Kings County Arts in Action
September 2020 Edition
Brought To You By Kings County Office of Education
Our Purpose
Updated Guidance on the Arts
Reviewers Needed
Arts from a Distance
KCOE After School Arts
Lemoore Union Elementary School Music Department 2020-21
Pioneer Middle School Online Artwork
Current 7th graders are starting the year with a review of the basics. Students throughout the site are working to master taking pictures of their work and turning them in online.
Teacher Emily McCaslin has started a virtual space to give students some avenues to express themselves during these dark times. She appreciates the middle school humor and flair that students are bringing to the space.
Akers Art Adjustments
At Akers School on the Naval Air Station, art teacher Brian Fraley is working to give the students curriculum that is as normal as possible regarding the visual arts. He encourages them to work with the materials they have available at home. Even with a pencil and paper there is so much that can still be accomplished.
Mr. Fraley is innovating his arts instruction and has built a makeshift iPad platform that serves as a projector so that he can share the camera view of his desktop with students via zoom. Students are receiving 30 minutes of direct art instruction during his classes. He misses the opportunity to monitor their work in progress and give them instant feedback, but is using technology such as Showbie to provide formative feedback for his students and is working on other methods of instruction, such as prerecorded video demonstrations and resources from online art instructors to be shared.
Students started the year with basic sketches of some personally related items titled “Some Things Important To Me”. This was a basic ice breaker assignment that was to help students make a personal connection to drawing and visual expression.
At the end of August the class took a look at the stylistic variation of painting by Joan Miro. Students were introduced to the Autodesk Sketchbook app on their school issued iPads and given instruction of some of the basic functions of using this drawing and painting tool. Their assignment was to use similar symbolic lines and shapes found in Miro’s work and create a unique composition of their own.
In grades 1-5, class has been focused more on the use of basic shapes and lines to create an intersecting composition. Students used their choice of medium to color the various resulting shapes from the multiple intersections.
Artist - Shiloh Claridad
Artist - Sophia Johnson
Artist - John Perez
Artist - Emmelin Anderson
Artist - Tim Berkenkamp
Artist - Jannyne Superales
Artist - Nolan Wengerd
Lemoore High School Drama Take on the Museum Challenge
Hanford High School Building Community
The Hanford High Choirs and Guitar classes have been working diligently under the current distance learning model. They have been sight reading, working on solos, and preparing for large virtual performances. The students have been recording their progress in a program called Flipgrid. The students can watch each other’s videos and give positive, constructive feedback.
The theme this year is Building Community and Making Connections. The students will be showcasing small group performances on the HJUHSD Performing Arts YouTube Channel, and some of the ensembles will be debuting full choir virtual performances!
The Choir Executive Council is working with Ms. McGill to come up with ideas to share our love of music with the community. These ideas include, teaching a song to an elementary class and singing virtually for area nursing homes and other community groups. If you are interested in any of these collaborations, please contact Jennifer McGill at jmcgill@hjuhsd.k12.ca.us.
HJUHSD YouTube
HESD Bitmoji Band Classes
Hanford West Chamber Singers Make It Work
Artist - Minmae Yang
Artist - Ciarah Kalombo
Artist - Qai Lee
VAPA Arts Resources for Educators
The Kings County Office of Education VAPA website has resources and information about the arts in Kings County.