National Junior Art Honor Society

The National Junior Art Honor Society also known as art club, are working together on their coal bucket design. These students meet on Tuesdays in Ms. Cosby's room after school.

 However, I have a feeling they will be coming in before and after school beyond the days we are planned to meet due to their dedication to get their coal bucket artwork complete!

 

 

What a fun group!!

 

Adding color to the design

 

 

working hard and having fun!

 

 

 

What a great day to start on their coal bucket!

 

 

 



7th grade- 8th hour group 1 & 2

8th Hour

Group 1 & 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7th grade -7th hour group 1 & 2

7th Hour

Group 1 & 2

Starting on their coal bucket designs

 

 

 

The buckets, buckets and more buckets!

 

Don't they look beautiful! They are primed and ready to go.

After spring break the groups will get to start painting their design on them.

 

 

Getting the coal buckets ready....

Coal buckets are out of the boxes and ready to be primed.

So exciting!!! Just imagine all of the creativity that will soon be placed on each one!!!!

 

5th hour group 1 & 2 working on coal bucket design

Group 1

Working together on their design!

 

Group 2

Another great group working on design

Links for SEK Art Fest

Below are links that display information about the coal buckets! Follow SEK Art Fest on Twitter or FB and if you want to see the article then check out the links below.

Want to know more? Check out the link that will take you right to the webpage of Crawford County
http://visitcrawfordcounty.com/common/page.php?pt=sekartfest&id=251

Here is the Morning Sun article about the SEK Art Fest-coal buckets
http://www.morningsun.net/news/x1272743816/SEK-Art-Fest-moves-ahead

Follow SEK Art Fest on Twitter!
https://twitter.com/SEKArtFest

Check out the local artists doing the larger project and all the events that involve the coal bucket project!
https://www.facebook.com/SekArtFest

Parent letter

Look out for our parent letter!! Looks great and is ready to go!! We will be sending parent letters home this week and it explains what the coal bucket project is  and why we are participating.

A BIG thank you to Mr. Sawyer for doing a great job writing the letter and of course for all his support with this project!!

 

Why coal buckets?

 

The purpose of SEK Art Fest is to create a vibrant arts community, increase tourism, enhance community pride and enrich quality of life in the region. Similar events have been very successful for communities across the United States and in many other countries. Under the umbrella of the Little Balkans Festival Association, the SEK Art Fest will open up new opportunities for growth and expansion of our area’s largest tourism draw.

For 2013, we have chosen to reflect on the unique heritage of the region by integrating the Miner’s Hall Museum’s highly anticipated traveling Smithsonian exhibit “The Way We Worked” into the Art Fest theme of “Mining Memories.” The Art Fest will consist of an exhibition of giant coal buckets on Pittsburg’s Broadway Street throughout the summer, with various special events taking place each month to celebrate the work of artists from throughout the region in designing the buckets.  

The Art Fest is made possible by the generosity of 26 underwriters from Pittsburg and Joplin who contributed the underwriting fee. The artists have been selected by a jury panel based on their previous work and the design they proposed for a coal bucket. The buckets will be arranged in an easy and exciting walking tour in downtown Pittsburg. On September 1, the coal buckets will be sold at public auction. 

In addition to the giant coal buckets, area schools are designing real-life coal buckets that will be displayed in retail store windows throughout downtown. The theme for the designs is anything that makes this area a great place to live and/or reflects on the coal-mining heritage of the region.

 

3rd hour group 1 Coal Bucket

Just getting started on their design. 3rd hour is seperated into two groups. Each group gets a coal bucket. The groups decide on a theme and each student comes up with their own idea to place within the theme and design.

 

Group 1 design

 



 

 Group 2

Group working on design a few at a time 

 

 

 

 

2nd hour group 1 & 2 Coal Bucket

Just getting started on their design. 2nd hour is seperated into two groups. Each group gets a coal bucket. The groups decide on a theme and each student comes up with their own idea to place within the theme and design.

Group 1 just getting started

added color

 

Group 2

Group 2 just getting started on design

adding color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



1st hour group 1 Coal Bucket

Just getting started on their design. 1st hour is seperated into two groups. Each group gets a coal bucket. The groups decide on a theme and each student comes up with their own idea to place within the theme and design.

 

Group 1

 

 



Design Expectations for the coal bucket

The SEK Art Fest understands the creative process and development of an art piece requires flexibility.  The criteria for approval/disapproval of a design concept include:

·         School has the option to finish the interior surface of the Art Objects if desired, but finishing the exterior surface is the only requirement for participation.

·         The design must reflect something about Southeast Kansas and the Four State area that makes this area a great place to live and/or reflects the coal mining heritage and history of the area.

·         No direct label advertising or logos of a company or product will be allowed.

·         The SEK Art Fest is a public exhibit and designs must be appropriate for all audiences. Designs that may appear to be disrespectful or inappropriate on political, religious, or other grounds will not be approved.

What is SEK Art Fest and their mission?

The SEK Art Fest is a new festival coming soon to downtown Pittsburg. This event will be an opportunity for Pittsburg to support a vibrant arts community!

 

Mission

to promote the arts and cultural festivals in Southeast Kansas. The goal of the SEK Art Fest is to increase regional prosperity, enhance quality of life, strengthen community pride and activate economic development.

 

Description

Pittsburg and the greater Southeast Kansas region have a unique and exciting opportunity to create a vibrant arts community, increase tourism, enhance community pride and enrich quality of life in the region. Under the umbrella of the Little Balkans Association, the SEK Art Fest will open up new opportunities for growth and expansion of our area's largest tourism draw.
 

 

Design layouts

Students will get into groups to decide what will go on both sides of their coal buckets. Each student will draw their own design with in the selected theme in their group. The theme for the SEK Art Fest that is putting on the coal bucket display is, What makes this area great!

The arrival of our coal buckets

The coal bucket!!