L A Nelson Art Room

Fibers Arts Club has been working very hard on their hand painted and embroidered mini pillows! So far we have 3 completed and more almost finished.

4th grade art students from all over Denton have participated in the Texas Native Plant Society art contest. Be on the lookout for their beautiful work which will be e traveling all over Denton,Texas.

Kick-Off of the 15th Annual Texas Native Art Exhibition - Senior Center 2023 Denton 4th grade elementary students participated helped celebrate Texas Native Plants this year by creating art works of their favorite plants. These art wo...

Thomas in Mrs. Han’s class is one of 7 Denton ISD students who has artwork hanging at the Texas Art Education Convention in Allen, Texas.

His drawing will represent Denton ISD AND be seen and admired by art teachers from all over Texas!

Congratulations to all of our 4th grade artists who chose to enter the Texas Native plants contest sponsored by  the Native Plant Society of Texas, Trinity Forks Chapter,  the Elm Fork Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist, and the Texas Women’s University College of Arts and Sciences.

Additional congratulations to
Sebastian T. from Mrs. Cameron‘s class for earning the Nelson Best in Show designation. 

After the artwork is displayed at several venues around Denton a reception for all of the artists will be held in May of 2024.

This chilly weather arrived just in time for the presentation of the third grade, James Wood Auto Park holiday card contest!  The artwork of Lucas, in Mrs. Robertson’s class,  will be sent in to represent the hours of hard work that our third grade students put into this contest.

Let’s all wish Lucas, good luck as he competes against other third graders in Denton County to win one of the cash prizes generously donated by James Wood auto park. 

4 th and 5 th graders have the opportunity to participate in the Adopt a School Art Contest. These are the entries L A Nelson for this year which illustrate the theme “What Brings Me Joy in Denton ISD.”
I can’t wait to see which ones the district Adopt a School committee choose as first place!

I love how some of these artists took their paintings into the collage studio to add the inhabitants of their towns and castles clipped from magazines.

September 17 th (ish) is International Dot Day which celebrates the creative courage of children worldwide.
In the L.A. Nelson art room students were encouraged to experiment with tools, techniques, processes and materials to stretch and explore in order to “make a mark and see where it takes you.”
The dot inspired works below will be on display in the school board meeting room at Central Office until November 8.

The first meeting of the 4th and 5th grade fiber arts club was a lot of fun. The student were a bit confused when I told them they could use their toes to hold the loop of their friendship bracelets as they wove but soon got into the rhythm of weaving and discussed how calming it was to create the bracelet. They took the project home and I’m looking forward to seeing the finished products.😊

Oh, this makes my heart happy. The artist told me that she wrote ”Me and You”.

We are happy campers at L A Nelson this year! We are celebrating this year’s school wide theme by learning about artists Charlie Russell and Emily Carr who both camped as a way to more fully observe the nature they represented in their paintings.
We are already drawing, painting, collaging, sculpting and constructing in the art room!

Special Areas teacher are happy campers!

The first day of the 2022-23 school year is in the books!

What do art teachers do over Summer Break? We recharge our batteries to become better teachers next year!

I’m leading sessions and learning so much at Texas TaB Lab in Houston, Texas.

https://collindentonspotlighter.com/dentons-youngest-artists-shine-youth-art-month/

Some of Denton’s youngest artists get their chance to shine during Youth Art Month - Collin-Denton Spotlighter Denton ISD and the Greater Denton Arts Council have partnered again for their annual Youth Art Month exhibition running through March 25, with a special reception scheduled for March 9.

March is Youth Art Month!

My favorite art show of the year will feature 8 artists from L. A. Nelson kindergarten through 5 th grade.

This show will hang at the Patterson Appleton Centier located at 400 East Hickory until March 30.

Help me in congratulating the Nelson students who were whose works will be featured in this very exciting show!

Congratulations to Sebastian, Gabby, and Renato for being chosen by many judges to represent L. A. Nelson in the James Wood Auto Park holiday card contest.
These entries represent hours of engagement and persistence for our 3rd grade friends.

Words to live by from a second grader.
“Don’t say no to art. Say yes to art!”

Welcome to the new school year!
We are already making art and learning in the art room.
Second through Fifth grade were or will be issued the “Paper Bag Challenge” during Monday classes.
Students chose teams of 2 or 3 and the team was given a bag of random items and a name of an art supply and process (painting, drawing, or collage) they must use to make an artwork that exemplified something all team members had in common. They knocked it out of the park and had a great time getting to know new classmates and reacquainting themselves to the art room!