Congratulations to our Bell School Art Students for their selected entries into the National Grand Bank Art Show!
Works from Marblehead Public Schools grades K-12 will be on display during the winter in the lobby of the NGB Main Branch located on Pleasant Street in Marblehead.

Original art created by our very talented young Bell School students.
Front Row - Left to Right: Madeline & Madeleine grade 3, Cameron & Anais grade 3. Back Row - Left to Right: Matilda grade 2, Riley grade 2, Sadie grade 3 and Sam grade 3.

Art...Art and more Art

The spring is always a busy time in the art room. Finishing up end of the year projects. Sorting though and organizing student portfolios. Pulling together beautiful samples of student art for Bell Fine Art Night.

This years Fine Arts Night was given some extra special help in making the kids work be presented in a professional way. A very generous grant from the Friends of the Marblehead Public Schools to the Marblehead Public Schools Fine Art Department made 15 professional display panels available to display almost 400 pieces of student art. Families and friends were able to view the Kindergarten though third grade art throughout upper Bell hallways and Library.
 

On Tuesday, June 10^th, grades K, 1, 2 and 3 showcased art and music at the Bell School Fine Arts Night. The evening begin at 6:00pm with an art exhibition of all grades in the Lobby, 2^nd and 3^rd Grade Halls and the Library of the Upper Bell School.  The Bell School Garden will be dedicating their new garden mural at 6:00PM, families had access to this space outside to go exploring with their children.  The musical exhibition were held in the gym. First Grade performed Patriotic Songs and a Farewell to First Grade . Second Grade performed American Folk Songs and Dances and Third Grade presented a Recorder Concert and a Farewell to Bell School. The night completed with a PTO raffle of staff created ceramic art.
 

Congratulations Bell School Second and Third Grade!

Dino-Sauring

Bell School Winter Musical 2014

Francesca Simone, Music Director

Tammy Nohelty, Artistic Director

Amie James, Choreographer

Congratulations to the second and third graders of Bell School on their fantastic performance of the 2014 Winter Musical, Dino-Sauring.  The show incorporated various styles of music, which told the stories and presented educational facts about specific dinosaurs.  The third grade students acted as the narrators for the show.  Students’ “Dino-Party” artwork was showcased via a slide show throughout the performance and the auditorium was decorated with six-foot reproductions of a few selected pieces from this artwork.  Each class had a moment to shine as they performed choreographed dances center stage.  Students wore coordinating t-shirts and headpieces that they created in the art classroom.  Both shows were well attended and enjoyed a great success.  

Thank you to our principal, Mrs. Zaeske, Mrs. Louisos, the 2nd and 3rd Grade General Ed teachers, our Access team, Bell School PTO and all of the friends and family of the Bell School. 

Dino-Sauring Student Art for Stage

Lauren a senior at Marblehead High School and a member of the National Art Honor Society spends the day creating mural sized reproductions of Bell School art student dinosaur designs for our up coming 2014 Winter Musical.

Rip-Roaring Dino-Sauring!

National Grand Bank - Visual Art K-12 Student Exhibition Fall/Winter 2014

The following students from Mrs. Nohelty's art classroom have been selected to be exhibited at the bi-annual Marblehead Public School Art Exhibition at the National Grand Bank on Pleasant Street in Marblehead. The work showcases student work from K-12 art students in the MPS. Work selected will be on display from November 2013 until March 2014. 

Students left to right: Remington Tilkens, Theo Scola, Evan Manning, Caroline Janney, 

Madeleine Conlon  

Birch Trees by Caroline Janney

Falling Leaves by Madeleine Conlon

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3rd Grade - Hundertwasser Color and Texture Study

 

Hundertwasser is one of my favorite lessons so far this year. During the fall I was enrolled in a visual art course for art educators. In one of the units on color theory for elementary art I came across this awesome lesson by Patty at Deep Space Sparkle. This lesson was originally created for 5th grade but my Bell 3rd graders were well up to the challenge and accomplished some very visually appealing work.

The lessons main concept was to develop the students understanding of warm and cool color palettes, patterns, lines, composition and abstract imagery. It also has strong art history component by introducing art students to Hundertwasser (1928-2000), "a visionary and responsible creator, who mobilized the power of his art in order to spread his message for a life in harmony with nature and the individual creativity. Hundertwasser was a symbolic figure for a non-conformist way of life, a forerunner of environmental protection and an ambassador for a self-determined alternative existence."

A wonderful resource for students is Harvesting Dreams: Hundertwasser Kids by Barbara Stieff and Hundertwasser (Taschen 25th Anniversary) by Harry Rand.

 

 

3rd Grade Students at Work 2013 - Hundertwasser Lesson

 

 

Student Art