ms. neumayer's art room

art club field trip to KMAC

aprettypickle — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:23:34 +0000

The Meyzeek Art Club visited the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, where we saw two exhibitions “Searching for the Heart of Black Identity” and “Scholastic Regional Gold Key Award Winners” (which featured several Meyzeek artists’ work!) We also participated in a workshop on identity using clay as our medium.

Houses for Haiti!

aprettypickle — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:47:53 +0000

The Meyzeek Art Club is raising money for Habitat Humanity’s work in building new homes for the people of Haiti. We are creating magnets and pins in the shape of houses. They will be available for purchase soon!

have a great winter break!

aprettypickle — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:31:14 +0000

Student artwork is on its way home! We’re wrapping up some last minute projects, taking photos, and having some fun with the last week of school. It’s been a wonderful semester and I will miss my Fall ’09 classes very much and I wish my students the best of luck in their new related arts courses. I’m also excited to meet the new group of students who will be joining me in the spring. Have a safe and wonderful winter break, everyone!!

still life drawing and painting– end of semester assignments

aprettypickle — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:29:59 +0000

Still life chalk pastel drawings created by 6th graders.. all drawn from observation. Insect watercolor/acrylic paintings created by 8th graders..drawn from plastic insect models from observation.

finished fiber projects

aprettypickle — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:25:13 +0000

guest artist

aprettypickle — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:21:21 +0000

Ms. Neumayer’s 4th and 5th period classes have been working on a special fiber art project with a guest artist…………Mrs. Neumayer (Ms. Neumayer’s mom!!!) Mrs. Neumayer is a retired art teacher and a professional artist who is a member of the Pyro Gallery in downtown Louisville. She’s generously donated her time, skills, and materials to Meyzeek students over the past week.

6th graders have been working with photo transfer stitchery projects and 7th graders have been working on wallhangings inspired by the myth of the Green Man. It’s been funny to have “two generations of Neumayer” (as one student put it) working in the classroom together.

finished toilet paper food sculptures

aprettypickle — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:09:55 +0000

collaged self portraits: 6th, 7th, and 8th graders

aprettypickle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:26:34 +0000

finished clay animals- 6th grade

aprettypickle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:22:01 +0000

clay!!!!

aprettypickle — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:57:33 +0000

It’s been everyone’s favorite time of the semester in art class: CLAY! 6th graders have been working on clay animals made from pinch pots, 7th graders have been working on making coiled vessels, and 8th graders have made slab boxes. Here’s a preview. We are still waiting for all of the greenware to be fired, before students will glaze or paint their projects.