Gallery 62 Student Art Exhibit
View 2007-08 Gallery 62 Art Show
View 2006-07 Gallery 62 Art Show
A kaleidoscope of art elements, moods, emotions, ideas, and values were displayed at the March Board of Education meeting, as eleven students and their art teachers presented original student works to the Board of Education as a part of the Gallery 62 Art Exhibit. Each student-teacher team focused on the lessons, the tools, the techniques, and the cultural heritage or aesthetic values that were represented in each piece.
The Gallery 62 Art Exhibit was introduced as a way to recognize works of art created by District 62 students under the guidance of district art teachers. Our highly qualified instructors use their instructional skills to generate the artwork that will grace the walls of the administration center. The artwork featured in the gallery chronicles the commitment to developing competence across the curriculum through the arts. Each piece hangs in the Leon Smaage Administration Center for two years. After that period, the artwork is displayed in the school where it was created until the student graduates from District 62. The Board of Education will present the original art to the parents or guardians during eighth grade promotion ceremonies. If an artist should move out of the district prior to graduation, the art is given to the parents or guardians at that time. This is the second year for Gallery 62.
The Guiding Principals for Teaching and Learning, which was adopted this year by the District 62 Board of Education, addresses the visual and multicultural literacies, as well as the creative thinking skills competencies that students should achieve through the Fine Arts.
Fine Arts is one of the seven learning areas in the Illinois Learning Standards adopted in 1997 by Illinois State Board of Education. Fine Arts are a key component of a student’s education and development. It’s important that students learn the language of the arts, understand how works of art are produced, and understand the role of the arts in civilizations, past and present. The IL Learning Standards define what all students in Illinois public schools should know and be able to do as a result of their elementary and secondary schooling in the content learning areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, social science, physical development and health, fine arts and foreign languages.
The month of March is also celebrated by many national and state professional education associations as a time to focus on students’ participation in the arts. It is a time to recognize the state’s outstanding young artists and focus on careers in the arts available to Illinois students, and enhance public support for this important part of our curriculum. The Illinois Art Education Association sponsors Youth Art Month in March.
2007-08 Gallery 62
by Vaidika P.
Fourth Grade, Cumberland Elementary School
Teacher: Jelena Todorovich-Hartong
by Katherine M.
Third Grade, Forest Elementary School
Teacher: Julie Brennan
by Sara G.
Third Grade, Central Elementary School
Teacher: Julie Brennan
by Jessica Y.
Fifth Grade, North Elementary School
Teacher: Abraham Lee
by Luis J.
Fifth Grade, Terrace Elementary School
Teacher: Elizabeth Kennedy
by Gabriela C.
Fourth Grade, Orchard Place Elementary School
Teacher: Elizabeth Kennedy
by Kacper S.
Second Grade, Plainfield Elementary School
Teacher: Ward Smith
by Rudy R.
Fifth Grade, South Elementary School
Teacher: Ward Smith
by Krista B.
Fifth Grade, Iroquois Community School
Teacher: Jessie Arnold
2006-07 Gallery 62
by Anna W.
Fifth Grade, Central Elementary School
Teacher: Julie Brennan
Bartek S.
Sixth Grade, Algonquin Middle School
Teacher: Howard Kanter
Aaron C.
Fifth Grade, Terrace Elementary School
Teacher: Julie Brennan
Connie S.
Fifth Grade, Orchard Place Elementary School
Teacher: Ellen King
Michael O.
Sixth Grade, Iroquois Community School
Teacher: Jessie Arnold
Rodney C.
Fifth Grade, Iroquois Community School
Teacher: Jessie Arnold
Natalie H.
Fifth Grade, Cumberland Elementary School
Teacher: Tom Meyers
Bhumi P.
Fourth Grade, Plainfield Elementary School
Teacher: Ward Smith
Xavier P.
Fourth Grade, South Elementary School
Teacher: Ward Smith
Marta K.
Fifth Grade, Forest Elementary School
Teacher: Tomi Bowen
Radoslaw M.
Fifth Grade, North Elementary School
Teacher: Abraham Lee
Pariyamon T.
Sixth Grade, Chippewa Middle School
Teacher: Kathy McCarthy
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