Art

During this time of Distance-Learning from home, we hope you all are staying well and spending some enjoyable family time together. Art is now being taught online through “SeeSaw” (1st-4th) and “Google Classrooms” (5th-8th). Go to the individual grade’s homeroom page on this website for the link to Art Class. Please email Mrs. Domek (bdomek@stignatiussacschool.org), with any questions regarding distance-learning of Art. Stay healthy, happy and creative during this time, and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

The St.Ignatius Parish School Art Program follows the California State Visual Arts Content Standards. The Preschool, Transitional-Kindergarten, and Kindergarten teachers provide hands-on art experiences in their classrooms, so those grades don’t go to the separate art classes in the Art Room. The First through Eighth grade students receive additional art instruction once a week with the art teacher in the Art Room, an art-studio-style environment designed to facilitate all aspects of visual art media, from viewing reproductions of famous artworks to drawing to painting to clay sculpting and all manner of creative expression. The program also involves introduction to various artists, periods in art history and cultures, art appreciation and critique, and an annual student art show which coincides with the school’s open house. An art club is also available to students in grades five through eight who wish to further pursue their interest in art (Art Club is not available during this distance-learning time).

Note to parents: During Distance-learning, the finished art activities may remain at home, but please attach a picture of it onto the online Art Class platform to be graded, or it can also be physically turned-in at the the school office. During regular school years, most student artwork remains stored at school until the end of the school year so that it can be exhibited in the Art Show and on bulletin board displays throughout the year, and also so it won’t get crumpled in backpacks on the way home. Near the end of the year, the students will carry their artwork home neatly in their Paper Bag Portfolios. Please see the Art Photo Gallery for pictures of student work as it is posted. Thank you.