Paint Addison Day
October 30, 20104th and 5th graders hold an art auction
Art Teacher Emmy Paquette, from MSAD #37 found a way to raise money so her students could experience the Schoodic Sculpture Symposium next fall. (Talk about planning ahead!!)
In early October Emmy held an art auction. To prepare for this Day Nina Jerome was so kind to come in and share her knowledge and paintings with 4th and 5th grade. They experimented with color blending and under paintings (only with oil pastel and colored paper) and really explored the wondrous possibilities of space.
Eleven 4th and 5th graders took off for Cape Split on Saturday morning, used oil pastels to create their own landscape drawing, and got on the bus for the Narrows (South Addison). They created another piece, oil pastel, and hopped on the bus for home.
Emmy cut and mounted all works (21) for auction. Elani Wakeman, Michele and Ingrid Chalafour and Nina Jerome helped set up with refreshments. The auction was scheduled for an hour and one half. Everyone had a great time looking at the art and seeing the photographs that Michele took on the trip.
The paintings created by the students raised $480!!!!!! That was $280 MORE than the goal! Needless to say, Emmy was thrilled and the students have expressed doing it once again! Her thoughts now… “do I smell a Boston trip in our future??”
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I just had to say FABULOUS!!!! I think that this is really motivating children to think outside the box!!!