Current CCS Student Art Exhibit

Kindergartners through 2nd graders are currently exhibiting their fall landscapes in the Hallway Gallery.

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Original Works of Art

A reminder that the Original Works program is currently running at CCS until Friday, October 29th.


The Original Works program is a rare opportunity to have your child's artwork reproduced onto products such as magnets, tiles, note cards, mugs, mouse pads and many other items. These products make unique gifts that are practical for any season or occasion.

Each child's artwork (K - 6) is currently on display in the Hallway Gallery for your viewing and consideration. Pre-K artwork is in their homeroom.

If you have another piece of your child's artwork that you would like reproduced, that may be possible as long as the artwork is 8.5" x 11". If the piece you have in mind is larger, you can have a reduced, color copy made and send it in with your order form. Each artwork needs its own order form. Mrs. Barnes has extra order forms in the office. Please print the child's full name on the back of the artwork in pencil.

Now is the time to place your order. If you are interested in ordering, please bring your completed order form and payment to school no later than this Friday, the 29th.

Original Works Art Project

As announced in the October 6th Newsletter, CCS has teamed up with Original Works, the number one art-based program in the country. Students are currently creating their artwork in school, using the regular art curriculum as the basis for their work of art.

You will soon have the opportunity to order whatever products you wish with your child’s own artwork featured on each and every product.

After the art work is completed, I will display each child's piece in the Hallway Gallery and send home an announcement with an order form.

If you have another piece of your child's artwork that you would like reproduced that may be possible as long as the artwork is 8.5" x 11". If the piece you have in mind is larger, you can have a reduced, color copy made and send that in with your order form.

CCS is thrilled to be participating in this unique and innovative program. Look for complete program, product and pricing information coming soon.

Additional product and program information, as well as customer testimonials, can be found at Original Works.

Turner to Monet Exhibit Opening in Austin

Claude MONET 1840 France – 1926
Meules, milieu du jour [Haystacks, midday]

Tomorrow, the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin opens Turner to Monet. This selection of 40 nineteenth-century paintings includes works from Impressionist artists Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, as well as British and American masters J.M.W. Turner, Gilbert Stuart and Asher B. Durand. Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin masterpieces are included as well.

You won’t ever see works by all these artists together again as there isn’t a single collection in the world that has this whole gamut of 19th century landscape art.

Preview of Portraits

From the mingled strength of shade and light
A new creation rises to my sight,
Such heav'nly figures from his pencil flow,
So warm with light his blended colors glow.
. . . .
The glowing portraits, fresh from life, that bring
Home to our hearts the truth from which they spring.
~ Lord Byron

Self-portraits by two CCS second graders
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Every first through sixth grade art student has a self-portrait now hanging in the CCS Hallway Gallery. Each one reflects the delightful, unique mode of expression of each child.

In my previous post, I covered the essential elements of drawing portraits that we investigated during the week of creating them. Kudos to all my budding artists!

Art of the American Soldier Exhibition

Paddington Station
Aaron Bohrod
Gouche on Paper
1944

What can art tell us about the experience of being a soldier? Since World War I, both soldier and civilian artists have been commissioned by the U.S. Army to create a visual and historical record of military conflicts around the world. Wielding paintbrushes as powerful as their weapons, these soldier-artists have captured the human dimension of war in a way no newsreel or photograph ever could.

Today, the U.S. Army has collected more than 15,000 paintings and sketches created by over 1,300 American soldiers in the line of duty. With no national museum to display this impressive collection, these works have remained in curatorial storage in Washington, D.C. for decades, seldom made available for public viewing.

Art of the American Soldier at the National Constitution Center brings this previously unseen collection into the spotlight for the first time. The exhibition explores how soldier-artists have portrayed moments of soldier life, duty, and sacrifice in military conflicts spanning the past 100 years. Through these unforgettable images, visitors to the exhibition will connect with the soldier experience and discover insights into the men and women who have answered the Constitution’s call to “provide for the common defense.”

Exhibition runs from September 24, 2010 – January 10, 2011

Learn more at The National Constitution Center

h/t: illustr8r