The students were excited about BIG Art Day at Clarkston Elementary School. “This was our inaugural year, so we wanted to kick it off big,” Clarkston Art Teacher Ms. Robinson said. “All of our kindergarten through fifth-grade students had something special to work on for this project. One of the best parts is that they work together to create something beautiful.”
The youngest students could use paint, glitter, ribbon, and other supplies to learn about textures by making their own stick art. At the end of the project, they displayed their colorful creations, no two alike, on a giant bright navy-blue mat.
Second and third-grade students created a trio of human spirographs to cover the gymnasium floor. After the final look at how their masterpieces came out, the children yelled “Happy Art Day” in unison.
The fourth and fifth grade students ended the day with an incredibly huge painted floor centerpiece by rolling different-sized balls through the paint. Passing the balls back and forth created random markings that soon revealed a colorful tapestry from each child's actions.
“Ms. Robinson is doing something so unique and memorable for our students today,” Principal Sarah Cureton said. “Our Art teacher is something special.”
