2023 SEMESTER 1 VIRTUAL GALLERIES

I am now creating virtual galleries as a way to celebrate the art from semester 1.

Grade 8 Gallery LINK

Grade 7 Gallery LINK

Grade 6 Gallery LINK

I also created this video as a way to celebrate our semester 1 artists this year.

2022 – 2023 RESET after Covid

Here is the LINK to the blog post.

2022- 23 SEMESTER 1, VIRTUAL ART

We decided to keep the virtual galleries for semester 1. Due to the amount of time it takes to put this together my principal allowed me to take a couple of days to create these. Each gallery takes 8-10 hours for 1 person to create, but I still think it is totally worth it!

Here is the LINK to the blog post about it. This is where you can access each gallery.

2021 – 2022 Still Recovering from Covid

You can read more about these exhibitions here.

Next year, I hope to do this for semester 1 and have the traditional art party at the end. Ideally, I’d love to have both events at the end of the year (physical and virtual). This helps with increasing an authentic audience. I love that the students and parents can revisit a virtual gallery, all artwork can be scaled, and put into frames. Whereas, our physical exhibition is huge and the small pieces are often overlooked and none of the art is in frames.

To access ALL galleries, just click HERE then choose which ones you’d like to see.

2020 – 2021 Covid VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

Any art teachers considering a virtual gallery, I highly recommend Artsteps – I believe it is the best out there!

Once I figured out how to move around in the space (this took time being a non-gamer), the students chose their favourite artwork and added it to a Google folder, then they did a voice recording, since it was done on their phones it was the wrong format, so I converted them all in iTunes. This was quicker than it sounds. The rest was easy and actually really fun. Choosing placement and frames for the art. Because of the permissions issue (users have to be 18years old), I did have to do it for the students myself, but older students can build their own galleries.

I also created a basic tutorial for parents and teachers so that they could learn how to use this tool. Lastly, we were ready to share. So here they are:

GRADE 8 VIRTUAL GALLERY LINK

GRADE 7 VIRTUAL GALLERY LINK

If you would like to read more about my journey to this amazing online platform you can read it here.

2019 MS/HS ART PARTY

You can read more about this event HERE.

2018 MS/HS ART PARTY

For more information about this event please click HERE.

2017 ART PARTY MS/HS ART EXHIBIT

DISPLAYS AROUND SCHOOL

I always have exhibits up around the school which change regularly throughout the year. I don’t usually photograph them though. This page is dedicated to those special exhibits which happen once a year, for example, our annual Art Party.

G8 Printmaking Exhibit, June 2016

This exhibition was a part of the Social Studies, English and Science, Human Rights collaboration expo. It was on display for a week.

Crescent Mall Exhibit G7, May 2016

After the 2016 MS/HS art party we took down the grade 7 umbrellas and delivered them to the Crescent Mall. They were on display for three weeks. They looked fabulous!

MS/HS Art Party, May 2016

MS/HS Art Party 2016, SSIS from Rebecca Jardin on Vimeo.

Sculpture Chair Expo G8, April 2016

One Friday afternoon, my students celebrated the completion of their sculptures by having an informal expo. Parents, teachers and classes were invited to come and view the chairs and to ask questions. It was a VERY good turn out, not too crowded and not too quiet!

20th May 2015 ART Party, SSIS

We had it set up in the atrium and auditorium.

On the 20th of May we had our FIRST Art Party and Exhibit at SSIS. All of my grade 6, 7, and 8 students ran workshops for the entire SSIS community. For a first event it was very well supported. Everything was on display from all year from the Mandala umbrellas to the book sculptures. We invited Vidya back to create flour mandalas in the center of the Auditorium. Once again they were absolutely gorgeous!

The students ran workshops in the auditorium and outside. We had folder making, CD mandalas, monster drawing, box painting, circle painting, chandelier making, stop motions and digital art just to mention a few.

So what was the feedback from students and staff?

What a wonderful Art Party! To see the community engaged in that way was truly fantastic. I know that it takes a tremendous amount of work to make an event of this nature come off without a hitch. All of your work in pre-planning, organization, training students, etc. is so very appreciated.

Congratulations on your very successful event!

Molly, MS Principal

I think that the exhibition space itself was really well designed to show the art off in the best way (e.g. hanging the umbrellas, putting the related projects together). I also think that the workshops were a complete success and produced really interesting art as well as gave people a fun and interactive way to be a part of the exhibition.

Celine, Grade 8

The Art exhibit is a great environment. The music is great and the mood feels like a museum. I expected 15 minutes but had to drag my third graders out after 30 minutes, they were so engaged! Not to be missed.

Congrats to Rebecca for a successful Art show!

Jeremy, 3rd Grade Teacher

I enjoyed teaching little kids oil pastel blending and introducing them to art in middle school. I enjoyed teaching different ages of people in oil pastel. Middle schoolers, little kids, late elementary, and teachers.

Doris, Grade 7

I really enjoyed talking with some of the parents and kids about the programs we were using because explaining this to people who have no idea what they are doing is a lot of fun and is just a great feeling. I also enjoyed all the kids having fun at different stations especially mine because it shows that we did a good job on explaining what to do and they were telling their other friends who were coming around what to do and that really just goes to show that they really enjoyed themselves and that means a lot to me.

Gabe Grade 7

I loved the exhibition because the lighting, the environment of the exhibition gives the feeling of the cosiness and the feeling of being welcome with free food and just people doing art so that you can just observe anywhere. You can just be free wonder around enjoy anything and everything.

Jan, Grade 6

It was truly lovely to meet you today and to witness the work that went into the setting-up of this detailed art exhibition as a result off your inspiring artistic encouragement and manifestation throughout the school year, was MAJESTIC!!!. Corny as I may sound, I mean every word that I’m writing AND I actually welled-up before a few chosen few pieces that truly moved me. Thank you thank you. What a treat for us all!

Julie, Grade 6 Parent

30th of May 2014 , LCS Ghana

The art party was a HUGE success, the best one yet. Mainly because I moved it inside this time which allowed us to be in air conditioning and created an awesome art walk. The art was displayed outside, inside, in the corridor and upstairs in three rooms. The setting created quite an “arty” maze. The kids were so excited because they didn’t know what they were going to find in each room.

The grade 8,9 and 10 students ran the whole show. The managers, workshop leaders, photographers, food and chair guards were all students. We had three drawing floors, a group canvas painting, paper plate weaving, chalk owls, paper cut dancers, group circle murals, CD mandalas plus so much more. It was busy and noisy but everyone was having a good time and on task. I could not have been happier with my students. We also had amazing food provided by the kindness of our parents.

2014 LCS Poetry Event April 30th

During the MS assembly we presented the poetry paintings that the students have been working so hard on this year. The event was a huge success except for the power cut which unfortunately effected the first 3 performers. Mr Jardin introduced the event by explaining that all grade 6, 7, and 8 students have been studying poetry in their English classes and this presentation was a celebration for poetry month.