Paint, Shrinky Dinks and chicken wire? These were among the makings of priceless works of art at Ocean Palms Elementary School, where a new grade-level art auction was unveiled, featuring artists from none other than the halls and classrooms of OPE.
As part of the school’s Children’s Access to Art Program (CAAP), art lessons are taught monthly in classrooms of all grades, often centered around well-known artists.
Using this concept, CAAP volunteers had students create a collaborative piece of art as a grade level that mirrored a famous work of art or used concepts from that piece.
More than 950 tiny pieces of art soon came together to form seven art installations, spanning from pre-K to fifth grade. Each piece of art was showcased at the school’s STEM and Art Show Night, and later auctioned off.
Families saw works inspired by Frida Kahlo’s “Self Portrait,” Paul Klee’s “Untitled,” Jackson Pollock’s “Blue Poles” and more. Additionally, families perused other CAAP projects, pictures of students engaged in these artistic lessons, and enjoyed interactive art installations — say cheese with Mona Lisa!
It was a night that embraced color, creativity and the artist in all of us.
