Self-portraits and Frida Kahlo

Students read about the life and work of Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo before creating their own symbolic self portraits with animals.

Paper Weaving

Kindergarten students learned how dye can be made from insects, shellfish and plants. Students created paper weavings using red, purple and blue, the colors created from the substances discussed.    

Hola Portraits

Pre-Kindergarten students have been practicing their Spanish greetings. Students used crayons to draw their "Hola!" portraits.

Serapes

Kindergarten and First Grade students created their own patterns using the art elements of line shape and color for their paper serapes.

Completed Mexico Mural

Loteria

Fourth grade students played Loteria (Mexican bingo) before using colored pencils to create images of Loteria cards.

Monarch Life Cycle

Third grade students used mixed media to create a depiction of the life cycle of the monarch butterfly