Ogden School District had their Elementary Festival of Arts at Ogden’s Union Station from May 16-20. Elementary students from all over Ogden performed in the lobby and artwork was posted from the elementary schools throughout the district. Here are some photos of the pieces and performances by our BTSALP elementary schools! Click here to see this post on our Facebook page.

Lincoln Elementary – Ross Lunceford, Principal –  Charla Hedgepeth, BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist –  2nd Grade Watercolor and marker

Lincoln Elementary – Ross Lunceford, Principal – Charla Hedgepeth, BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist – 3rd Grade Oil pastel and watercolor

James Madison Elementary – Vincent Ardizzone, Principal – Brent Rhodes, BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist – Teacher’s Portrait 1st Grade Marker and crayons

James Madison Elementary – Vincent Ardizzone, Principal – Brent Rhodes, BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist – 5th Grade Tempera paint

Hillcrest Elementary – Jennifer DeCorso, Principal – Charla Hedgepeth, BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist – 2nd Grade Paper and tempera paint

Horace Mann Elementary – Jileen Xochimitl, Principal – Brent Rhodes, BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist – 4th grade Oil pastel and glue

Horace Mann Elementary – Jileen Xochimitl, Principal – Brent Rhodes, BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist – 2nd Grade Collage and print

Horace Mann Elementary – Jileen Xochimitl, Principal – Brent Rhodes, BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist – 3rd grade Marker and watercolor

Taylor Canyon Elementary – Jeanne Clifton, Principal – Leslie Ireland, BTSALP Drama Specialist – Ms. Bowman’s 3rd grade class and Mrs. Ireland turned the book “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back” into a play!

Taylor Canyon Elementary – Jeanne Clifton, Principal – Leslie Ireland, BTSALP Drama Specialist – Ms. Malan’s 4th grade class wrote their own play “Because of Darin: The Perfect Play (Not!)” The class created and wrote the scenes, Mrs. Ireland edited it, and the class made the props and found the costumes. The play has been published and can be purchased on Amazon.

May is a month of performances! In the past week, we have attended over 7 shows at BTSALP elementary schools in the Ogden and Weber School Districts and there are plenty more shows to see!

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Taylor Canyon Elementary School – Jeanne Clifton, principal
Drama Specialist: Leslie Ireland (Ogden School District)
Mrs. Ireland’s after school drama program performed “Cinderella Hood,” which combines the stories of Cinderella and Robin Hood.

Ms. Miller’s 6th Grade Class
Ms. Miller’s 6th grade class performed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Lomond View Elementary School – Kevin Chase, principal
Music Specialist: Daniel White (Weber School District)
Mrs. Broad’s 5th Grade Class
Mr. White and Mrs. Broad work on the musical “The American Revolution” with their 5th grade students. The students choreographed the musical, created the sets and props, and blocked it as well!

Wasatch Elementary School – Donna Corby, principal
Drama Specialist: Cassie Burton (Ogden School District)
Golden Spike
Students at Wasatch Elementary performed in and attended the show “Golden Spike” which describes how the railroads were built in Utah.

Polk Elementary School – Maridee Harrison, principal
Drama Specialist: Cassie Burton (Ogden School District)
6th Grade Shakespeare Scenes
The 6th grade students at Polk Elementary performed scenes from four of Shakespeare’s works: The Tempest, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and Macbeth.

Cassie Burton’s students from Polk and Wasatch Elementary were featured in BTSALP’s April 14 Newsletter!  Click here to see the Newsletter.

Our BTSALP Visual Arts Specialists have provided us with wonderful artwork from their students! These pieces of art show a variety of techniques and cover several topics of Utah history and landscape. The artwork will be given to Legislators at an upcoming luncheon. Thank you, Mr. Rhodes, Ms. Hedgepeth, and Ms. Webb, for the care and time you put into teaching our students in the Ogden and Weber School Districts!

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Hooper Elementary, Ms. Webb (Visual Arts Specialist), Weber School District
Fourth Grade Britto-ized Arches: Students learned about Romero Britto’s artwork and about the arches in Southern Utah. Students drew the Delicate Arch and painted the arch in the style of Britto’s artwork. They painted the arch in warm colors and the sky in cool colors.

Hillcrest Elementary, Ms. Hedgepeth (Visual Arts Specialist), Ogden School District
Kindergarten Self Portraits: Students discussed what makes them healthy and happy.

Hillcrest Elementary, Ms. Hedgepeth (Visual Arts Specialist), Ogden School District
Third Grade Dinosaurs: Students were studying and comparing the landscape of Southern Utah with the possible landscape of Mars.

James Madison Elementary, Mr. Rhodes (Visual Arts Specialist), Ogden School District
Fourth Grade Native Utah Paintings: The students learned about the native people of Utah. Students studied the art of the native people and broke down the art into shapes, patterns, and flat color. (Social Studies and Visual Arts Integration)

James Madison Elementary, Mr. Rhodes (Visual Arts Specialist), Ogden School District
First Grade Bees: The students were reading a story about busy bees and used the art activity to evaluate their comprehension of bee activities and attributes and the beehive is on the state flag. (Language Arts and Visual Arts Integration)

Lincoln Elementary, Ms.Hedgepeth (Visual Arts Specialist), Ogden School District
Fourth Grade Fish Fossils: Fourth graders were studying about rocks and fossils.

WSU’s Arts Learning Collaborative’s leader, Tamara Goldbogen, and puppeteer, Lisa Leibering, were featured in the December 10th – Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program Newsletter.

Click here to read more about the Shadow Puppetry Workshop they presented Wasatch Elementary and Valley Elementary and The Yellow Ball Project they created for the WSU Orchesis dance production!

Ms. Burton working with her 2nd and 3rd graders during the Shadow Puppetry Workshop.

Lisa Leibering presenting the Shadow Puppetry Workshop.

Photos below are courtesy of the Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities.

WSU’s Arts Learning Collaborative hosted a Visual Arts Integration Workshop in November combining art activities with a guided tour of the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Confetti & Distress/Honey & Suspicion by Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor exhibit (by Lydia Gravis, Gallery Director). K Stevenson, Professor of Art at WSU, presented a recycled sculpture activity and Erinne Roundy, Art Teacher at North Davis Preparatory Academy, presented a printmaking activity. Classroom teachers and art specialists from Weber, Ogden, Davis, and surrounding charter schools, as well as Weber State preservice teachers, created some great prints and sculptures!

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Erinne Roundy presenting her print to workshop attendees.

Completed prints!

K Stevenson presenting her recycled sculpture activity.

Out and About Visit with Alisa Webb: Alisa Webb is the BTSALP Visual Arts Specialist at Hooper and North Ogden Elementary Schools. On November 16, her Hooper Elementary School first graders were creating a story about monsters using verbs and nouns. Her students did a great job using crayons and watercolors to create their monsters! Walking through the school, there were wonderful pieces of artwork posted that were created in Ms. Webb’s classroom (like these totem poles and salt figures). She did a great job with classroom management and incorporating Mona Lisa as an example of good posture and focus!

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Alisa Webb used this as a great classroom management strategy!

Ms. Webb describing what a noun is.

Watercolors from the first grade classes at Hooper Elementary School, working on nouns and verbs.