2017 CEE Gala Class Art Preview by The Center for Early Education

2017 CEE Gala Class Art Preview

Toddler AM The children worked very hard creating a collaborative art piece. At circle time, Beatriz, Jenna, and Amira chose the design with the children and each child had an opportunity to pick a specific ink color to use for their fingerprint. They then found their name on the canvas and used their index finger to make prints above their name as well as inside the design stencil. Once complete, we removed the stencil and the children smiled with pride at how great the artwork turned out! Opening Bid: $50

Toddler PM The children worked very hard creating a collaborative art piece. At circle time, Beatriz, Jenna, and Amira chose the design with the children and each child had an opportunity to pick a specific ink color to use for their fingerprint. They then found their name on the canvas and used their index finger to make prints above their name as well as inside the design stencil. Once complete, we removed the stencil and the children smiled with pride at how great the artwork turned out! Opening Bid: $50

EC1A Retired CEE art teacher, Keven Barrett and the EC1A students had fun experimenting with watercolors and glitter paint to make this collaborative painting. Students learned through the experience of painting and watching the colors spread and run together, making new and beautiful colors. The results remind us of the great abstract stain paintings of Helen Frankenthaler. Opening Bid: $50

EC1B

Retired CEE art teacher, Keven Barrett and EC1B students embraced the study of primary colors through these collaborative paintings entitled, ''Red, Blue and Yellow.'' Students worked and learned by mixing tones and layering tape and paint to create these dramatic pieces. These works are a celebration of the wonderment of color in our world. Opening Bid: $50

EC2A

Retired CEE art teacher, Keven Barrett and the EC2A students studied the work of the famous artist Henri Matisse this winter. His ''Cut-‐Out'' series was the inspiration for these beautiful collage paintings. First, students experimented with the blending of soft tones to create the lush painted background. Next, using brightly colored papers, students learned the ''fold and cut'' technique to make unique symmetrical shapes. They used other brightly colored papers to enhance the painting's wow factor. The painting truly expresses the playful and happy mood of the artists that made it! Opening Bid: $50

EC2B

Retired CEE art teacher, Keven Barrett and the EC2B students studied the work of the famous artist Henri Matisse this winter. His ''Cut-‐Out'' series was the inspiration for these beautiful collage paintings. First, students experimented with the blending of soft tones to create the lush painted background. Next, using brightly colored papers, students learned the ''fold and cut'' technique to make unique symmetrical shapes. They used other brightly colored papers to enhance the painting's wow factor. The painting truly expresses the playful and happy mood of the artists that made it! Opening Bid: $50

CKAB

Lower elementary art teacher, Mekenzie, guided her kindergarten students through the process of making collaborative faces with gold leaf. No single face was done by just one child. Instead, each child had a chance to add features to a head each day—eyes one day, mouths another and so on— so that each painting is a true collaborative expression of the students’ understanding what parts make up a face. Opening Bid $50

CKCD

C1AB

With her first graders, Mekenzie made sure that each child added their personal touches to the group masterpiece. The black lines represent the shadow of each student traced by another, creating an abstract cluster of contour lines. Within the remaining spaces the first graders used chalk pastels and practiced their blending skills making for a very dynamic and colorful piece. The final product is quite an accurate representation of their class personality as a whole. Opening Bid: $50

C1CD

Lower elementary art teacher Mekenzie made sure that each child added his or her own personal touches to this group masterpiece. The black lines represent the shadow of each student traced by another, creating an abstract cluster of contour lines. Within the remaining spaces, the students used chalk pastels and practiced their blending skills, making for a very dynamic and colorful piece. The final product is quite an accurate representation of their class personality as a whole. Opening Bid: $50

C2AB

Lower elementary art teacher Mekenzie instructed her students to make sure each chose five pieces from what were the leftover scraps of cardboard from previous projects. The students paid close attention to what shapes could be discovered and how interesting an ôscrapö could really be. Once colors were chosen and pieces were painted, the collaborative collage was put together as an abstract puzzle. Students took turns adding pieces—the only rule being that each piece needed to connect to a previous piece, and no piece could be covered by another piece. Opening Bid: $50

C2CD

C3AB

Upper elementary art teacher Penny guided third grade students on using stencils from the laser cutter in the Innovation Center to create a ''cold'' and a ''hot'' colored abstract composition. Layers of shapes were overlapped by adding transparent medium to the initial batches of vivid colors. Opening Bid: $50

C3CD

4AB Upper elementary art teacher Penny utilized the Innovation Center for the fourth grade’s artwork. The students each designed their own mandala (circle) with Penny. Next, Matt, the director of innovation at CEE, burned their designs onto a wooden circle with the laser cutter. Last, the mandalas were mounted on a wooden runner. Opening Bid: $50

4CD Upper elementary art teacher Penny utilized the Innovation Center for the fourth grade’s artwork. The students each designed their own mandala (circle) with Penny. Next, Matt, the director of innovation at CEE, burned their designs onto a wooden circle with the laser cutter. Last, the mandalas were mounted on a wooden runner. Opening Bid: $50

C5AB

Upper elementary art teacher Penny worked with the fifth graders to make a striking composition of large ''puzzle'' shapes enhanced by their own invented patterns with black patterns on a white field, and a single solid color, either saffron yellow or intense red. Opening Bid: $50

C5CD

Each sixth grade homeroom created a collaborative piece with the help of their Language Arts guru, Joan Rosen. Preparing to graduate, the sixth grade students have written poetry with Joan about the ''foundation'' of their life at CEE. Their handwritten poems were done on soft earth-‐tone papers, and collaged onto a white background in a format loosely recreating the silhouette of the UE building (Building C) where they have spent their last three years at CEE. As they leave CEE and the campus changes its own silhouette, the piece has taken on special meaning. Opening Bid: $50 Carol Joan Ruby Alejandro H. Augustus M. Aaron P. Alexandra S. Avery M. Alex H. Allegra D. Grace M-‐Q. Annabelle T. Avery J. Hope H. Carter S. Carly P. Hudson B. Charlie M. Eric C. Isaiah C. Claire P. Hannah P. Jade V. Emily R. Harry T. Kaelen S. Helena H. Isabella G. Lauren C. Isabel C. Jaden B. Leo F. Isabella W. James B. Levi G-‐A. Kian C. Judah M. Lucas C-‐d. Maya T. Lyric C. Madeleine R. Mio A. Madeline Rose L. Matthew M. Nika T. Miles G-‐B. Samantha G. Noah G. Miles M. Shaan V. Rebecca L. Oliver G. Stella G. Rohan M. Ryan R. Stella W. Sam S. Wilkie W. William C. Simon L. Zoe S. Stella

Submit your blind bids for the art during the Gala Preview: Monday (2/27) Tuesday (2/28) Wednesday (3/1) In the Board Room from 8:00am – 9:30am and 2:30pm – 4:00pm each day.