***please note I am updating the links
below...sorry they do not work at this moment***
Ms.Amanda / After-School Kindergarten Class 2009
Working with these children was an adventurous & joyful time for me.
They have brought many rainbows to my mind & heart, and to each other.
Thank you class of 2009!
MEMORABLE WORK AND PLAY
Artwork
- Current "Gallery" of Sculpture, Installation & Temporal Art, Click Here.
- Current "Gallery" of uploaded 2-D Work, Click Here.
Thank you to Nick & Fran/ Seizure Palace for their print shop trimmings,
what a fun way to re-use & recycle!
Playful Dance Presentations
- Creative, students danced as chipmunks, swans, saber-toothed elk, etc.
- DIY costumes & props, tape, yarn, tissue paper and other material scraps.
- Music, Swan Lake & Sleeping Beauty.
- Family Spaghetti Night, 1/23/09 on stage as a group.
- Family Pizza Night, 4/24/09 on stage as a group with solo parts.
New Media Collaboration
- "Scratch" Audio-Visual Re-Programming Project.
- A composition of Nature like noise & melody.
- Students made both the image & the audio of a creature.
- Click Here to see our project & learn more this great public site by MIT for kids.
Happening: Art Installation with Audio
- Decoy Duck Pond, 04/02/09 in the Music Room during the schools Art Show.
- Group Collaboration, drawings and audio recorded.
- Construction, students displayed drawings, decorated, made duck nests, a duck pond.
- Installation Audio, student imitations of "pond life" sounds.
- Click Here to view images & audio.
Nature, Art Explorations
- Himalayan Blackberry, Ink Fingerprint Pests
- Leaf, Shadow Drawings & Rubbings
- Wild Seed Ball, Critters
- Snowfall, Colorful Ink Wash
- Pinecone, Paper Bag Sensory Drawings.
- Charcoal, Plant Drawings
- Waterfalls, Rainbow Watercolor
- Purple Iris, Ink Painting
Experimental Audio, Species Sounds
- Voice, processed threw microphone, effects pedals & portable amp.
Other Projects
- Prehistoric Gardens, creating play spaces for plastic dinosaurs.
- Op Art, Complimentary Color pen drawings.
- Species Valentines, Mixed Media & Installation.
- Mum Flowers, tissue paper scraps & raffia.
Painting of Decoy Ducks
- Cheerfully installed in Ms.Amandas home & yard.
Gym, Outdoors & other classroom activities
- Black Bear, bugs, berries & fish (Cookie Monster game adaptation).
- Limbo like a Lemur
- Weblike Marbles Game
- Chalk Ocean & Gardens, drawings & coloring.
Student Stars / Hearts Tree
- Stars, each student whom reached their goal amount of stars by being "safe, responsible & respectful" received a small hand made terrarium with a small animal, reptile or bug figurine.
- Hearts, when the class attained 365 hearts for "kindness", we had a small happening/celebration of sparkly juice, organic lollipops, exquisite drawings & collaborative music (with a theremin).
Ms.Amanda / After-School Kindergarten Class 2009
Working with these children was an adventurous & joyful time for me.
They have brought many rainbows to my mind & heart, and to each other.
Thank you class of 2009!
MEMORABLE WORK AND PLAY
Artwork
- Current "Gallery" of Sculpture, Installation & Temporal Art, Click Here.
- Current "Gallery" of uploaded 2-D Work, Click Here.
Thank you to Nick & Fran/ Seizure Palace for their print shop trimmings,
what a fun way to re-use & recycle!
Playful Dance Presentations
- Creative, students danced as chipmunks, swans, saber-toothed elk, etc.
- DIY costumes & props, tape, yarn, tissue paper and other material scraps.
- Music, Swan Lake & Sleeping Beauty.
- Family Spaghetti Night, 1/23/09 on stage as a group.
- Family Pizza Night, 4/24/09 on stage as a group with solo parts.
New Media Collaboration
- "Scratch" Audio-Visual Re-Programming Project.
- A composition of Nature like noise & melody.
- Students made both the image & the audio of a creature.
- Click Here to see our project & learn more this great public site by MIT for kids.
Happening: Art Installation with Audio
- Decoy Duck Pond, 04/02/09 in the Music Room during the schools Art Show.
- Group Collaboration, drawings and audio recorded.
- Construction, students displayed drawings, decorated, made duck nests, a duck pond.
- Installation Audio, student imitations of "pond life" sounds.
- Click Here to view images & audio.
Nature, Art Explorations
- Himalayan Blackberry, Ink Fingerprint Pests
- Leaf, Shadow Drawings & Rubbings
- Wild Seed Ball, Critters
- Snowfall, Colorful Ink Wash
- Pinecone, Paper Bag Sensory Drawings.
- Charcoal, Plant Drawings
- Waterfalls, Rainbow Watercolor
- Purple Iris, Ink Painting
Experimental Audio, Species Sounds
- Voice, processed threw microphone, effects pedals & portable amp.
Other Projects
- Prehistoric Gardens, creating play spaces for plastic dinosaurs.
- Op Art, Complimentary Color pen drawings.
- Species Valentines, Mixed Media & Installation.
- Mum Flowers, tissue paper scraps & raffia.
Painting of Decoy Ducks
- Cheerfully installed in Ms.Amandas home & yard.
Gym, Outdoors & other classroom activities
- Black Bear, bugs, berries & fish (Cookie Monster game adaptation).
- Limbo like a Lemur
- Weblike Marbles Game
- Chalk Ocean & Gardens, drawings & coloring.
Student Stars / Hearts Tree
- Stars, each student whom reached their goal amount of stars by being "safe, responsible & respectful" received a small hand made terrarium with a small animal, reptile or bug figurine.
- Hearts, when the class attained 365 hearts for "kindness", we had a small happening/celebration of sparkly juice, organic lollipops, exquisite drawings & collaborative music (with a theremin).
Arts
Instruction, eco-conscious
practice.
Amanda A. Hendricks
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