It's Pie Time!

This is the time of year when the sweet treats are abundant and family and friends tend to bring delicious desserts to (small, outdoor, face masked) gatherings. Here are a few pie drawing created by a couple of our 4th graders. 

We hope you have a great time eating pie!

Happy Holidays!

Dia de los Muetros

 The 4th and 5th grade art students discovered the importance of Dia de los Muetros... 

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated in Mexico and elsewhere associated with the Catholic celebrations of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. It is celebrated in countries with large indigenous populations, including Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Guatemala. Wikipedia

Date: Sun, Nov 1, 2020 – Mon, Nov 2, 2020

Celebrations: Creation of altars to remember the dead, traditional dishes for the Day of the Dead

Significance: Prayer and remembrance of friends and family members who have died

Observed by: Mexico, and regions with large Mexican populations

Created by Max-5th grade

Created by Sean-4th grade

Mrs. Horridge using a snapchat filter

Art Class-Zooms

 Wow! I am so impressed with our students and families at Brownsville Elementary! You have really brought your A-game to this new way of learning! Thank you for supporting your students and teachers as we navigate this history making year. Please remember to check your students' Seesaw account for links, lessons and updates. We look forward to Staying Creative with YOU! 

Here we have one of our Brownsville Artists staying creative while staying home! We love seeing what you are doing so send us your pictures! 

First Week of Art Zoom Room

 WoW! Who would have ever thought we would be going to school like Elory Jettson! Thanks to all the creativity that went into the weeks of planning to be able to be there for the kids. It is very impressive and really shows the world why the arts are so very important! 

Getting Ready for Back to School

Check out The Elements of Art so you will be ready to create once we start our art classes. Can't wait to see everyone.

Why Art?

 Hello Brownsville Artists! I hope you have discovered your creative side this summer and that you are feeling hopeful for the upcoming school year. Even though it will be very different than any school year any of us have ever started we will all work together to stay connected and responsive to everyone's needs. Being creative is more important now than ever and I hope you will join me in thinking we can use art to help each other through this unique time in all of our lives.

Happy Summer to ALL!

Dear Brownsville Community,
The BESt Art Department is wishing you all a very happy and healthy summer! Stay creative and use your imagination throughout these summer months so that when we see you next year you are ready for what's to come. We miss you already...

The Brownsville 2019-2020 Faculty

Happy Last Day of School

Hi Brownsville Peeps! Just a little note to let you know how much I enjoy teaching art to you all... and how much you inspired me to be a better teacher each day. Thank you for staying creative while staying home... I will miss you over the summer but I will see you again next school year.

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Here are some "recreations of a masterpiece" sent in by students at Brownsville. I hope you enjoy...

Staying Creative While Staying Home

Wow! What a new experience this has been... teaching and learning from home is not for the faint at heart! This is tough stuff but boy do I love seeing and hearing from my students. Staying creative during the unknown times we are living in is very important and doing what's best for you is even more important. So thank you to all that have being doing what they can at this moment in time... YOU ARE AMAZING!

Here are some ways my students have been handling their stay at home time...

drawing horses

drawing dragons

recreating masterpieces

Drawing Greek Vessels

These are just a few ways our students are staying creative while staying home.

ACPS Fine Arts Festival 2020 Online

Here is the link to the 2D work at the ACPS Fine Arts Festival we hope you enjoy looking at the art work...

ACPS Fines Arts Show 2D Online

Staying Creative While Staying Home

3rd grader Henry staying creative...

 Mac and Jameson create a gift for their Aunt using nature.

WOW!

Share with me and I'll share it here...

#stayingcreativewhilestayinghome

#creativitynomatterwhat

#besartroom2020 

Creativity At It's Best!

These two use their creativity in a fun and exciting way! Thinking outside the box and painting household items (with parent's permission) is a fun way to express yourself. Love these eggs, boys!

Check this out...

Just another way to stay in touch... https://sites.google.com/k12albemarle.org/beecreative/home and see what the students have been up to this year. Along with ideas for projects to continue BEEing creative! 

The Sun is Finally OUT!

Wow! It has been a long time since the sun has been out and boy am I grateful to see it's warm light. During this stay home time it is very important to feed your soul and keep the creativity flowing... some of our BES students have been doing just that and not everyone has been using paper, pencil, crayons and/or glue. Being creative is more than having to buy supplies and use them. One can be creative with dance, music and/or found objects around the house or in nature. Here is an image created by Stella, one of our 4th grade students...

Nice job, Stella and thank you for sharing! 

Thanks for sharing...

Two of our amazing Bees have shared with me what they have been doing this past week and I couldn't be more proud of their go get'm attitude! Thanks for sharing Joseph S. and Harper K. You made my day!

Create land art like Andy Goldsworthy!

There are also many videos on his work.

Vegetable prints Parents can help cut the vegetables.

This can be extended to include other types of printing

materials like corks, toilet paper roll circles,

bottoms of boxes etc.

send your pictures to me at shorridge@k12albemarle.org

and I'll post them on this blog, Instagram and Twitter!

Let us See...

Hello BES Students and Families! We would LOVE to see what you have been up to... Send pictures of your creativeness to shorridge@k12albemarle.org and I will post them (with your permission) to our Blog, Instagram and Twitter!
Looking forward to SEEING what you've been creating.

Stay Creative and Healthy

As we start the stay home part of our school year please know that we can take this time to focus on our creative side. Use this time to reset and remember what is truly important. Take time to look and really see what is right in front of you... and if you feel so inclined to draw, sculpt, write, sing, or dance then do it.

ART SHOW 2020

we hope you take just a moment to check out the art show this weekend...

there are 3 galleries at The Shops at Stonefield in Charlottesville

Visual Arts Festival 2020

Once the show is up we will let your student(s) know if they have work in the show this year! We never really know how much space we actually will have to display our students' art work so we wait to let them know once the show is up. Also, note the new location this year... The Shops at Stonefield!

ACPS Visual Arts Festival 2020 coming soon....

to a NEW LOCATION! After years and years of the fine arts festival being at the mall this year it is moving to the Shops at STONEFIELD the galleries on Bond Street suites 110, 150 and 160. You will see amazing art work created by ALL ages from every ACPS! Brownsville will have an amazing display of 2D and 3D work. Opening March 4th please stop by to see the incredibly talented students' work.

Hello My Name Is...

Mrs. Horridge and I love teaching art to children...
During this week of caring I just wanted the teachers, staff, students and parents to know how much the BES Art Department loves working with all of you! Thank you for making our job so much fun! Being creative all the time is a fulfilling way to exist. I hope you are getting as much out of the world of creativity as you are hoping for this year.

Penguins for Kids: Interesting Facts - Different Types of Penguins for C...

In 1st grade we create clay penguins. We start out understanding the shape of the animal then when build it out of one piece of clay. After the first firing we glaze them. then they are fired again ad ready for display. They are loved by all. Here are some interesting facts about penguins...

Also, feel free to stop by school and see their sculptures. Each penguin has it's own personality. SO CUTE!

Welcome to the NEW YEAR!

Happy 2020 to all of our families and followers! We are excited to continue bringing you updates and information about our BESt Art Program. We ended 2019 with and outstanding amount of support through our Square 1 Art program as well as a number of volunteers who helped with classes and finishing up projects. Thank you to all who supported us in 2019! A BIG shout out to our music department led by Mr. Bricker and Ms. Weikle for fabulous music performances performed by the 4th and 5th grades. Way to GO!
We look forward to sharing with your students our love and appreciation for the arts.