Art

Instructor:  Jeanne Ihlenfeldt

• DPI Certification Early Childhood through Adolescence in Art and Adaptive Education

• Art Teacher K-8 St. Matthew School 2010 - Present
• Art Teacher K-8 Resurrection School 2008 - Present
• Art Teacher K-5 St. Matthew School 2002 - 2010
• Art Education Teaching Certification
• BA Art and Occupational Therapy

Schedule:  St. Matthew School - Tuesday, Thursday and Friday pm

                Resurrection School - Monday, Wednesday and Friday am

2011-2012 Art Theme:   Art Elements and Principles of Design                               

Art Program:  Provides experiences in

• Art Making
• Art History
• Art Criticism - Talking and writing about art using description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation.
• Aesthetics - Discussions regarding beauty, value, meaning and purpose of art.

Annual Student Art Show:  April

February 2012

7th and 8th graders are learning about the 4 steps of Art Criticism. These include description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of a work of art. After practicing these steps through journal writing and discussion of Henri Matisse's painting, Goldfish, students are ready for their Art Criticism Cube project. Students . . . Read More

Moving from 2-D to 3-D

Anasazi pottery sure is beautiful! Kinder art students viewed examples from the Western New Mexico area, 12th - 13th centuries. After learning about clay, kinders formed their own pinch pots. It is fun to work with clay. Now we know the difference between 2-D and 3-D art. Our paintings . . . Read More

January 2012

Happy New Year to all! And with the New Year celebration comes our Fireworks Display art project for the early elementary students. In this project students are learing about the art element space. No not outer space, but rather, how artists make something look close or far away. One . . . Read More

December 2011

6th grade is very fortunate to have an opportunity to work with an artist from our community, Virginia Janssen-Gallus. Virginia is with our class for several weeks teaching us about Bas Relief sculpture. Each student is making their own relief. We appreciate Virginia sharing her time and talent with . . . Read More

December 2011

December finds the 7th and 8th graders creating a design using all the art elements. This includes incorporating a variety of lines, shapes and patterns, 1 point perspective, various color schemes, and shading to create value. 'Can't wait to see the final product and put them on . . . Read More

November 2011

Wait till you see the fall tree paintings and drawings grades 3 and 4 made! They are amazing! Both grades created contour line drawings of trees through direct observation. As a way to learn about composition, students were encouraged to let the branches go right off the page. While grade 3 used dry brush . . . Read More

October 2011

Art making is under way!

 Grades 4 thru 8 are making their own sketchbooks. This is where we plan, sketch, practice daily warm ups, and journal about art.

Mondrian and Kandinsky are 2 artists kindergarten and early elementary students are learning about for inspiration on the use of line, shape and . . . Read More

September 2011

All St, Matthew students participated in an International Art Installation Project on September 21st called Pinwheels for Peace. Over 3 million students around the globe participated. Each student created their own pinwheel incorprating both written and visual images of peace. These pinwheels were then planted on our school grounds in . . . Read More

August 2011

Welcome back! The Art Theme this year will be a focus on The Art Elements and Principles of Design. The Art Elements include the use of line, shape, color, value, texture, form and space in art. The Principles of Design include emphasis, contrast, balance, unity, variety, rhythm, movement, repetition . . . Read More

June, 2011

Another great year of creating has come to an end and portfolios have gone home. Key words are written on the back of student work as a review of main concepts learned in each project. Enjoy the artwork and have a great . . . Read More

April, 2011

Please join us Thursday, April 28th for our Annual Art Show and Book Fair in St. Matthew's MPC. All classes are hard at work preparing for this event. Here are some of the art projects we have been working on the last few months:

Grades K and 1 learned . . . Read More

Week of February 1

Early Elementary students have joined the fun of mixing colors and printing! They are learning about the color wheel, and are using primary and secondary colors to make peacock prints.  Students monoprint a background and then stamp print with found objects using repetition and pattern to create colorful . . . Read More

Week of January 17th

  It may be cold outside, but we are busy creating and learning about art inside the art classroom. Here is an update on what we are learning in the artroom.

Early elementary students are working in clay making ceramic pinch pots. Pots are being fired in the kiln now . . . Read More

Week of December 13

     In keeping with the Christmas Season, Grades 3 and 4 are drawing landscapes of the nativity story. Students can select any part of the story to illustrate. The challenge is to place the story in a landscape and show part of the story close and part of the story . . . Read More

Week of November 15

   This month we are focusing our art around the theme of gratitude. With Thanksgiving approaching students in Grades 2 and 3 are creating a painting of something they are thankful for that God created. We are learning about Michaelangelo and his painting of the creation story on the . . . Read More

Week of Oct. 18th

  Sketchbooks are being assembled, and then we are moving back in time to visit Ancient Greece. Grades 3-6 are learning about Greek vase or "amphora" paintings and working on related art projects. Grades 7-8 are working on projects combining Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns of Greek architecture with . . . Read More

Week of September 27th

Students in grades 4-8 are busy making their own sketchbooks. They are using Medieval Illluminated Manuscripts as inspiration for their sketchbook cover designs. Grades 2-3 are creating their illuminated initial in foil. K-1 are learning to work with a variety of . . . Read More

Teacher Profile

Availability:  St. Matthew School T, Th

                   Resurrection School M, W, and  F a.m.

Teaching Experience:  This is my 8th year teaching Art K-5 at St.

                                St. Matthew School and my 2nd year

                                teaching Art . . . Read More