Monthly Archives: December 2017

I wrote to Chaiozza and here’s their reply!

Hello Chelsea,

Thank you so much for reaching out to us! We absolutely LOVE seeing the students work and what an honor it is to be the inspiration for such wonderful pieces! We may even have to use some of the students’ ideas as inspiration ourselves;)

Glad to know our work is making it across the world and into your classroom. We hope the students gained some insight into shape-making, material experimentation, color and pattern play, and the struggles and joys of trying to make art.

Thanks again for sharing and enjoy a wonderful holiday season!

All Best,

Adam Frezza & Terri Chiao

Well done kids! Chiaozza has tipped their hat to you all the way from America!

Chiaozza!!

This semester students in the Junior Art Extension Class have been looking at the work of collaborative duo, Adam Frezza and Terri Chiao, AKA Chiaozza (www.eternitystew.com). The students started with experimental sketches and paintings, followed by small clay ‘plant’ sculptures and culminated in creating larger papier-mâché plant sculptures. This project allowed students to work with a variety of different mediums and explore different colour and pattern combinations. The results are fantastic, hope you enjoy them as much we enjoyed making them!

There are some insects in the library!!

Congratulations to The Grade 4 Art Club for creating these amazing large-scale butterfly sculptures. These students spent every Friday lunchtime for three terms creating these amazing sculptures, which are now installed in the library.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

We have had such a fabulous year in the Arts department here at Bell. We have thoroughly enjoyed working with all the amazingly talented and creative kids over 2017 and look forward to another fun-filled year in 2018. Happy festive season, Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you all! From Chelsea and Milica

Grade 5/6 Sci-Fi Vignettes

This Term, Grade 5/6 students went Back to the Future! They set upon a mini Inquiry into the Science Fiction genre (Sci-Fi) and detailed their own characters using digital MindMapping tools. Students then unleashed their creativity to compose a vignette (short composition) to represent their chosen character using the Soundation program. They explored how famous Sci-Fi composers use technology and the elements of music to create drama and tension through music. Here are some awesome examples of their work!

Oscar and Daniel – 5/6E

Amelia and Goldie – 5/6E

Charlotte B and Maggie – 5/6F

Henry W and Henry H – 5/6F

Lily and Darcy – 5/6L

Sean and Raymond – 5/6L

Aimee and Ayesha – 5/6M

Romy and Allister – 5/6M

Xavier and Thomas – 5/60

Elizabeth and Tahlia – 5/60

Grade 3 and 4 Open Mic Club

In Term 4, Grade 3 and 4 students had the opportunity to participate in a lunchtime Open Mic club. This club gave students the chance to practice performing songs in front of an audience, just like at a real Open Mic event. Students could come and just be an audience member if they preferred and learnt what it meant to be a good audience. We had some amazing performances!

Grade 1 and 2 Boomwhacker compositions

This Term, students in Grade 1 and 2 learnt all about the percussive colourful tubes called Boomwhackers. They experimented with how to make sounds from these instruments and learnt how to follow traditional and digital notation. Students also used a rhythmic template to create their own compositions. Here are some Boomwhacking examples!

Prep Percussion fun!

In Term 4, Prep students delved further into exploring pitch and basic form in music. They learnt about steps and leaps when using intervals and looked at different pieces that used musical patterns. Here are some Preps playing Hot Cross Buns on percussion instruments!

Grade 3 and 4 Native American music arrangements

In conjunction with their visual Art projects this term, Grade 3 and 4 students studied the music of the Native Americans. Students learnt a traditional Sioux tribe chant called ‘Epanay’ and worked together in groups to create their own arrangements of the song. Here are some examples:

Grade 3/4 Navajo inspired clay looms

This term, students in Grade 3/4 looked at the ceramic and textile work of Navajo people. Inspired by the colours, textures and patterns in traditional Navajo crafts, students created clay looms, paper painted feathers and woven centre pieces. This project allowed students to work with a variety of different mediums and explore colour and pattern theory.