Sunday, June 9, 2013

ART SPOTLIGHT: Luis Esparza

The Art Spotlight is on Luis Esparza, recent 8th Grade graduate of Butler! Luis worked diligently in art class and at home to design over 5 acrylic paintings. Here you see 3 of them. Luis is on his way to artistic greatness! Keep up the creativity, Luis!

Sunday, June 2, 2013

6th Grade Science Class Builds & Decorates Bird Houses!

Which is your favorite bird house? With two granta from Disney, Wells Fargo, Horace Mann and several donors on Donorschoose.org, the Art Department supplied the bird houses and feeders to Mrs. Gonzalez's 6th Grade Science class! "Creating an Audubon bird habitat @Disney #1 and #2" provided us with bird houses, bird feeders, binoculars, Watercolor Travel Kits and an IPad. Each design is so unique! A special upcoming project with the bird houses and feeders will hopefully be realized the next school year between Udall and Butler! More science and art collaboration is in store! Can't wait to see this! Wonderful job, 6th Graders! (Oops, now 7th Graders)

Butler Art Needs Your Support!

Check out our Art projects on Donorschoose.org. You can support your students' artistic talents by donating to art projects they love! And encourage them to practice their drawing over the Summer Break. Go to: http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/536609 Your children will THANK YOU!

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Student of the Month: Pricela Reyes

2nd grade creative art student, Pricela, was always offering to help in the art room. Her bright cheerful smile was such a friendly sight! She was a big help to her classmates, too! And she makes beautiful art. Congratulations, Pricela!

8th Grader Sculpts Awesome Artwork

Talented 8th Grader, Joshua Soto, designed an awesome sculpture for his Language Arts project. He came to art in his free time to work on the design, and then glazed it for the kiln. We think it is special! Good work, Joshua!

Middle School Artist designs new Butler Mural

Middle School Art student, Jannia, designed a new Butler mural. It's first appearance was at the 8th Grade Graduation Ceremonies near the stage. Next, Jannia co-ordinated hand-print designs with Ms. Flores's first grade class on the last day of school. (A picture of the finished mural will be coming soon!) Awesome Jannia!

Surprise for Improved Butler Student!

This was a sweet picture of a Butler student's surprise from his Guidance Counselor, Ms. Romo.

Middle School Art Show Award Winners

Friday, May 24, 2013

Art Students Paint Faces at Butler's Water Day

Butler Middle School students volunteered to paint faces at the annual Water Day! There were long lines and plenty of awesome designs! Thanks so much to the 7th Grade girls and to Ms. Moore! Butler has such talent!

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Justin Pierce Teaches Art Classes- Day 2

Thanks to a grant from Donorschoose.org, Justin Pierce was a visiting artist to Butler. He even volunteered to come back and teach art on his own time. Butler art students love his style and this was a very successful Art event.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Art Potpourri- Donorschoose.org project funded!

Boy do Butler Art students LOVE to paint! Thanks to recent funding from a Donorschoose.org ptoject, Butler Art students paint on! Butler LOVES Art!

Coming Soon! Dropping in on Ceramics!

Stay tuned...