1st Grade

1st Grade Self Portraits in collage. Students studied artist Frida Kahlo.

5th Grade

5th Grade Landscapes of the West. Studying artists that influenced Western Expansion, Winslow Homer and Albert Bierdstadt. 

4th Grade

4th Grade Painting in Warm and Cool Colors; then using our paintings to create weavings while considering Colonial weaving

3rd Grade

3rd Grade Mondrian study, comparing Google maps of the neighborhood to artworks.

2nd Grade at the Whitney

Looking at art, making art. The Frank Stella retrospective with class 2-414.

Making connections between shapes in our world and his paintings.

5th Grade

Artists using text to influence others. Artists can influence politics, economics and society through the their artworks.

Harvest Week 2015

Using native plants along with pattern and design

4th Grade

Grade 4, The Tree of Life, symbols in art and our lives.

3rd Grade

3rd Grade Mexican "Day of the Dead" skeletons. 

2nd Grade

2nd Grade, "Brooklyn Landscapes from the Past." Students demonstrate horizon line and distance through the technique of watercolor resist.

1st Grade Sunflowers

Students use collage skills while studying the artist Vincent VanGogh.

Making Paper!

September 2015

First Grade Family Story Quilt, Collage and Illustration.

Welcome to Art! I am always so excited to start the new school year. The new year holds such promise for thoughtful, beautiful artworks! My name is Kristen Adamczyk and I will be teaching grades 1-5. I have been teaching art for over 15 years, as well as a working as a artist. Most recently I exhibited my encaustic paintings at the Shirt Factory Gallery in upstate NY, as well as the 440 Gallery in Park Slope. While teaching art at 29 I am also a parent of 3 boys, ages 16,11 and 9.

Overview of September-December 2015:

Grade One - The life and work of artists such as Vincent VanGogh and Frida Kahlo. The self and families are a year long theme.

Grade Two - Landscape vs. cityscape, showing the illusion of depth in our artwork. A year long theme of architecture.

Grade Three - How art began, The Cave Paintings of Lascaux, France; with a year long theme of “Art Around the World.”

Grade Four - Symbols in art followed by the “Arts of the Native American People.”

Grade Five - How artists influence others, including politics. Throughout the year students will work on building higher level art skills, such as color theory and discussion of artworks.