Art Night at Neil Armstrong Academy

Elizabeth and Zachary attend an amazing STEM school. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Math...But... tonight was all about ART at Neil Armstrong Academy. We were able to attend the first annual Neil Armstrong Academy Art Night. All year the kids have been able to have weekly art classes. They have worked so hard and tonight we were able to walk the halls of the school and enjoy all of the art the students have been creating.  

As we entered the school, we immediately saw this awesome box art that the 5th grade built and painted.

Elizabeth and Zachary were so excited to show us their art projects. We headed to the first grade hallway so Zachary could show us what he made. It was so fun to look at all of the artwork as we searched for Zachary's. The look of pride on Zachary's face when we found his little bird painting was priceless.

Zachary made and displayed a darling little bird painting and a hand-drawn owl. In the bird painting, Zachary explained that the arrows you see are drawn to show how all of the birds are "looking at and going after the same worm."

Next, we were off to the 4th grade hallway to see Elizabeth's creations. Elizabeth is so creative. Her first project was a slice of pizza with rainbow pepperoni. She outlined her pizza and the pepperoni in black marker and then used crayon to fill in and add all of the colors.

Elizabeth also made a beautiful watercolor painting of a flamingo.

Once we had seen Elizabeth and Zachary's projects, we decided to stroll the halls to look at all of the different art pieces displayed throughout the school. The school was filled with close to 2,000 art projects. It was an incredible sight!

As we walked the halls, we found another one of Elizabeth's projects displayed in a case in the upstairs lobby area. She did a fantastic job with this darling little pottery bowl. She was able to shape it and then paint it once it was dried.

Once we were done strolling the halls, we checked out some of the fun activities that they had going on in some of the classrooms. In the art room, the kids could paint a trading card size project.

In the upstairs STEM Lab, we were able to experiment with the iPads using the Osmo Creative Set and the Osmo Tangram Set. The Osmo Creative Set is so much fun. Once you select the image you would like to draw, you simply trace the image while looking at the screen and when you are done, you have a replica of the image on your paper. It definitely takes some getting use to...but is super fun!

We are so glad that Grandma was able to join us and support the kids. Here grandma is trying to give Elizabeth a few tips on how the Osmo program works. They worked together to create a horse.

Zachary used the same program to create a cute, chubby monster.

Next we were able to use the Osmo Tangram program. With this program you use different colored shapes to recreate the designs shown on the screen. This was super-fun! We could have spent hours with this awesome game.

Before heading our to dinner, we HAD to stop at the photo booth! The kids had fun posing in the different paintings.

Tonight was a wonderful night. I had such a great time strolling the halls with my little family. I am grateful for the staff and teachers at Neil Armstrong Academy. I am sure that tonight's event was an incredible amount of work and definitely a labor of love.  

We are so blessed to have an amazing school for Elizabeth and Zachary!