Drama teacher Fran Sillau visited with us at the JCC theater; all Friedel students participated in a theater workshop. below are photos of grades 3 and up; grades K through 2 will follow later…

Although the tree mural itself has long since bitten the renovating dust, we can continue to enjoy the beautiful pictures Ophir Palmon took in March 2009. I recommend a visit to his newly updated website; while you’re there, Ophir has many other gorgeous photographs to take a look at.

In the meantime, we have moved on from walls and paint, to a new and exciting project: this Friday, September 4, we will be making Priestly breastplates. As always, feel free to stop by, whether you come to help out, or just to visit; we always welcome guests to our art program.

Kim and Annette

Click on pic to get a better view!

With my apologies to all parents of K-through-2 students; I had to take Isabella home sick, and couldn’t take pictures of all the others. I will remedy this next week!

Annette

Hello wonderful Friedel parents,

It is time for another fabulous year at Friedel, and in the art department, we are more than ready for it. We have planned some very exciting projects. Below you will find the schedule for 2009/2010; as always, the schedule is subject to change if and when things come up. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at avandekamp@tconl.com

As always, we love our volunteers. If you are interested and able, please feel free to contact us and let us know when you can help.

There will be two art Fridays per month. The class times are:

Grades 3-6:                           9:00 am-9:45 am

Grades 1-2:                           11:00 am-11:45 am

Kindergarten:                     1:30 pm-2:15 pm

August 21^st

Ma’yanot Banner Scroll – Outdoor Art Project on the deck using a tapestry of fabric to create a scroll of good wishes for Ma’yanot.

August 28^th

Kites for Rosh Hashanah to fly and thank our families for our many gifts.

September 4^th

12 Tribes Breast Plates/Wall Hangings

September 11^th

We will finish the breast plates this week…

October 9^th

Theater Workshop with Fran (Tentative location: JCC Theater)

9-10 a.m. – Grades 3-6

1-2 p.m. – Grades 1-2

2-3 p.m. – Kindergarten

October 23^rd

Rose Theater (Tentative Field Trip)

2 groups – Grades 2-6 9 -10:30 am

K-1 1:30 – 2:30pm sessions at Rose with Fran

IF NO FT– Regular art times & at Friedel/JCC

November 6^th

Art as Resistance – Project with Beth Dotan (Terezin Art)

November 13^th

Art as Resistance – Project with Beth Dotan (Terezin Art)

December 4^th

Props for Hanukkah Play

January 8^th

Purim Cards for Ma’yanot to be sent by Feb. 1st

January 22^nd

Grades 4-6 – with Blumkin Residents – T-Shirts

Grades K-3 – Tree T-Shirts for Tu B’shvat

February 5^th

Musical Instruments: Creating Purim Drums & Tambourines

February 19^th

Artist Focus: Ossip Zadkine – Movie & Cubist Sculptures

March 12^th

The Salon – Creative Environment for Collaboration – Library

March 19^th

The Salon – Creative Environment for Collaboration – Library

April 16^th

Ellie Greenspoon Artist in Residency

Grades 3-6 – Pinhole camera project & childhood stories with Blumkin Residents

Grades K-2 – Photography Project

April 23^rd

Ellie Greenspoon Artist in Residency

Grades 3-6 – Pinhole camera project & childhood stories with Blumkin Residents

Grades K-2 – Photography Project

May 14^th

Israeli Art Project

Every single Friedel student marched to the Blumkin Home last Friday to meet up with the residents, all the while followed by photographer Ophir Palmon. Later this week, I will add a gallery of pictures, but for now, I recommend everyone check out Ophir’s site, because these are the images that will be used in the actual mural. Ophir’s pictures were made possible by a more than generous contribution by the RBJH activity department. You can check out his fabulous work Here

We started with the background, so everything will be ready for our artists in April.

Before

during

and after

Please check back often over the next few weeks, as we’ll be adding lots of images and ideas for your kids to look at. Once we start decorating the tree, we’ll need many leaves to be put on; maybe some of the kids feel like making some extra over Passover break. We’ll be providing some ideas on how to do this.

Kim, Julie, and Annette

Yes, we are still working with the Rose Blumkin Home on getting the mural off the ground. Or, on the wall, to be precise. Maggie, RBJ’s activity director (for those of you who don’t know her, she’s awesome) and her team have been instrumental in helping us on our way, and this Sunday Kim and I are finally getting the preparation of the wall done.

This is what’s happening: there will be an outline of a large tree, the kids will paint it in and decorate it with flowers, leaves, anything they can think of using fabric scraps and probably some other things we’ll dig out of the storage room. They will do this together with some of the Blumkin residents, and while they get to know each other, Ophir Palmon (check out his website!) will take pictures…which will then become part of the mural.

We’re excited; if you are too, feel free to come and help. Dates are March 13, April 3 and April 24. We’ll update you on how far we get this Sunday…we’re still working out the details regarding “getting up high”. Maybe we’ll shoot Kim out of a cannon with a paintbrush in her hand. If there are no insurance issues, at least. We’ll have to ask Ron Giller about that.

PS: Friedelart can now be found on http://alphainventions.com/