Artists

"ARTIST OF THE WEEK" contains information, images, and photos for a special artist each week, for TWO school years. We hope you will find this a valuable tool as you digitally take students to see and learn about the many forms art may take and about famous artists who mastered those forms!

First & Third Years

Second & Fourth Years
The 2nd and 4th years added art elements, principles, and media to the Artist of the Week

FIRST 9-WEEKS

Aug. 17-21   Grandma Moses - What is art?

Aug. 24 – 28 Rich Davis - Visiting Artist and Albrecht Durer - Line

Aug. 31 – Sept. 4   Henri Matisse - Shape

Sept 8 – 11 (Labor Day, 9-11)   Van Eyck - Texture

Sept. 14, 15, 16, 18   Velazquez - Space

Sept. 17 Christy - Constitution Day

Sept. 21 – 25   Monet - Color

Sept. 28 – Oct. 2   Rembrandt - Value

Oct. 5 – 9   Leonardo da Vinci - Drawing

Oct. 12 – 16 (Review, Columbus Day 12th)

SECOND 9-WEEKS

Oct. 19 – 23   Mary Cassatt - Painting

Oct. 26 – 29 Hokusai - Printmaking

Oct. 30 Halloween - Pumpkin Artists

Nov. 2 – 6   Picasso - Collage

Nov. 9 – 13 (Veteran’s Day) Rivera - Murals/Story

Nov. 16 – 20   Michelangelo - Sculpture

Nov. 23-24 (Thanksgiving) Relief sculpture

Nov. 30 – Dec. 4   Auguste Rodin - Modern sculpture

Dec. 7 – 11   Charles Schultz - Comics

Dec. 14 – 18 (Christmas) Chris Van Allsburg - Illustration

Dec. 21 – Jan 1 (Christmas Break)

THIRD 9-WEEKS

Jan. 4 – 8 (Review)

Jan. 11 – 15   Andy Warhol - Pattern

Jan. 19 – 22 (MLK)   Escher - Positive & Negative space

Jan. 25 – 29   Van Gogh - Rhythm & Movement

Feb. 1 – 5   Georgia O’Keefe - Scale & Proportion

Feb. 8 – 12   Caravaggio - Emphasis

Feb. 16 – 19 (Presidents Day)   Kandinsky - Variety & Contrast

Feb. 22 – 26   Cezanne - Balance / Harmony & Unity

Feb. 29 – Mar. 4   Egyptian Tut Mask - Art & Culture

Mar. 7 – 11 (Review)

FOURTH 9-WEEKS

Mar. 14 – 17 (Flex Day, St. Patrick’s)   Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Subject/Genre

Mar. 21 – 25 (Spring Break)

Mar. 28 – Apr. 1 (April Fool’s)   Ansel Adams - Photography

Apr. 4 – 8   Frank Lloyd Wright - Architecture

Apr. 11 – 15   Seurat - Displaying Art

Apr. 18 – 22 (Earth Day) Toulouse-Lautrec - Graphic Design

Apr. 25 – 29   Tiffany - Decorative Arts

May 2 – 6 (Cinco de Mayo)   David Drake - Crafts

May 9 – 13 New Media Art

May 16 – 20 (Review)

ARTIST OF THE WEEK

"ARTIST OF THE WEEK" contains information, images, and photos for a special artist each week, for TWO school years. We hope you will find this a valuable tool as you digitally take students to see and learn about the many forms art may take and about famous artists who mastered those forms!

First & Third Years

First 9-Weeks

Second 9-Weeks

Fourth 9-Weeks

Second & Fourth Years
The 2nd and 4th years added art elements, principles, and media to the Artist of the Week

ARTIST OF THE WEEK

​"ARTIST OF THE WEEK" contains information, images, and photos for a special artist each week, for TWO school years. We hope you will find this a valuable tool as you digitally take students to see and learn about the many forms art may take and about famous artists who mastered those forms!

First & Third Years

First 9-Weeks

Second 9-Weeks

Fourth 9-Weeks

Second & Fourth YearsThe 2nd and 4th years added art elements, principles, and media to the Artist of the Week

"ARTIST OF THE WEEK" contains information, images, and photos for a special artist each week, for TWO school years. We hope you will find this a valuable tool as you digitally take students to see and learn about the many forms art may take and about famous artists who mastered those forms!

Second & Fourth Years
The 2nd and 4th years added art elements, principles, and media to the Artist of the Week