Kindergarten

--> Kindergarten: Science and Art—Cairns, and Suminagashi – Kindergarteners learned about the natural artwork created by artists Andy Goldsworthy and Thea Alvin. These artists use stones to build inspiring sculptures and arches. On their fall walk, Kindergarten collected flat, large rocks to build their own stack of stones, also known as a cairn.  After Kindergarten added bright colors to their rocks using acrylic paint they created cairns in the Cole Ballay Memorial Garden along the Green Ribbon Trail. We began our next project and learned about the Japanese art of suminagashi or “floating ink.” We made marbleized paper for the start of our next printmaking projec

3rd Grade Photo Bomb

3rd graders studied a selection of famous artworks and chose one image to work with. The

students then imagined how they might incorporate

themselves into the artwork. Using their iPads, students took photographs of each other in

several poses and then uploaded these images to Sketchbook Pro. They erased the background behind their body and created a second layer that held the famous artwork. The isolated image of the student was then overlaid and transformed to fit onto the image of the famous Artwork. African Inspired Art

- The students had a great time with their Africa Unit in art. They constructed stunning paper masks

that were inspired by authentic African masks. The students used 3-dimensional thinking and

symmetry to create realistic and exaggerated features. Then, the 3rd graders used Kente cloth

design concepts to create Paste Paper Paintings that were used to make book covers for their

African Folktales.

O Gorman's Wire Horse Sculpture

Senior Spotlight: C Asplundh

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Boat rides, friends, bonfires, 

pumpkin pie, family gatherings, stories, 

my dog, art, thunder storms, running

5th grade Famous American Portraits

Famous American Portraits - In their homerooms, 5^th graders are learned about the 20^th century and each student was assigned a famous American to study.  In art class, we brought those American’s to life with portraiture.  The students use learned techniques from figure drawing and incorporate a touch of caricatured flare to create a likeness of their assigned person.  The students also studied the style of famous American painter Alice Neel and were inspired by her technique.  Clay Character Busts - In December, students chose a character to sketch and then sculpted the head and shoulder using the coil method.  They added details for the clothing and face by applying the “Scratch & Attach” technique.  Once the clay sculpture dries, it will be fired in the kiln.

Studio Snaps: Advanced Painting and Drawing

3rd Graders Create Covers for Their African Folktale Books

Senior Spotlight: C. Quattlebaum

PreK Students Make Sun Leaf Prints

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Pre-K artists experimented with a special fabric dye that reacts to sunlight. They painted a fabric square with Inkodye and then chose leaves to arrange on top. The sunlight turned the fabric a bright color leaving the areas covered by leaves the white of the fabric. The individual fabric squares will be sewn together by parent volunteer and quilter, Mary Walton, to create a quilt, for auction in the Germantown Academy Parents’ Fundraiser this

Senior Spotlight: K. Griswold

english breakfast tea, traveling with my family, fuzzy socks, lake nuangola, castle, random acts of kindness, nebraska huskers, spontaneous get togethers with friends, salted caramel chocolates from whole foods,​ handwritten letters

Art Club Prompt for Upper School Thought Wall

Senior Spotlight: L Palmer

dancing in socks, sweaters, potatoes

traveling to new places, movie night

mint chocolate chip ice cream, baking

LeRoux, starbucks, kayaking

3rd Grade Students Bend with Giacometti

recently, GA's 3rd Graders learned about the sculptures of Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti.  After posing for each other in various positions, the students made their own Giacometti inspired figurative sculptures with wire armature, plaster tape, and a metallic finish.  Reduction Prints - In our printmaking unit, 3^rd grade students learned about relief printing and experimented with reduction.  An original design was drawn onto their foam, printing block, rolled with ink (using a brayer), and transferred to paper (with a barren).  Later, the plate surface was “reduced” by applying more drawing and design to the original foam block.  With a different color, the reduced design is printed over the original print to create a rich multicolor print.

All School Surface Exhibition Opens