Two After-School Q2 Clubs from Open Minds! Thursdays for K-5: Art Around the World • Fridays for K-4: Diggn’ N’ Dirt Earth Science

Open Minds Enrich- Friday 'Diggin N Dirt' Earth Science

Online Signup link (From the Drop-down Menu: choose “Old Town Academy Art Space” or “Old Town Academy Earth Science”). Or download the sign-up form Old Town Academy Art & Earth Science FALL 2014 and turn it in to the Office or at your child’s first class.

Old Town Academy Art-diggn FALL 2014
Click to Print Flyers/Sign-up Sheets: Old Town Academy Art & Earth Science FALL 2014

Spring Gala 7th Grade Art Project Underway: Thank You OTA Art Wizards Steve and Sonja • Thank You Spectrum Glass for the Tile Donations

The 7th Grade students starting on their fused glass panel à la Marc Chagall.

  • Thank you OTA Parent-Volunteers: Ilana Shupper, Alex Carter, Samantha Olenick, Kathy Keith, Johnny Pauwe, Cathy Coleman. 
  • Please join us for the 2014 OTA Wine & Dine!

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OTA Spring Gala Art Projects Are Underway • Thank You to the Lurie Family for 2nd Grade Project Help!

We can’t wait to see 2014’s Student Art Projects. But while we wait…
Here are 2013’s Student Spring Fundraiser Art Projects (Slideshow)
Here are 2012’s Student Spring Fundraiser Art Projects (Slideshow)

Thank You to Norm and Lynne Lurie for coming in last Friday and working with the kids on the Gala project: Botanical Impressions in clay tiles that will be set in a table- the kids really loved working with the clay, and OTA benefited from the Lurie’s experience with ceramics!Image 6

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Art Reception Friday June 7 for 5th Grade Recycled Art – “Friday Night at Liberty” Event.

Van Gogh’s Starry Sky by OTA 5th Graders, Katie and Taylor
Award winning 5th grade art students from Old Town Academy join LonackSignature and local artists in a up-cycled, recycled art show for one night only.  Come see these creative, whimsical and inspiring works and join in some group sculpture activities. This is a memorable event you won’t want to miss!
  • We are having our own gallery show of all the 5th grade students art on June 7th during the Friday Night Liberty event. Please invite your friends and family to the event! Thank You —OTA Parent-Volunteer Jennifer Lonack
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Reception for OTA Artists Katie Foulkes and Annika Warrick • May 16, 5-7 • Museum of Contemporary Art • Vote for Your Favorites!

Katie Under 25 Art Competition Annika Under 25 Art Competition

OTA artists Katie Foulkes  and Annika Warrick are finalists in the 25 & Under Art Contest at the Museum of Contemporary Art! (Special Note: Katie is in Kindergarten; Annika in 1st Grade!)

  • View their art tonight (May 16) at the free Reception: 5 -7PM at the Museum of Contemporary Art downtown San Diego: 1100 Kettner Blvd San Diego, CA 92101
  • View the Top 25 Artworks and vote for your favorites on Facebook here

2013 Wine and Dine Student Art Projects (Slideshow)

Download Previews of Tonight’s Student Art Offerings and Other Auction Items:

OTA 5th Grade Mona Lisa Mosaic Table

* * *  A Very Special Thanks to “Art Wizard” Mr. Steve Shupper and the “Art Fairies”: Kathy Mitchell, Sonja Donahue, Juli Doar, and Stephanie Dillon— who acted as Mentors and Guides to our students, donating many many weeks of hard work to help them create these beautiful and often technically ambitious Spring Gala Art Projects.

* * *  Special Thanks also to the families who purchased art projects and donated them back to the school. We have started hanging student-created art around campus (see Recycled Art Guitar, by Alexander Hanft, Chris Santos, and Quinn Thompson next time you stop by the office) and would like to continue to do so.

To view 2013 Art Projects Slideshow …

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5th Grade – Core Knowledge Renaissance Art Projects, Part 1: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa (Slideshow)

The students have been busy with Renaissance art these past few months… studying with OTA Parent-Volunteer and Art Teacher extraordinaire, Jennifer Lonack.
They started off with a look at the Renaissance man himself, Leonardo di Vinci, and worked with portrait techniques using the Mona Lisa as a model. 
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