Ms. Nadeau has compiled a collection of Lower and Middle School in-progress artworks and art displays around campus for you to enjoy. Also, don’t forget to visit the Howe Library in Hanover, NH throughout the month of April to view Crossroads Academy K-8 student artwork on display in the children’s section of the library!
KINDERGARTEN
Mouse Paint: One day three mice discover three jars of paint–red, blue, and yellow. But what happens when they splash in the colors, mixing the red and blue? Or dance in the blue and yellow? This playful introduction of primary colors mixed into secondary colors will appeal to any budding artist! Kindergarten students took inspiration from this tale and created a mouse color wheel mixing primary colors into secondary colors.
Alexander Calder Sculptures: Kindergarten students created these wonderful Calder inspired sculptures. After learning a bit about the artist and his mobiles and stabiles. Students took inspiration and created their own 3D structure.
FIRST GRADE
Henri Matisse Inspired Snails: The first graders created these mixed-media collage snails inspired by the abstract artwork The Snail by Henri Matisse. It consists of a number of colored shapes arranged in a spiral pattern, as suggested by the title. The Snail is a major example of this final body of work. The piece is in the Tate Modern collection in London.
SECOND GRADE
Gustav Klimt: After learning about artist Gustav Klimt, Austrian symbolist painter, second grade students took inspiration from his famous Tree of Life Stoclet Frieze and created their own. The painting is based on the Art Nouveau style including Klimt’s signature patterns, design elements and of course gold!
South American Molas: As second grade students were learning about South America in the classroom, in art they learned about Molas. A hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional clothing of the indigenous Guna people from Panamá, Central America, Colombia, and South America. Here students took inspiration and simulated the many stitched layers of the Mola using layered paper designs.
THIRD GRADE
Hopi Kachina Dolls: Hopi figures, also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural world and society, and act as messengers between humans and the spirit world. Students respectfully took inspiration and applied a multitude of elements and principles of art to construct their own spirit doll.
FOURTH FRADE
African Ispired Masks: Fourth grade students looked at a variety of African works of art, such as masks used in ceremonies for planting, harvesting, or hunting. Becoming familiar with examples of art from specific regions and peoples in Africa, such as Antelope headdresses of Mali, Sculptures by Yoruba artists in the city of Ife and Ivory carvings and bronze sculptures of Benin. Creating their own mask using symmetry and patterns.
FIFTH GRADE
M.C. Escher Tessellations: Fifth grade students created tessellation designs using combined geometric and organic shapes with no overlaps and no gaps inspired by mathematical artist M.C. Escher.
SIXTH GRADE
Non-Objective Repousé Designs: Repoussé (French) is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. Chasing or embossing is a similar technique in which the piece is hammered on the front side, sinking the metal. Sixth grade students created a non-objective design in the metal and then had to expand the design into the border.
Monochromatic Landscape Paintings: Sixth grade students learned how to create a value scale or gradient and applied this technique to a landscape painting demonstrating atmospheric perspective.
SEVENTH GRADE
Chuck Close Inspired Portraits: After learning about artist Chuck Close who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others, students were tasked to recreate a self-portrait in the Close style. Drawing from a grid technique students created these eye popping renditions.
EIGHTH GRADE
Claes Oldenburg Pop Art Food Sculptures: Grade 8 learned about artist Claes Oldenburg a Swedish-born American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Students were tasked to select a “pop art” food item and engineer how to bring it to life!
