayor Karl Dean during a reception this Saturday at LP Field. Way to go girls!

 

Click here for a link to Nashville.gov to read more about this contest and its winners...

 

'TIS THE SEASON AT CANE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

 

Ms. Golen's Kindergarten through 4th grade classes made a Thankful Tree the day before Thanksgiving break. Each student traced their hand, cut it out and drew a picture of or wrote what they were thankful for. The many hands grew into a full and bright tree of autumn leaves.

 

 

Speaking of trees and holiday celebrations... have you see our super cool Cane Ridge Christmas tree?

Big thank you to Home Depot who donated the tree to our school! This year's tree is decorated with decorations created by both Ms. Motta and Ms. Golen's 2nd grade classes. It is only fitting that we chose owls- be sure to stop by our front lobby to take a look at this beautiful sight.

 

 

 

That's all for now...

Ms. Golen :)

 

 

 

Second grade learning about TINTS!

Tints are colors that are mixed with white to create a lighter value of that color! Ms. Morris's class explores mixing tints while being inspired by Kandinsky's circles.

Match Code Time! Double your Donation!

Please consider helping my students spring to success! Visit my Teacher Page at DonorsChoose.org, make a tax-deductible donation of any size, and use the match code PUMPKIN to double your donation. The match code expires on Monday 10/15!

http://www.donorschoose.org/rachelmotta

Limeades for Learning!

Art Supplies from Ms. Motta and Ms. Golen

Decked Out for the Dedication!

On Wednesday September 12th Cane Ridge Elementary had their official ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication! The mayor of Nashville came, our districts superintendent and lots of other important people wearing suits. Ms. Golen and I spent a lot of time turning our schools' hallways into a beautiful art gallery so here are a few highlights from that day :)

 

 

Donors Choose

Click here to help us get printing in the CRES art classrooms! http://www.donorschoose.org/project/print-making-mania/853470/

And one more project listed to help keep us going....
http://www.donorschoose.org/project/new-school-needs-art-supplies/853581/

Thanks for supporting the art classrooms of CRES!!!!!!

Kindergarten Practices Scissor Skills!

Cutting and pasting strips of paper to later be turned into something even more exciting!

Wild for owls!

Second graders are busy collaging owls out of wall paper. Kindergarten is learning to trace, cut, paste and we even had them do hand prints for their wings! Everyone is having fun in art today :)

1st Grade has a Bad Case of Stripes

A big thanks to all our CRES parents who sent in watercolor sets to get us started! We broke them out today so that first graders could enhance their beautiful stripped portraits.

Online Student Art Gallery!!!!!

Hello parents! I am here to tell you that CRES officially has an ARTSONIA account up and running! What is ARTSONIA you ask? Only the greatest thing since sliced bread! But seriously...
Artsonia is an online student art gallery where you, family, and friends may go online and view your students artworks! AND it doesn't stop there!
Artsonia is also a means of fundraising for the art classroom! How? Glad you asked!
You may purchase your little artist's artwork on any item available in the artsonia store. For example, would you like to use your child's art for note cards? on a t-shirt for grandma? on a mug? a maganet? It doesn't stop there! 20% of your purchase will go back into a fund for your child's art teacher (Ms. Golen and I,) so that we can purchase more supplies for our art classrooms! This is really a win win for everyone involved! Check it out for yourselves, just click the "artsonia" tab at the top of the blog.

Thanks for reading and happy art viewing!

--R. Motta

First Post!

Parents, students, and fellow teachers!!! Ms. Golen and I would like to welcome you to our new webpage for our Cane Ridge Elementary School art classrooms. We are really excited about the new school year and our new school! The building is absolutely beautiful and we are looking forward to filling it with lots of awesome student artwork. Our only hang up in doing so is that we haven't gotten any supplies yet.... so we need your help. Here are a few ways that you can!

New Items you can buy locally: 
Black sharpie markers
Elmer's glue bottles
Glue sticks
Paper plates
Styrofoam plates
Pencil Sharpeners
Markers
Masking & Scotch Tape
Crayola or Prang Watercolor paints sets of 8
Colored sharpies
Crayola crayons
Pencils
Block Erasers
Colored Pencils
Yarn

Healthy Classroom Needs:
Baby wipes
Tissues
Dish Soap
Hand sanitizer

Trash as "Treasures":
Egg Cartons
TP tubes
Magazines
Newspapers
Bottle Caps
Water Bottles
Shoe Boxes

Last but certainly not least... you can help us out online without even leaving the house! Visit our Art Room Aid by Blick Art Materials... http://www.dickblick.com/ara/lists/2132/home Thanks so much from the both of us in advance! AND if you drop off materials in the school's front office please leave your name with the donation so that we can properly thank you!

Thanks again!

R.Motta