Art Archive
Our 3rd Graders were invited to exhibit their papier-mâché buildings at the nonprofit Art Works Downtown (AWD), an arts center, gallery, and resident artist studios, in San Rafael on Fourth Street. AWD hosted a reception, and provided public viewing of the 3rd graders wonderful architecture models. Visitors also had the opportunity to meet and visit the artists in residence in their studios. A huge thank you to our friends at Artworks Downtown, especially DAC volunteer, Maia McGehee, AWD CFO & Board Member, and DAC Art Show Director and Curator,Maya Bartolf for arranging this special 3rd grade exhibit for the second year!
May 2008
Each year our students present their projects in the Annual Student Show during Open House. Our wonderful art teachers, Lisa Levy and Claire McDowell , along with DAC assemble their art to celebrate creative achievement at Dixie!
In Our Ocean 3rd Grade Exhibit at
Art Works Downtown
March 2009
Art Works Downtown (AWD) was transformed into an undersea world of strange and unusual sea creatures on Saturday, March 28, with a special exhibit called In Our Ocean. The main gallery was filled with ocean sounds and sea creatures made by our 3rd graders who transformed trash into colorful and imaginative art. Our students were inspired by our two amazing art teachers, Claire McDowell and Joan Gray, with a lesson about the enormous accumulation of plastic in our ocean. A huge thank you to our friends at Artworks Downtown, especially DAC volunteer, Maia McGehee, AWD CFO & Board Member, and DAC Art Show Director and Curator, Maya Bartolf for arranging this special 3rd grade exhibit for the third year!
May 2009
Each year our students present their projects in the Annual Student Show during Open House. Our wonderful art teachers, Claire McDowell and Joan Gray, along with DAC volunteers display their art to celebrate creative achievement at Dixie!
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Each year our students present their projects in the Annual Student Show during Open House. Our wonderful art teachers, Claire McDowell and Joan Gray, along with DAC volunteers display their art to celebrate creative achievement at Dixie!
Over 30 Dixie families came out to support our 3rd grade artists for their exhibit opening of Something Fishy at Art Works Downtown in San Rafael, on Friday May 14. The evening celebrated their mixed media fish and aquatic creatures made from recycled materials. Our 3rd graders were excited to see their fish and creatures become part of a larger expression of an aquatic environment, and also share their work with many gallery visitors. The evening was an enriched experience for all, and was attended by not only our Dixie community and our super dedicated art teachers, Claire McDowell and Joan Gray, but also many visitors from the Marin arts community. This year their exhibit was part of the monthly Art Walk Night on Fourth Street where galleries stay open late and also resident artist studios are open at AWD. Our 3rd grade artists, also had a great time with their families exploring the many open artist studios and learning from the variety of artists in residence at AWD.
Something Fishy at
Art Works Downtown
Something
Fishy
Each year our students present their projects in the Annual Student Show during Open House. Our wonderful art teachers, Claire McDowell and Joan Gray, along with DAC volunteers display their art to celebrate creative achievement at Dixie!
Dixie Arts Council and Art Works Downtown (AWD) invite the Dixie community to attend the Opening Reception for our Annual 3rd Grade Exhibit: Fantastical Faces, on Friday, April 8, 2011 from 5- 8 pm at Art Works Downtown in San Rafael. AWD is a non-profit arts center on 4th Street, and this will be the 5th year that our creative young 3rd grade artists will be exhibiting their art in the Founder’s Lounge located on the lower level at AWD.
The Opening Reception for Fantastical Faces will be part of the monthly Art Walk Night on Fourth Street where galleries stay open later for family fun. Our 3rd grade artists and their families will have the opportunity to explore the many open artist studios and to learn from the variety of artists at AWD.
We hope you will join Art Works Downtown and the Dixie Arts in supporting our 3rd Graders in sharing their art, not only with their family and friends, but also the art community in Marin!
Fantastical Face at
Art Works Downtown
