Friday Art Fix: Paper Engineer Peter Dahmen

(The Magic Moment from Christopher Helkey on Vimeo)

Peter Dahmen designs pop-up cards of the most extraordinary sort. Take a few minutes to see him at work and hear how he develops his amazing creations! 

Amazing murals that move!

(Via Aire Aire, created by Cheko)

We've all seen animated gifs on the internet...these artists are creating animated murals using the same technology! Too cool.

Friday Art Fix - How to Make a 3-D Shadow Puppet Show

This week's Friday Art Fix is a shout-out to Union Ridge's fourth graders who are presenting their own shadow puppet plays in class...we'll have to try making our own 3-D shadow shows next year! Take a look at how it works, along with some other really cool advanced techniques for shadow puppetry.

(Via Science Friday)

Kindergarten Butterflies

Jaqueline and Norah's beautiful butterflies.

Kinders are learning about symmetry and painting butterflies! Look around with your kinder to find things that show symmetry, and click through to see a demonstration of how they made their paintings. 

Spring Salmon in Second Grade

Emma with her beautiful salmon.

Second graders are hard at work making Koinobori with a twist for our May 1st parade! They have learned about the traditional carp kites that are flown in Japan to celebrate children's day, and are now making their own Northwest version - salmon! Click through for more pictures. 

Library Paintings

Sixth graders in Mrs. Buruse's class are helping liven up our school library by silhouettes of famous characters from children's stories. We're looking forward to seeing them framed and on display!

Union Ridge Art in the News

There is a story about us in the Columbian Newspaper, you can check it out here.

Elephants in Top Hats.

In case you were wondering what elephants look like when they want to be fancy. Artwork courtesy of Olivia, one of our fabulous first graders.

Friday Art Fix - How do you fix a $12 million painting...

(Photo from Christie's)

After someone punches a hole in it? Find out here, step by painstaking step.

Kinder Cave Paintings

The last class of kinders finished their cave paintings today, experimenting with the kinds of materials that prehistoric man would have used to create the amazing paintings at Lascaux, France. Students first learned about the original artwork, then drew the kinds of animals they saw using charcoal, and finished by making their own paint with colored clay and water. If you are the parent of one of our kinders, ask them about how the stone age was different from today, and what kinds of materials artists would have used back then.

Classroom visit from Barbara Wright - RSD Did You Know coverage

Did You Know a local artist guest-taught scientific illustration to elementary art classes in Ridgefield?
March 2-6, 2015

Barbara Wright, a Ridgefield artist, guest-taught art classes at Union Ridge Elementary School

Barbara Wright, a Ridgefield artist and representative for the Clark County Arts Commission, visited art classes at Union Ridge Elementary School to teach students the art of scientific illustration and to
help kick off Youth Arts Month.