Happy Friday!

Today is midterm! It is hard to believe that we are already one eighth of the way through the school year and one quarter of the way through Creative Arts! I have so many more exciting projects planned, and students are doing a fantastic job powering through them.

At the beginning of this week, I introduced our unit on Africa. Students will be working in groups to create a musical performance, including both Djembe drumming techniques and African dance. Before starting this group project, students have been working on a mini visual art project. Students selected an African animal, drew the outline and filled the inside with zentangles, a relaxing, repetitive doodle. Most students are currently working on painting the backgrounds, showing their ability to create a value scale. I am impressed, yet again, with the creativity that all the students are bringing to this project!

I was finally able to hang the kaleidoscope artwork this week, so here are some images from the displays!