Art with Ms. Navapanich

This year, I was a member of the inaugural cohort of ARTEFFECT Ambassadors. The program is part of the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes and is described as "an online fellowship for educators working directly with K-12 students to foster the visual arts. Educators learn from and alongside other high-level practitioners through art-focused, project-based learning about the Unsung Heroes. During the 2024-2025 school year, Ambassadors will participate in online modules and complete a capstone project to make an impact on their schools and communities." For me, the program was an incredible opportunity to learn and grow as an educator while creating a dynamic program for my students....

ARTEFFECT Unsung Heroes Ambassador Program This year, I was a member of the inaugural cohort of ARTEFFECT Ambassadors. The program is part of the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes and is described as “an online fellowship for edu…

Our huge art project based on the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes is now up on the Artsonia Website! Check out these amazing artists and the heroes they chose. Mega thanks to Mrs. B for helping us get the writing portion complete

Grade 4 LMC Unsung heroes and self portraits from Mount Vernon Elementary School Check out this art show of student artwork posted to Artsonia from Mount Vernon Elementary School.

What a great commercial from the Detroit Institute of arts from 1976!
You’ve gotta have art
Miles and miles of art 🥰

1976 for the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit's premier major art museum

Detroit Institute Of Arts 1976 Commercial (You Gotta Have Art!) Here is a commercial produced in 1976 for the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit's premier major art museum

We learned about Vikings today. We learned that Vikings only bathed once a week. 😳 They made their clothes out of plants, leather, and wool. We learned that they discovered the US first and they traveled by ship and used ravens to help with navigation. What I love about these is how different they are. Some students chose to paint a Viking ship or many ships or a Viking. One set of Vikings is looking out the mouth of a cave that has big giant sharp points at the entrance. I love their creativity...,

Six graders learned about ancient Greece. They looked at symbols and structures and created images of a building or a symbol, ...

The lively first graders did a pretty great job of getting all the paint supplies to the sink. They LOVE washing the tables down at the end of the day often moving on to cleaning table legs and chairs 🥰
I know in a couple of years there will be a student or two who will want to wash, stack and organize everything. And I will let them because they will have moved on from “the sink is a never ending water table” stage IYKYK 😉...

Overlapping hearts with first grade! Practiced our tracing skills, counting, pincer grip and painting. How we finish anything with this lively, energetic group of 6 year olds is amazing 😁 They are always moving, always talking, have big emotions, and are SO excited to be in Art class. 🥰...

The conversation I had with these two friends who were playing with these four characters was absolutely priceless. They talked about how they were saving different recyclables to create a place for their characters (You know Ms N like a Barbie Dreamhouse) They talked about how all the joints moved and you could pose them in different ways. What I loved most is how creative they were with just their lunch boxes, some action heroes and a juice cup. The plastic cup was a hot tub. The house was the lunch box. In the other lunch box was a basketball hoop. Imagine if life could always be viewed with that creative lens of a child. ...

I just love all their creative boxes of chocolates. We talked about how chocolate was made and that all of the decorations on top of a chocolate tell you what’s inside. Every company has their own designs. The kids got super creative with the colors and the swirls. 😎 It was really fun to hear what all their flavors were. 😁 When I was on my way to the teacher lunchroom, a group of kids invited me to sit with them at lunch-I can never say no to that! 😁 We have some of the sweetest most thoughtful students. 🥰...

Had dinner with a friend. We cooked and chatted and caught up. It was such a lovely evening. These were the napkins she put out for us 🥰 They remind me of Klimt. ❤️...
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Second graders made some pretty awesome Pete the Cat and his friends! They got to put Pete, the cat or his friend into their own settings, add a heart with a message or just decoration. They listed to the book Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day is Cool. Great job Tigers! ...

Hey art teacher friends who teach middle and high school this is a cool opportunity for students who enjoy competitions. Thinking of your talented artists 😁...

What a fun time hop! Thanks google photos 9 years ago preschoolers brought me this jar of kisses and sang “Will you be my valentine?” Nothing as sweet as a lively pack of four year olds singing as they enter the art room! ...
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What a fun memory from DSES and year of the monkey! I miss that school. They always had a lot of cultural events. For Lunar New Year there was a dragon dance assembly and I always made sure every class had art to display. 🥰...

Concentric hearts with Kindergartners! this one is an oldie but goodie! So colorful and good for a the prewriting and art skill building. Ties in nicely to Kandinsky and color theory. ...

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Hearts, hearts, and more hearts ❤️ so colorful and fun just what we needed during this rainy week. Great job Tigers! ...

Fourth graders looked at the artwork of Reggie Lawrence, and saw a video of him, talking to students who were making art in his style. So cool to see the artist in his studio and hear him tell everyone to be creative and their art is their own! ...

If you know how much I love watercolor, then you know how much I loved doing this project for Heart banner (bunting) using crayon or oil pastel and watercolor. Directions are on their website 😁 ...

Always fun to see these projects in This was a fun project. I love making puppets. ...
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Today we started looking Unsung Heroes, choosing heroes who meant something to us and brainstorming ideas for our project. So grateful to Toni and her team for creating an analog option for my classes. I loved all the conversations about what heroes they were attracted to and why. ...

Another installation at our very own Lemon Grove library. These beautiful Koinoburi fish were made by second graders. I love this partnership with the library and I know our students and families love it too. ...

Went next door to see the Science teacher’s friends today. Wally was very interested in watching eruption swim. 😉 Our students are so lucky to have Ms. J with all her critters and plants that come for a visit 🥰 Thank you Ms. J for making our team and learning so much fun....

I love online workshops! This was an amazing one with children’s book illustrators and was the perfect company for me while I mounted and labeled 50+ pieces of art for our LG library and worked on submissions for the K8 show. ...

PROUD Art Teacher moment! I learned today that this beautiful piece by one of our 4th graders will be featured on the back of the monthly planner. I received this email from the Promote Your Art Program: “CONGRATULATIONS! The artwork, Buddy the Parrot, created by your student, was selected as one of the images featured on the back cover of the Davis Monthly Planner!“ I’ve known this artist, since she was in kindergarten-how lucky am I? ...
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Kindergarten artists drew their own dragons and learned about Lunar New Year. 2024 is year of the dragon 🐲...

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What a great Zoom workshop this evening with and Savannah from We learned about the work that they are doing, volunteer opportunities, and what education is needed for careers in organizations like this. Thank you so much Savannah! ...

💜 what’s on the table at the equity conference this morning!
Memories of Khunya’s house 🥰 .vs.the.world .navapanich

So much good stuff! Thank you for all you do! ❤️ I have to say that while I appreciated the vendor workshops, the presentations from our very own San Diego county school districts are 🔥🔥🔥 The student panel at the end of the day was incredible. I learned so much from those young adults! It was great to catch up with and chat about all things VAPA. A huge bonus for me was seeing a former student who was presenting today with her high school! 🥰 She said I’m the reason she learned her primary colors (swoon) and has any art skills (I doubt that) she still remembered our art room call and response: Red, Yellow, Blue… (do you know what the response is?)
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Thank you for donating some kiwi crate activity boxes to our Youth Art Month participants! ...

For this lesson, we looked at art by Hugette Caland. Huguette was a Lebanese painter, sculptor, and fashion designer. She was born in Lebanon but often worked in Los Angeles. Her artwork can be seen in collections all over the world. The students and I discussed the shapes and colors as well as how she used different media and made clothing....

Art inspired by Hugette Caland For this lesson, we looked at art by Hugette Caland. Huguette was a Lebanese painter, sculptor, and fashion designer. She was born in Lebanon but often worked in Los Angeles. Her artwork can be see…