zamo at sdai!

Last night was the opening reception for the Zamorano student exhibition at SDAI, the San Diego Art Institute. The museum is located right in the heart of Balboa Park.

The exhibit featured the work of 36 of our talented students and over 20 of them and their families were able to make it to the reception:) I saw so many smiling faces last night!

The exhibit is a showcase of the immense talent and creativity that students have when given the chance to create and express themselves on a regular basis.

The exhibit is also an opportunity to share the hard work of our art department, who guide our students through gaining an understanding of the different elements of art so that those students can create visually striking works of art. The other members of the Zamo art team are Kathi Arinduque, Danielle Guimond, and Melony Vance.

A special thanks to the education team at SDAI for putting on these student exhibits throughout the year and including Zamorano in their exhibit rotation!

Celebration of Art 2012

We hosted our annual Celebration of Art last night at school. The event was a huge success! It was a packed house all night long.

Student art filled the auditorium and the windows, doors, and display panels of our south campus. All students had a piece somewhere on campus.

Our music instructors kicked the event off with fantastic performances by the band and orchestra students in the front of the school. After that students, families, and friends were free to explore the rich diversity of art produced by our kids this year.

Our creative classroom teachers led a wide variety of art activities for all ages. Things like torn paper monsters, scratch art, origami, painting like Jackson Pollack, drawing like Picasso, and bubble art. There were more than that, but you get the idea:)

I saw a lot of smiling faces all night long.  Many proud students, parents, and family members. Our students do a great job in art class all year long, and it is very fulfilling to put on such a high caliber exhibit every year to showcase their hard work.

It was also a successful fundraiser for us, as there were amazing raffle baskets put together by the different grade levels, art work for sale, a cake walk, and cookie decorating. The proceeds from these events will go to our PTF so they may continue to Keep the Arts Alive at Zamorano.

Thanks goes out to everyone who made the event a success- our art team, our classroom teachers, our PTF, our administration, our volunteers, our custodial staff, and our students! Cheers to all of you! I'm looking forward to next year already:)

Below is a taste of what we do.

zamo in the house!

Zamorano is currently having it's 4th annual student exhibit at the San Diego Art Institute, right in the heart of Balboa Park. The exhibit runs until january 14, 2012. Thirty-five student artists had work selected for this special exhibit.

The opening reception was on Friday, December 16, the evening of our last day of school before winter break. We had a great turn out for the reception. Twenty students and their families and friends celebrated their creativity and hard work. The student artists were recognized in front of the large crowd in attendance for the Institute's Winter C-Note exhibit.

It feels so good to be able to offer these real world exhibit opportunities to our fantastic student artists. It's really important for them to see their work outside of a school setting. The students seemed thrilled to have their work in Balboa Park and the family members and friends that came out to support them seemed like they really enjoyed the experience as well.

The following students were recognized further with Juror's Choice awards.

Alyssa Ortiz- kindergarten
Leban Yusef- 4th grade
Natalie DeLeon- 5th grade
Allison Robles- 5th grade

Keep up the great work kids!