Mrs. O'Connell's Art Room

Monday, January 23, 2017

Kindergarten flowers

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After completing our beautiful line paintings, kindergarten students explored collage by cutting them up and transformin...

Masai Self Portraits

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First Graders began the year by discussing self portraits.  We viewed portraits and read the book The Many Faces of the Face to get an ...
Thursday, November 10, 2016

What Lifts You?

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Third graders learned about street artist Kelsey Montague.  Combined with the hashtag what lifts you- her artwork showing angel wings is a...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Line Paintings

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After drawing and creating lines with string Kindergarten student learned how to paint lines with tempera cakes.  We created 6 lines o...

Vocabulary Day!

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I love dressing up and creating costumes!  Vocabulary Day is always so fun- I love to see everyone getting into the creative spirit.  In the...

Harold and The Purple Crayon

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Kindergarten began the year by learning about line.  We learned the poem Larry the Line which is about a snake who can twist his body into a...

Dot Day

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Dot Day was a great success!  Students, teachers, and even some parents created quilt squares.  We discussed unity, variety and symmetry whi...
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Mrs. O'Connell
I am the elementary art teacher at the Garfield School- teaching grades pre-K-5. I graduated from Tufts/The School of the Museum of Fine Arts with a BA in Anthropology and BFA in Fine Art. I also received my Masters from the same schools! I love art and I'm excited to share what I know with my students!!
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