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Long students prepare for UIL art competition
By Britney Tabor: britney_tabor@terrelltribune.com
Members of the Long Elementary art teams are only weeks away from competing in the University Interscholastic League regional art contest and they are raising the bar to ensure they're prepared.
Ten students broken up into two teams of five meet with fourth-grade ESL teacher Alice Russell once a week to memorize the titles of 40 prints and the names of the artists who created the pieces. Students must memorize 40 artists and pieces between the years of 1400 and 2000. The students will be tested on 10 artists and their works at the regional competition, which will be hosted at noon Dec. 8 at Long. Russell said about six schools will compete in the competition.
She said the students preparing for the competition are highly motivated, sincere and dedicated to preparing for next month's contest. Russell said the school lost its art programs about four years ago but she is happy to see students who are interested and want to learn more about art.
“All children have some kind of creative ability and they need an opportunity to express that more,” she said.
As a way to help her students do that, Russell invited her daughter, Amber Thurman, owner of the Web site theartaddict.com, to Long last week after school to help the teams practice for the UIL competition. During a two-hour session, Thurman, who is an artist and a student at the University of Texas at Dallas, quizzed the students on four paintings and then had them draw their own art pieces inspired by what they viewed. She also taught the students about elements of art and history during the session.
Parents were invited to attend and sat alongside their children to draw their own pieces of work on small canvasses inspired by the prints Thurman displayed. She also introduced them to gift art, a form of canvas painting that displays a card with a personalized message attached. The participants in the session used pastels, oil pastels, pencils, thread, colored pencils and acrylic paint to create their masterpieces.
Russell said she set up the session to generate excitement and interest among her students.
Raye Rangel, a fourth-grade art team member, said she had a lot of fun during the session. The 9-year-old said she learned from Thurman that art is fun and that when you draw something, it doesn't have to be perfect.
Ashlyn Villanueva, who attended the session with her parents, Robert and Cristie, said she enjoyed painting with her family. She said she also enjoyed that she was able to see various art pieces and draw a painting inspired by what she saw. The fourth-grader said she looks forward to next month's competition.
“[I'm] excited to get to show what I've learned and studied,” Villanueva said.
Ten students broken up into two teams of five meet with fourth-grade ESL teacher Alice Russell once a week to memorize the titles of 40 prints and the names of the artists who created the pieces. Students must memorize 40 artists and pieces between the years of 1400 and 2000. The students will be tested on 10 artists and their works at the regional competition, which will be hosted at noon Dec. 8 at Long. Russell said about six schools will compete in the competition.
She said the students preparing for the competition are highly motivated, sincere and dedicated to preparing for next month's contest. Russell said the school lost its art programs about four years ago but she is happy to see students who are interested and want to learn more about art.
“All children have some kind of creative ability and they need an opportunity to express that more,” she said.
As a way to help her students do that, Russell invited her daughter, Amber Thurman, owner of the Web site theartaddict.com, to Long last week after school to help the teams practice for the UIL competition. During a two-hour session, Thurman, who is an artist and a student at the University of Texas at Dallas, quizzed the students on four paintings and then had them draw their own art pieces inspired by what they viewed. She also taught the students about elements of art and history during the session.
Parents were invited to attend and sat alongside their children to draw their own pieces of work on small canvasses inspired by the prints Thurman displayed. She also introduced them to gift art, a form of canvas painting that displays a card with a personalized message attached. The participants in the session used pastels, oil pastels, pencils, thread, colored pencils and acrylic paint to create their masterpieces.
Russell said she set up the session to generate excitement and interest among her students.
Raye Rangel, a fourth-grade art team member, said she had a lot of fun during the session. The 9-year-old said she learned from Thurman that art is fun and that when you draw something, it doesn't have to be perfect.
Ashlyn Villanueva, who attended the session with her parents, Robert and Cristie, said she enjoyed painting with her family. She said she also enjoyed that she was able to see various art pieces and draw a painting inspired by what she saw. The fourth-grader said she looks forward to next month's competition.
“[I'm] excited to get to show what I've learned and studied,” Villanueva said.
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