Category Archives: art
Chasing Vermeer
“Chasing Vermeer”, a mystery by Blue Balliet, has been chosen as the next Read Aloud book for the fifth and sixth graders. The story involves two children who attend the University School in Chicago, a stolen painting (“A Lady Writing”) … Continue reading
Posted in art, language arts, math, McGuffey, upper unit
Empty Bowls
As you can see above, our banners depicting symbols of love, peace, family and friends gave a cheery look to the Empty Bowls event. Many McGuffey families and staff turned out to volunteer and/or purchase bowls that were donated by … Continue reading
Posted in art, community, intermediate unit, McGuffey, primary unit, upper unit
Peace, Love, Friends and Family
This is just a sampling of the banners that the K-6 students created for the Empty Bowls event. McGuffey Foundation School and Many of its family have been participating in this community charity luncheon for many years raising over $30,000 … Continue reading
Empty Bowls to Feature McGuffey Artists, 11/5
McGuffey Foundation School is partnering with the organizers of Oxford “Empty Bowls,” a benefit soup luncheon that celebrates art and service as we bring together the works of our school’s talented artists, Miami University ceramics students, Oxford-area potters and local cooks to raise awareness … Continue reading
Love, Peace, Friends and Family
McGuffey students are beginning to make printing blocks for the banners we make and lend to the Empty Bowls event. Each student is making a simple design that depicts either love, peace, friendship or family. They will print the design … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, art, community, McGuffey
Art show a success!
Many thanks to all of you who turned out for the exhibit of our “ancient” Egyptian artifacts. Some of you even came it costume making the afternoon extra special. We “Danced Like an Egyptian” too! All the mummies, sarcophagi, amulets, … Continue reading
McGuffey goes Cairo—come see our work on Friday!
Grades K-6 have been looking closely at the artistic style and cultural contributions of the people of ancient Egypt. We’ve been very busy replicating “gold” jewelry, amulets, hieroglyphic writing, little mummies and sarchaphogi. During all that art-making we talked about … Continue reading
Oxford Community Art Center
The Oxford Community Art Center Offers a variety of Fine Arts activities for kids raging from music to drama to painting and more. See the fall class brochure.
Topics to share and explore
Blended into the Visual Arts curriculum are topics drawn from the other disciplines at McGuffey. Our art teacher, Liz, has consulted the science and math topics for this year and is conjuring up complementary activities. She’s already planning kinetic sculptures, … Continue reading
Posted in art, intermediate unit, McGuffey, primary unit, upper unit
Upper unit prints SOAR shirts
McGuffey’s SOAR program began on May 6th! SOAR stands for Students Outside, Active and Running. It happens at McGuffey each year in the spring. We set up a course that is 1/7th of a mile, and the students run/walk/sing/hop/eat-their-lunch as … Continue reading
Posted in art, community, fundraising, intermediate unit, McGuffey, physical education, primary unit, upper unit
