Tapestry Landscape
artwork by third grade student 

The Art Infusion Program at Glencoe

The Art Infusion Program at Glencoe Elementary School was created in January 2001 by parent volunteers who were committed to providing more visual arts for the classroom. 

Based on a program developed for Sunset Elementary School in Wilsonville by Lee Ogle, an art consultant at Portland State University, Glencoe parents attend monthly training sessions where they are guided through a series of lessons and produce their own artwork. After their training, parents are able to go into the classrooms and teach the lesson. These monthly art lessons are thematic and are based either on subjects such as World Art and/or famous artists or by art mediums such as watercolors or drawing.

  Van Gogh, “Starry Night”
artwork by third grade student 

The Goals of the Art Infusion Program

• To develop proficiencies in K-5 State of Oregon art literacy standards
• To learn how to see through a different eye
• To think of and present themselves as artists
• To develop drawing skills
• To develop artistic ability by trying a variety of techniques and media
• To understand the relationship of time, cultures and art history
• To understand the creative process
• To have fun

  Monet, “Water Lilies”
artwork by first grade student 

 ART INFUSION LESSONS FOR THE
2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR

Kindergarten –Harvest Pumpkins (watercolor), 5 Basic Elements (colored pencil), Holiday Foam Cards (printmaking), Snow People (watercolor), Still Life (crayon), Miro (oil pastels), Finger Prints (stamp pads/pen), Cave painters (chalk)

1st/2nd Grades –5 Basic Elements (black marker & orange paper), Chinese Panda (tempera paint), Holiday Foam Prints (printmaking), Train Tracks (perspective, colored pencil), Cherry Blossoms (watercolor/straw),  Monet, “Water Lilies” (tempera paint), Georgia O’Keefe  (oil pastel), Landscape (chalk rubbing)

3rd /4th Grades –Faces Vases (colored pencil), Sunset Silhouette (watercolor), Holiday Foam Prints (printmaking), Kids Just Want to Have Fun (self-portrait, colored pencil), Mehndi Hand (gel pens), Van Gogh, “Starry Night” (oil pastels), Tapestry Landscape (watercolor), Drawing stuffed animals, (pencil)

5th Grade –Autumn Leaves (watercolor), Contour of a Shoe (Graphite Pencil), Holiday Foam Prints (printmaking), Portraits (charcoal), Picasso (oil pastels), Giant Comes to Town, (colored pencil), Manga Drawing (pen & markers), 5th Grade Mural

 PARENT TRAINING SCHEDULE
2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR

  *As for all training nights, free childcare is provided.

  “Contour of a Shoe”
artwork by fifth grade student

How it all fits together…

Young Audiences’annual Run for the Arts is an annual “jog-a-thon” through which students raise money for arts education. All of the donations go into an account managed by Young Audiences of Southwest Washington and Oregon. Young Audiences is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance young people's learning with creative resources from the arts community.  Our local chapter facilitates a network of services that bring art programming to Glencoe.

The Glencoe Arts Development Committee, made up of Glencoe parents and staff, works to integrate art with other learning experiences.  Using input from teachers, this committee plans how our Run for the Arts money will be spent.  This includes using art to:

• help students meet learning benchmarks
•  provide experience that support different learning styles
• expose students to a variety of multicultural experiences
• connect residencies and performances to classroom learning themes.

The Glencoe Art Show

Scheduled in May is our annual art show. This year the show will be on Thursday, May 20, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in our café. Each student is allowed to select two favorite art pieces to be displayed in the Café for a one night showing. Parents, relatives, neighbors, and friends are encouraged to come. It’s a very special night for our students to be proud and show off their work.

A Special Thanks
Thank you to all of our wonderful, dedicated, and enthusiastic parent volunteers that make this program so successful. We appreciate all that you do for our children and the time that you give.

Tracy Rittenberry, Jill McArthur, & Lydia Hess, Art Infusion Coordinators

Do you want to get involved in the Art Infusion Program?

  Come to one of our monthly training programs or contact one of our coordinators:
Tracy Rittenberry at 503.253.8919 (westracyritten@hotmail.com); Jill McArthur at 971.221.8149 (mcarthur.park@comcast.net); Lydia Hess at 503.234.4757 (Lydia@Lydiahess.com)