Open House Art Show 2018
On April 5th we celebrated Bacich Open House. It was a very special evening. The raindrops didn't seem to deter hundreds of moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, siblings and Bacich Bears from visiting the Bacich Art Show. Over 600 fabulous, colorful pieces of artworks were on display. Students were proud to share their works with their families and friends.
Bacich Community Art Fence
School Wide Project
Progress Report
TK-4th Grade
Fourth grade students have finished their collaborative art pieces for the Bacich Community Art Fence. Some 4th graders have been volunteering their recess time to help younger students with tasks at hand for our Art Fence project!
KT- 3rd grade students have continued their collaborative work on their pieces and are moving into the final stages of completion. Pieces have been painted in realistic, or artistic color schemata. Students have been enjoying embellishing their art fence pieces with decorative painting techniques.
Third and second grade students have been working with upcyling bottle caps and lids to add visual accents and texture. We can all hardly await the installation of this truly amazing school wide Project Based Learning and Arts Integration project. We have scheduled two installation dates, June 1 and June 7. It's going to be a dazzling display, 300 pieces assembled and installed on the Bacich chain-link fence facing Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
Check out the Instagram link below to follow our progress. We will be adding pictures daily.
Bacich STEAM on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bacichsteam/?hl=en
4th GRADE: Soft Sculptures
Soft sculpture is a type of sculpture made using cloth, foam, rubber, plastic, paper, fibers and similar material that are supple and not rigid. They can also be made out of natural materials if combined to make a none rigid object. Soft sculpture art is very popular in Japan with artists like Yayoi Kusama boosting the heritage of this new and innovative medium for interior design. Popularized in the 1960s by artists such as Claes Oldenburg with his props and objects Oldenburg created for performances.
Fourth grade students sketched ideas for their own, original soft sculpture "aka stuffies". Students practiced to revise their sketches to make a sewing pattern. Some students made asymmetrical designs, some folded their papers in half to make their designs symmetrical. Students added a 1/4 inch seam allowance to their patterns to allow enough space for stitching.
Students were introduce to sewing 101: needle threading, knot tying, the basics of stitching: running stitch, whipstitch, blanket stitch, and sew on a button. Based on their sewing skill levels students chose a stitch to fit their skills. Students gently pushed acrylic fiberfill into their soft sculptures. Students appliqued faces and other features and sewed on buttons for eyes.
Students were introduce to sewing 101: needle threading, knot tying, the basics of stitching: running stitch, whipstitch, blanket stitch, and sew on a button. Based on their sewing skill levels students chose a stitch to fit their skills. Students gently pushed acrylic fiberfill into their soft sculptures. Students appliqued faces and other features and sewed on buttons for eyes.
We are a "maker culture"! Students enjoyed this maker project, the process from creating a pattern to the finished piece. It was engaging to boys and girls alike because persistence was required to solve problems as they occurred. Students helped each other, which made this a nice teamwork project.
