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Summertime

shiborigirl wrote 1 week ago: We’re taking the summer off here at Elementary Art but feel free to visit my other blog to see … more »

Tags: elementary art education, LBUSD, long beach art, shibori girl, teaching kids art

Practice Looking

shiborigirl wrote 1 month ago: Our student show will hold it’s reception Thursday the 29th of May from 5 PM to 8 PM at the D … more »

Tags: elementary art education, LBUSD, long beach art, shibori girl, teaching kids art

possibly the last post....

shiborigirl wrote 1 month ago: This is possibly the last post before the year ends as we are busy finishing up the sculptures and … more »

Tags: elementary art education, LBUSD, long beach art, shibori girl, shiborigirl, teaching kids art

elementary art test2 comments

shiborigirl wrote 1 month ago: Imagine! Someone ending up on this blog as a result of a google search of the above! For some reaso … more »

Tags: elementary art education, LBUSD, long beach art, teaching kids art, elementary art test

a little more progress...

shiborigirl wrote 2 months ago: got through a few more sculptures today- 13 to be exact. next week we’ll finish them off and … more »

Tags: LBUSD, long beach art, teaching kids art

second week sculpture progress....1 comment

shiborigirl wrote 2 months ago: no time to go into much detail so the photos will have to do most of the talking. feel free to ask … more »

Tags: LBUSD, long beach art, teaching kids art

sculpture

shiborigirl wrote 2 months ago: We’ve arrived at the last project of the year in the 4th grade classroom-sculpture. If you … more »

Tags: LBUSD, long beach art, teaching kids art

AZ shibori artist needed3 comments

shiborigirl wrote 2 months ago: I recently received a request for a referral for an AZ shibori artist. Here’s the details: He … more »

Tags: Art, business of craft, shibori, Shop Talk, Teaching Kids

student shibori1 comment

shiborigirl wrote 2 months ago: click on each image for a larger view- … more »

Tags: shibori girl, teaching kids art, colorhue, shibori

another day with shibori2 comments

shiborigirl wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday’s lesson was a continuation of shibori dyeing in which the kids dyes a hemmed silk h … more »

Tags: LBUSD, teaching kids art, shibori girl, elementary art education, shibori, itajime

funding public education....

shiborigirl wrote 2 months ago: I just had to post a link to this article which appeared in the LA Times today regarding the educat … more »

Tags: LBUSD, long beach art, teaching kids art, elementary art education, LA Times, Funding, Public Education, Steve Lopez

festival update4 comments

shiborigirl wrote 2 months ago: I didn’t think it would take me so long to get to this post but here it is, and already Friday … more »

Tags: shibori, itajime, japanese textiles, about shibori, Teaching Kids, cherry blossom festival, Little Tokyo, JAMN

why arts education matters1 comment

shiborigirl wrote 3 months ago: National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia Explains Why the Arts Matter 04/06/2008 [ Liste … more »

Tags: LBUSD, long beach art, shibori girl, elementary art education, Dana Gioia, Nea

oh so tired.....

shiborigirl wrote 3 months ago: will update on the cherry blossom festival in a day or so. 800 silk shibori squares in 2 days … more »

Tags: shibori, itajime, shibori ribbon, cherry blossom festival, long beach art, Art, LBUSD, Silk, contemporary shibori

donate button added

shiborigirl wrote 3 months ago: I finally figured out how to add a paypal donation button to the sidebar here to make it easy for th … more »

Tags: LBUSD, long beach art, teaching kids art, elementary art education

Spring break

shiborigirl wrote 3 months ago: Since it’s spring break and I’m out of town visiting colleges and art museums, I thought … more »

Tags: LBUSD, long beach art, teaching kids art, shiborigirl, shibori girl, elementary art education, art education in the news

up to my elbows in 4th graders3 comments

shiborigirl wrote 3 months ago: Penny and I had planned out a new lesson for printmaking on Sunday that involved cutting out stencil … more »

Tags: long beach art, teaching kids art

working 3 comments

shiborigirl wrote 3 months ago: I did manage to get a bit of experimenting in among the production work yesterday and it was a bit o … more »

Tags: Art, contemporary shibori, itajime, japanese textiles, long beach art, shibori, shibori ribbon, Silk, Teaching Kids

Portraits finished5 comments

shiborigirl wrote 3 months ago: Today we finished the portraits that were started in the workshop at the Long Beach Museum of Art. … more »

Tags: LBUSD, long beach art, teaching kids art